Emerge
Emerge is bringing touch to virtual communication — a new way to Feel Closer Together Join the waitlist: emerge.io/waitlist
01/09/2023
Emerge early access is now open ✨
We have 100 spots available for people who want to Feel Closer Together through sight, sound, and bare hand touch.
🙌 First touch — be among the first to take home multi-sensory communication
👉 Direct influence — shape the future of virtual presence with your honest feedback
🫶 Deep connection — connect with someone you deeply miss from a distance
We're so grateful for our early users.
And now we want to hear from you.
Apply here!
bit.ly/EarlyAccessEmerge
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19/10/2022
Acariciar el vacío: el metaverso que puedes tocar Sentado, con sus gafas de realidad virtual puestas, dibuja con sus manos un corazón en el vacío. Alguien a miles de kilómetros lo recibe convertido en caricia. No es un símil y mucho menos una metáfora. Un ingeniero español, afincado hace años en Los Ángeles (EEUU), quiere que puedas senti...
Hello, world.
Meet Emerge Home.
Launching soon on Kickstarter: emerge.io/kickstarter
Happy holidays from team Emerge!
Whether you're celebrating under one roof or over multiple screens, we hope your holidays are filled with joy.
🎁 emerge.io/beta
22/12/2021
Our Co-founder / Co-CEO Sly Lee recently gave a talk at TEDxBoston introducing Emerge, and what inspired the founders of Emerge to create a product that could be a new language of touch in the metaverse: https://www.ted.com/talks/sly_lee_a_new_language_of_touch_in_the_metaverse
Emerge Home will provide a new way to to the people who matter most to you.
Feel like you’re there. Or they’re here. Join our waitlist at https://emerge.io/waitlist
Happy Holidays!
The Emerge Team
A new language of touch in the metaverse Over the last 300 hundred years, we've enabled real-time communication of audio and visuals, but what about our sense of touch? Modern advancements in sensor technology are enabling the ability to physically feel the virtual world, throw a virtual ball, or even literally reach out to a loved one all...
Couldn’t have said it better ourselves, 🙌
Join the Emerge waitlist to learn more — emerge.io/waitlist
Join the Emerge waitlist — emerge.io/waitlist
Emerge is bringing touch to virtual experiences — a new way to Feel Connected to the people who matter to you. (3/3)
Check out the full video 👉 emerge.io/innercircle.
For years, we’ve looked to our phones and computers to stay in touch. takes you beyond the screen, where you can form unique, shared moments. (2/3)
When the people we used to spend hours with are now hours away… (1/3). Tune in this week to see how bridges the distance 🙏
01/06/2021
Our CEO, Sly Lee, sat down with Jason McDowall from The AR Show to explore the concept of human connection in the age of the metaverse, and why the sense of touch has an important part to play.
Tune in: https://www.thearshow.com/podcast/115-sly-lee
Sly Lee (Emerge) on the Importance of Touch to Immersive Presence — The AR Show Sly explores the concept of human connection in the age of the metaverse, and why the sense of touch has an important part to play. He describes the product he’s creating, the insights he’s gaining from early users, and how he thinks differently about immersive technologies.
14/05/2021
Our very own co-founder and CEO Sly Lee shares words of advice to the newest graduates of his alma mater, The University of Mississippi - Ole Miss.
See what he has to say: https://news.olemiss.edu/um-alumni-offer-wise-words-to-new-graduates/
31/03/2021
We, at Emerge, stand united with the Asian community and all those affected by hate.
Together, let's end the harmful rhetoric and misinformation, educate ourselves and others, and stop the violence.
For information and resources, visit: https://www.stopasianhate.info/
16/03/2021
Today SXSW virtually opens its doors and while we’d love to physically be there to show our technology live, we’re thrilled our CEO Sly Lee is participating as a startup mentor for the next generation of companies.
Interested in learning from cofounders like Sly? Learn more: https://www.sxsw.com/news/2021/sxsw-mentors-and-film-round-tables-announced-for-sxsw-online/
SXSW Mentors and Film Round Tables Announced for SXSW Online Mentor Sessions offer one-on-one coaching by professionals from all areas of the tech, film, and music industries.
19/08/2020
Why touch matters in XR — comprehensive engagement of the senses captures our full attention.
We believe in game nights. Whether you’re into chess or battleship, sharing moments over play is crucial for . What’s your favorite classic game? ♟
11/08/2020
Why touch matters in XR — true communication involves so much more than our words.
Emerge.io is live! Follow the team on our journey to feel and in XR.
13/07/2020
This Wednesday, July 15th, our co-founder and CEO Sly Lee will be speaking at the Virtual Beings Summit, where startups, investors, AI academics, and creators will be discussing the burgeoning world of virtual beings, and their impact on our daily lives. Join us virtually on Zoom - we hope to see you there!
https://www.virtual-beings-summit.com/
02/06/2020
What we’ve witnessed speaks volumes about the injustice we are sometimes blinded to on our day to day. We join in expressing our support and solidarity with the black community, and remain committed to taking a stance against racism, systemic oppression, and injustice. Let’s build towards a just society for all.
26/05/2020
Our co-founder Sly Lee recently shared his thoughts on the dynamics of human connection during a global pandemic, and how our methods of communication are positioned to change in the future.
"We're really craving new ways to interact with one another, and that's what we've been building."
