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...Virtusphere represents the technological wizardry of the Latypov brothers, chief executive Nurulla and chief operating officer Nurahmed, both physicists born in Uzbekistan. They have used the same immersive technology to develop an advanced virtual film studio, in which actors don headset and cybersuit to interact in real time with virtual characters and objects in a movie or TV show. The Latypovs are also working on technology that will let viewers interact with virtual characters in the TV studio from their homes with a mouse, computer and fast Internet connection...
...Probably because it is based in Moscow. Nurulla Latypov is the only one in the company with any knowledge of business, and he learned it at a communist-run school. The company (at www.virtusphere.com) has won 15 prizes at international shows, but it has yet to find a backer. Nurahmed, better known as Ray, says: "I am a scientist, not a businessman...
...Latypov brothers hope to follow Cybiko's model: manufacture in Asia, set up a management team in the U.S. and keep development in Russia. To start, they need $3 million in first-round funding. If they can make the right VC connections, and bring in the right management - and if more Russian scientists follow that example - then the country will have a shot at developing not only world-class technology but world-class technology companies...
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