HoloLens and Xbox veterans form studio to create meaningful applications for businesses.
SEATTLE, April 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Sébastien Motte, former head of Xbox first-party business development and John Howard, Creative Director on Microsoft HoloLens for partnerships with NASA, Autodesk, and Trimble, just launched LOOOK™, a Seattle based holographic, mixed reality design and development studio.
Joining in the formation of LOOOK™ is strategic development partner Asobo Studio. Based in Bordeaux, France, Asobo Studio is the only independent studio in the world that has been developing on HoloLens for the last few years. They have shipped three of the pre-installed applications on the recently released HoloLens Development Edition.
"Asobo Studio has been at the forefront of HoloLens development from the beginning," says John Howard Co-Founder and Creative Director. "New technologies have a learning curve, and our early involvement with HoloLens has given us years long head start in the creation of meaningful holographic applications."
LOOOK™ offers envisioning workshops, prototyping, and application development services.
"We've spent years unlocking the potential of mixed reality computing and we are now excited to help clients identify the best solutions to fit their unique needs, and opportunities," says John Howard, Co-Founder and Creative Director.
Mixed reality brings digital content into the real world, unlocking new insights and capabilities enabling clearer communication and higher confidence in decision making.
"We want to harness the power of holographic, mixed reality to create meaningful applications to raise awareness & empathy, connect people, and protect our planet. We partner with companies and organizations who share these common core values," says Sébastien Motte, Co-Founder and CEO.
LOOOK™ believes holographic computing is the next major technology disruption after the smartphone. "Tomorrow's glasses will replace today's 2D, flat screens," says Sébastien Motte, Co-Founder and CEO.
About LOOOK™
LOOOK™ is a mixed reality design and development studio that creates meaningful applications for companies, organizations and individuals. For more information, visit: www.loook.io. or @LOOOKdotIO
About Sébastien Motte
After 12 years as the head of Microsoft Xbox first-party business development, Sébastien started Mintonic, a biz dev and strategy consulting agency. He was fortunate to experience very early prototypes of HoloLens and was so impacted that he decided to start LOOOK. Sébastien is an engineer in agriculture, and certified Kundalini yoga teacher.
About John Howard
John was Creative Director on Microsoft HoloLens for partnerships with NASA, Autodesk, and Trimble. Prior to that, he was Creative Director on Xbox Fitness and held Lead Design positions on several AAA games, including Halo: Combat Evolved.
About Asobo
Asobo Studio is an independent video game development studio based in Bordeaux, France that was founded in 2002. Asobo developed three of the pre-installed applications on the recently released HoloLens Development Edition: Fragments, Young Conker, and HoloTour.
The Studio currently employs about 100 full-time developers.
LOOOK is a trademarks of LOOOK, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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