Watch the video here: https://www.m13.co/new-ways-to-connect-with-sly-lee-of-emerge
Enabling Empathy Through Technology with Sly Lee of Emerge ApproachPortfolioLaunchpadPeopleCommunityCareersLog InLog out03LIKEPortfolioEnabling Empathy Through Technology with Sly Lee of Emerge Lindsey Marlowe"We're really craving new ways to interact with one another, and that's what we've been building."Co-founders Sly Lee, Isaac Castro and Mauricio Teran...
12/05/2020
In a new era defined by COVID-19, physical distancing has pushed humanity to search for more meaningful solutions that can bridge the widening gap in our social and emotional relations. Read more on how we think immersive technology can play its role during this time.
https://medium.com/.io/the-growing-potential-of-human-connection-in-immersive-technology-e401bcc88421
The Growing Potential of Human Connection in Immersive Technology Long before we found ourselves facing today’s imposed physical distancing, loneliness had been identified as a mounting public health…
17/04/2020
Our co-founder and CEO, Sly Lee, recently sat down in an M13 hosted webinar to discuss the future of connectivity along with Sam Wang, Co-founder of ProGuides, and M13 's Sequoia Blodgett. Read the recap or watch the recording below to learn more about how we're working to create a more present, connected, and empathetic future.
https://www.m13.co/connectivity-tools-of-the-future-trends-in-e-sports-xr-more/
Connectivity Tools of the Future: Trends in E-Sports, XR, & More | M13 Human presence and physical connection are craved more than ever. We are leaning on digital tools to bridge the gap of mandated self-isolation and spending weeks without seeing loved ones in real life.
10/04/2020
Our co-founders got featured in El País (world’s most widely read digital newspaper in Spanish) and shared our story and the impact we're working for. “We are immigrants and we know how difficult and frustrating it is to have our loved ones in the distance. We have family and friends thousands of miles away, and these two-dimensional screens are the only way we have to feel close to them"
Beyond video calls: seeing, hearing... and touching: elpais.com/tecnologia/2020-04-04/mas-alla-de-la-videollamada-ver-oir-y-tocar.html cc El País Tecnología
Más allá de la videollamada: ver, oír… y tocar Aunque las pantallas ayuden a mitigar la soledad, solo podemos utilizar dos de nuestros sentidos. Emerge es un proyecto de realidad extendida que propone que podamos tocarnos en la distancia
21/02/2020
Feeling touch from a distance is no longer science fiction, "We are redefining the concept of teleportation." Our fearless co-founder and CTO Isaac Castro García featured in 20minutos.es sharing our company vision and impact! https://www.20minutos.es/noticia/4158717/0/sentir-tacto-distancia-no-ciencia-ficcion/
Sentir el tacto a distancia ya no es ciencia ficción: "Estamos redefiniendo el concepto de teletransporte" ¿Poder tocar a nuestros seres queridos cuando nos encontramos a miles de kilómetros? ¿Compartir con ellos objetos y sentirlos físicamente pese a la distancia?...
Emerge | Who We Are
Today we're coming out of stealth with $12M in Series A funding for a platform that enables users to feel and share immersive content with bare hands.
We're excited to share who we are and what we've been working on with our world class team, outstanding advisors, and invaluable investors. We are creating a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present.
Read our story in Medium and join our journey!
https://medium.com/.io/emerge-comes-out-of-stealth-bringing-a-new-dimension-of-presence-to-xr-301000e9a117
Thanks all who visited Founders panel where our CEO, Sly Lee, presented our vision and why we decided to build Emerge in LA! We're hiring! visit our website's career page for more!
LA Founders Stories - MWC Los Angeles
Why is LA the best place to build a start up?
If you're coming out to next week, make sure to check out the "LA Founders Stories" panel on Oct 23, 2:20pm.
Our co-founder / CEO, Sly Lee will be speaking alongside Christine Hermawan and Kyle Jackson, hosted by Peter Liu, sponsored by 4YFN - 4 Years from Now.
https://www.mwclosangeles.com/session/la-founders-stories/
Hot off the press! We're excited about M13's newest fund close, and honored to be one of their portfolio companies.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/m13-los-angeles-venture-capital-carter-and-courtney-reum-131515772.html
Scroll down to the 2nd video where you can see our co-founder and CEO, Sly Lee, speak about our vision and the exciting next steps for Emerge.
We're hiring! Visit our website's career page for details: www.emergenow.io
We're looking for passionate doers to join our journey as we create the next paradigm of human communication!
We believe in a future where distance doesn’t stand in the way of feeling present.
Our Story
We believe in a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present
Emerge is a cross-reality presence company, building a platform that aims to enable more meaningful, engaging, and diverse interactions in XR that bring us closer to the people we care about. Emerge is creating a future where distance and time don’t stand in the way of feeling present with a first product that enables users to interact, share and physically feel XR immersive content with bare hands.
Founded in 2015 at Singularity University’s flagship program in Silicon Valley and originally sponsored by Google and NASA, Emerge is backed by M13 (Ring, Snap, Lyft), Vulcan Capital (Paul Allen’s fund, Microsoft co-founder), and other top tier investors.
We are proud of our impact focused and diverse team. We are former entrepreneurs and leaders in tech that have brought several products to market in the field of consumer electronics and XR. We have a broad network that includes the World Economic Forum, and MIT Innovator Under 35 and Forbes 30 Under 30 communities. We are also fortunate to work with an inspiring group of advisors including Anousheh Ansari (world’s first female private astronaut and CEO at XPRIZE), James Costos (former US Ambassador) and Brenda Freeman (former CMO at Magic Leap and National Geographic).
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