Julian McCrea
Founder of Portal Experiences, a non-fiction virtual reality entertainment company that finances, produces and distributes original IP. Their first production Flatline Experience - www.flatlinexperience.com - co-produced with the Brain Factory and 3Dlive has achieved both critical and commercial acclaim. Monetised original IP across home entertainment (Oculus, HTC, Playstation) and location based entertainment sector (US, UK and Asia), leading to sold out location-based experience ‘Flatline Emergency Room’ at VR World New York blending immersive theatre, production design, virtual reality and haptic technology. Julian is on the Innovation Committee for immersive entertainment at the Magic Castle.
Prior to Portal Experiences, Julian ran Portal Entertainment, a UK based digital entertainment company working with Warner Bros, Fox and Disney, was a case study for UK innovation in the creative industry, and was voted Creative Entrepreneur of the Year 2014.