Firsthand creates interactive Virtual Reality applications for education, training, business, research and therapy. Services include creative design, application development, immersive displays, and customized turnkey VR hardware systems. Firsthand founders, Ari Hollander and Howard Rose, began working together at the Human Interface Technology Lab at the University of Washington, Seattle to put VR technologies in the hands of public school students. This groundbreaking effort, led by educator Dr. William Winn, demonstrated that emerging interactive, real-time technologies, hold vast potential to revolutionize the way people learn, work and play with computers. It laid the foundation to take VR beyond military and specific research application. Today, Virtual Reality applications are a part of every day life. Firsthand Technology Inc. was formed to take virtual reality technology and interactive computing out of the lab into the real world. Mission statement, âMaking technology work for people.â expresses the human-centered vision of computers advance the field and make computing a whole lot more enjoyable, interesting and powerful. Firsthand Services: Today virtual reality and real-time 3D have expanded into diverse fields of medical training, therapeutic pain management, exposure therapy for PTSD and phobias, business, architecture and advergames. Success in these markets demands experience, creativity and high production values. Firsthand has worked at the forefront of these fields providing: Engaging Design: to transform great ideas into engaging and effective simulations and games. Initial conception into a complete design and deployment strategy. Application Development: Firsthand can build all aspects of application including graphics, 3D models and characters, and programming. Build for all platforms, including mobile devices. Complete Hardware Sales, Installation and Support: Firsthand is an authorized reseller for leading VR hardware manufacture
