MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri

MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri

Episode 200 is Coming Up!

• Question / Answer setup like Episode 100


• Send them via Audio Format to [email protected]

Jeri Ellsworth

• Self-taught electrical engineer and entrepreneur with over 20 plus years experience designing and building mass market consumer electronics


• Assembled the initial hardware R&D team for the Valve Software and was a key contributor to the technology used in the popular HTC Vive


• While at Valve, she began work on the AR technology that would later become the basis for the technology behind Tilt Five, where Jeri serves as CEO and Co-Founder

Topics

• What is Tilt Five?


• Kickstarter Campaign


• How does it function?


• The Industrial design behind the project?
  
  
  
  • How important was getting the weight to < 90 grams?
  
  
  • How did you do it?
  
  
  
  


• You have brought lots of products to consumer markets:
  
  
  
  • Prototyping your “finalized” product or first article
    
    
    
    • Parts with High NRE fees like Injection molding
    
    
    • Electronics
    
    
    • Selecting and sourcing the projectors?
    
    
    • Retro reflective material for the game mat
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • How long is the typical timeline for development?
  
  
  • What is something people don’t think about when they start designing a product?
  
  
  • War Stories