MEP EP#194: Adult supervision not required - Tilt 5 with Jeri
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Question / Answer setup like Episode 100
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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
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