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The Challenge of Replicating Reality with Steve Zhao from SandboxVR
- ▶ 0:21 Steph Smith Well, today we are talking to Steve Zhao, the founder of Sandbox VR, who encountered all of the above. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:40 Host's Companion Sandbox VR.
- ▶ 1:53 Steph Smith So on a Saturday afternoon, I decided if I'm going to do this interview, I better go try out Sandbox for myself. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 10:33 Steph Smith Yeah, I mean, it sounds like you went straight from Blue Tea Games right into Sandbox, which to me is impressive in a way, because after running a company for many years, the reaction of most founders is, let me take a break. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:40 Steve Zhao I think it was just the nature of how the company was founded. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 20:12 Steph Smith So tell me about that demo because I went to a sandbox recently and it's this large room. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 24:50 Steve Zhao We have people skip work and come to play sandbox. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:15 Steve Zhao Sandbox, where we sat down and try to get all the stakeholders to agree to fight on. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:55 Steph Smith Yeah, I've mentioned this a few times throughout our chat, but just, you know, if I were to have designed a business that I thought maybe would have one of the hardest times throughout a pandemic, it would be something like Sandbox VR. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 34:35 Steve Zhao And as we scale, uh, there will be a day where we could see sandbox experiences even, um, being a rival to, like, some of the boss office movie hits. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 37:04 Steve Zhao That if you're a VR game developer, over time, you can find it more lucrative to build on Sandbox than other options. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:49 Steph Smith Impressed by when I went to Sandbox, which is, as you said, it's, it's like a full body experience. 5 times in the scene
- ▶ 46:02 Steph Smith But what I guess differentiates Sandbox in being able to build this low latency environment? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 47:47 Steph Smith And so curious to know about if we start looking forward in terms of sandbox, how do you, how do you think about the business evolving? 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:16 Steph Smith And as you mentioned, when you started Sandbox in 2016, it existed back then, so we're now in 2023. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 55:10 Steph Smith But I think recently I saw a number where Sandbox has sold maybe a million tickets in the last year or so. 10 times in the scene
- ▶ 57:55 Steph Smith And I love that that was such an early addition to the sandbox product. 2 times in the scene
What's Next for Esports Startups
- ▶ 33:12 Andrew Chen Um, we also have an investment in, um, you know, Improbable, which sort of is, is sort of like that, um, you know, Sandbox VR, which is, um, you know, my first investment here, here at the firm, sort of has a flavor of this and that…
Founding Stories: Sandbox VR
- ▶ 0:19 Frank Chen In this episode, which is part two of a two-part series that we created on Sandbox VR, what we're going to do is talk to the entrepreneurs, Steve Zou and Siki Chen, about the founding story of their company. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:13 Andrew Chen Um, you know, whenever I've been to, uh, you know, one of the Sandbox VR, um, you know, locations, people start taking selfies from, like, almost the very beginning. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 27:12 Andrew Chen Sort of this passive experience, almost like film storytelling kind of a thing, and that the sandbox experience was actually the most like a game, and that I'll bet on something interactive, ah, any day, because that's how you get the…
- ▶ 28:42 Andrew Chen I want to actually, uh, you know, pivot the conversation to, to, to, you know, a different, um, uh, aspect of this, which is in many ways, um, what you guys have done, what Sandbox has done is to, to take something that is actually kind of…
- ▶ 38:31 Frank Chen It's always fun to hear the, the founding story of companies, and boy, talk about courage, putting your entire life savings into the company, 3 times in the scene
The a16z Pitch Room: Sandbox VR
- ▶ 1:07 Frank Chen So in particular, we're going to meet two entrepreneurs of a company called Sandbox VR that we recently invested in, Steve Zhao and Siki Chen. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:56 Andrew Chen Hi, I'm Andrew Chen, general partner at Andreessen Horwitz, and today we have Steve and Siki from Sandbox VR. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 3:10 Steve Zhao So, with Sandbox VR, we're the holodeck company. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:22 Andrew Chen And so I think the fact that you monetize right away, Sandbox monetizes right away, and also there's the sense that it's like, oh, this is just what the platform looks like today. 4 times in the scene
What's Next in Consumer Startups?
- ▶ 18:31 Andrew Chen Uh, Sandbox VR. 3 times in the scene