Antony Vitillo
Multimedia Developer & PR at New Technology Walkers- Claim this Profile
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English Professional working proficiency
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Italian Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese (Simplified) Elementary proficiency
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Spanish Elementary proficiency
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Evan Sitler-Bates
Antony is my go-to source for everything XR news! There are many amazing news sources reporting on the XR space but Antony puts his own spin on everything he does and reports on. Always ensuring that his opinion is critical and unbiased. I look forward to his weekly newsletters and love it when he surprises me/his followers with other articles, interviews and in-depth analyses of new XR tech! Not to mention you can see how much Antony has his finger on the pulse through the amount of interaction he does with the community online. Keep it up Antony, you're a true shepherd of the industry!
Enea LeFons
Antony is an incredibly gifted world class XR developer, precise, fast, clear minded. Working with him is always a honor and a pleasure!
Evan Sitler-Bates
Antony is my go-to source for everything XR news! There are many amazing news sources reporting on the XR space but Antony puts his own spin on everything he does and reports on. Always ensuring that his opinion is critical and unbiased. I look forward to his weekly newsletters and love it when he surprises me/his followers with other articles, interviews and in-depth analyses of new XR tech! Not to mention you can see how much Antony has his finger on the pulse through the amount of interaction he does with the community online. Keep it up Antony, you're a true shepherd of the industry!
Enea LeFons
Antony is an incredibly gifted world class XR developer, precise, fast, clear minded. Working with him is always a honor and a pleasure!
Evan Sitler-Bates
Antony is my go-to source for everything XR news! There are many amazing news sources reporting on the XR space but Antony puts his own spin on everything he does and reports on. Always ensuring that his opinion is critical and unbiased. I look forward to his weekly newsletters and love it when he surprises me/his followers with other articles, interviews and in-depth analyses of new XR tech! Not to mention you can see how much Antony has his finger on the pulse through the amount of interaction he does with the community online. Keep it up Antony, you're a true shepherd of the industry!
Enea LeFons
Antony is an incredibly gifted world class XR developer, precise, fast, clear minded. Working with him is always a honor and a pleasure!
Evan Sitler-Bates
Antony is my go-to source for everything XR news! There are many amazing news sources reporting on the XR space but Antony puts his own spin on everything he does and reports on. Always ensuring that his opinion is critical and unbiased. I look forward to his weekly newsletters and love it when he surprises me/his followers with other articles, interviews and in-depth analyses of new XR tech! Not to mention you can see how much Antony has his finger on the pulse through the amount of interaction he does with the community online. Keep it up Antony, you're a true shepherd of the industry!
Enea LeFons
Antony is an incredibly gifted world class XR developer, precise, fast, clear minded. Working with him is always a honor and a pleasure!
Experience
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New Technology Walkers
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Italy
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Strategic Management Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Multimedia Developer & PR
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Sep 2017 - Present
Consultancies for the development of AR and VR projects:- AR/VR games- AR maintenance and remote-assistance solutions- VR training and education experiences- Virtual Reality events- Etc...Technological consultancies:- AR/VR market analysis- Feasibility study on projectsDevelopment of the fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded, made with the support of HTC and launched in China as one of the 20 launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus Consultancies for the development of AR and VR projects:- AR/VR games- AR maintenance and remote-assistance solutions- VR training and education experiences- Virtual Reality events- Etc...Technological consultancies:- AR/VR market analysis- Feasibility study on projectsDevelopment of the fitness game HitMotion: Reloaded, made with the support of HTC and launched in China as one of the 20 launch titles of the Vive Focus Plus
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Blogger
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Aug 2016 - Present
Full management of a successful blog focused on virtual reality and augmented reality, with a little startup taste. In this blog it is possible to find:- News about virtual and augmented reality world;- Opinions about the AR/VR ecosystem;- Reviews on AR/VR hardware, applications, and services;- Advice for people wanting to run a startup.Other services offered regards:- Participation in AR/VR events as a speaker or mentor (e.g. AWE, View Conference, WCVRI);- Collaboration with other journalists in the writing of books or online articles.The blog has won various awards and accolades, like being selected as one of the top 50 virtual reality websites
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Wise Realities
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Australia
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Design Services
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Technical Advisor
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Nov 2019 - Present
Technical support of the Wise Realities association, that offers psychological treatments using virtual reality:- Help in understanding the current trends of virtual and augmented reality, and advice on the best XR headset for every application;- Facilitation of the connections of Wise Realities with other entities and people in the XR ecosystem with which it could have a proficient collaboration Technical support of the Wise Realities association, that offers psychological treatments using virtual reality:- Help in understanding the current trends of virtual and augmented reality, and advice on the best XR headset for every application;- Facilitation of the connections of Wise Realities with other entities and people in the XR ecosystem with which it could have a proficient collaboration
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BEPS Engineering S.r.l.
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Italy
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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1 - 100 Employee
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Technical Advisor
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Sep 2014 - Jun 2020
Technical support for an IoT company:- Advisory in business and technical decisions;- Support in the development of solutions that employed Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality or Computer VisionAssistance in outreach operations:- Social media management- Blog articles ghostwriting- Website development Technical support for an IoT company:- Advisory in business and technical decisions;- Support in the development of solutions that employed Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality or Computer VisionAssistance in outreach operations:- Social media management- Blog articles ghostwriting- Website development
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XR Ignite Community Hub
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Strategic Management Services
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AR/VR Mentor
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Jun 2019 - May 2020
Remote support and mentorship to AR/VR startups, providing helpful connections and pieces of advice about the available technologies and the current status of the immersive market. Remote support and mentorship to AR/VR startups, providing helpful connections and pieces of advice about the available technologies and the current status of the immersive market.
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Virtual & augmented reality consultant
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Feb 2017 - Sep 2017
Development of virtual & augmented reality applications using the Unity game engine using every kind of VR hardware like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Google Cardboard; AR hardware like HoloLens; sensors like Leap Motion and Kinect. Development of virtual & augmented reality applications using the Unity game engine using every kind of VR hardware like Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Google Cardboard; AR hardware like HoloLens; sensors like Leap Motion and Kinect.
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Immotionar
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Italy
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Software Development
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PR & Developer
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Apr 2014 - Apr 2017
Co-foundation of a startup focused on adding the full body of the user in VR, mixing virtual reality headsets with external sensors like Kinect. Active participation in:- Development of virtual reality solutions (mainly with Unity3D);- Development of computer vision solutions to reconstruct the pose of the human body;- Business development;- Social media management (especially Twitter and Reddit);- Public relations management, both in B2B events than via standard communication channels;- Blogging (company blog and Medium).The innovation proposed by Immotionar has been rewarded by awards and articles on various online blogs.
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Computer Vision Expert
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Jan 2011 - Jan 2016
Development of computer vision solutions for external companies. Two examples are:- The retrieval and decoding of EAN-13 barcodes on RGB color images; - The evaluation of the quality of beverage starting from a single RGB image.Thesis on computer vision, with the development of an early-stage prototype for a bimanual hand tracker and one for an augmented reality engine.
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Blogger
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Oct 2013 - Dec 2014
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Education
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Politecnico di Torino
Bachelor’s Degree, Computer Engineering (Multimedia and software applications)