Emily Cooper
Emily Cooper got her start in Virtual Reality at Robert Stromberg's The Virtual Reality Company as their first outside hire. During her time at VRC, Emily focused on live action Virtual Reality testing. She worked with multiple Grammy Award winning artists, olympic athletes, and notable studios. She directed the VR for the 2016 Interactive Emmy Finalist project, The World Cup of Hip Hop: Take Back the Mic. She also served as the Production Coordinator for "The Martian VR Experience" and Post-Production Coordinator for Lytro's 2016 short, "Life".
Emily is currently a Producer + Director at Holor Media. She is focusing on live action Virtual Reality docu-news, travel, and reality series. In her time at Holor, Emily has covered the Dakota Access Pipeline, 2017 Inauguration, and the Women's March on Washington.
Virtual Reality has proven to be the storytelling medium that marries Emily's love of theatre, literature, and film, while allowing for innovation. Emily feels passionate about the power of storytelling in Virtual Reality and looks forward to the new voices that will emerge from this next chapter.
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