{"id":15729,"date":"2018-07-15T09:13:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-15T09:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hnews.hult.edu\/?p=15729"},"modified":"2026-05-05T17:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T16:38:49","slug":"students-launch-virtual-reality-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/students-launch-virtual-reality-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Visualizing the future: Hult students launch virtual reality business Viewy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to disruptive business innovation, <strong>virtual and augmented reality<\/strong> has certainly been one megatrend to watch. No longer the sole remit of sci-fi fantasy or video gamer tech, VR is demonstrating its value and far-reaching application across sectors\u2014from marketing and HR to healthcare.<\/p>\n<p>And the clever application of virtual reality can mean<strong>\u00a0real-world business growth.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2016, an ambitious group of<strong> Hult<\/strong> students saw the potential in bringing cutting-edge VR and AR technology back home to their native Colombia. While <strong>Carlos Rojas <\/strong>was working towards his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/masters\/international-marketing\/\"><strong>Masters in International Marketing<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<strong>Juan Felipe Santos <\/strong>was finishing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/undergraduate\/\"><strong>Bachelor of Business Administration<\/strong><\/a>, the concept of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewy.com.co\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Viewy<\/strong><\/a> was born.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The founders did some research and found that\u00a0<strong>75% of Fortune 100 companies use VR<\/strong>,&#8221; explains <strong>Maria Camila Tellez<\/strong>, Undergraduate Class of 2016 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/masters\/international-business\/\"><strong>Masters in International Business<\/strong><\/a> Class of 2019.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When they looked at how many companies had done it in Latin America, they found it was <strong>only 1%<\/strong>. They saw a great opportunity to take advantage of that gap.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15742\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15742\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15742 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Viewy-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Hult Viewy team\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Viewy-2.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Viewy-2-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Viewy-2-460x345.jpeg 460w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Viewy-2-768x576.jpeg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/525;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15742\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Viewy team includes Hult grads Maria Camila Tellez, Juan Felipe Santos, Marcos Rojas, and Carlos Rojas.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Maria was the most recent Hultian to join Viewy, where she is the Account Manager. <strong>Marcos Rojas<\/strong>, Viewy&#8217;s Finance Director and co-founder, is another alum who graduated from Hult&#8217;s Undergraduate Program in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s funny, because we barely knew each other while studying at Hult,&#8221; says Maria.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite not knowing each other very well, we had an idea of what working alongside other Hult students meant.\u00a0<strong>Work ethic, creativity, presentation skills<\/strong>\u00a0and\u2014most of all\u2014<strong>an eagerness to succeed<\/strong> is what we believe characterizes students at Hult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Work ethic, creativity,\u00a0and\u2014most of all\u2014an eagerness to succeed is what we believe characterizes students at Hult.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Beyond their Hult connections, the visionary Viewy team also includes co-founder <strong>Manuela Ospina<\/strong>\u00a0and audiovisual specialist\u00a0<strong>Jairo Pineda<\/strong>. They also have partnered with VR\/AR developer\u00a0<strong>Max Silva <\/strong>and his studio Waman.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15741 alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo-396x345.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"253\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo-396x345.jpeg 396w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo-500x435.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo-768x668.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo-1024x891.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-logo.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 290px) 100vw, 290px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 290px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 290\/253;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>We had the opportunity to ask Maria and the team a few questions to find out more about their company and startup journey.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Tell us about what Viewy does\u2014what&#8217;s your USP?<\/h3>\n<p>Viewy is a <strong>virtual reality agency<\/strong> that focuses on developing apps to improve marketing and training processes for big companies.\u00a0Through our own apps, we offer a\u00a0<strong>SaaS<\/strong> (Software as a Service) model.<\/p>\n<p>But we don&#8217;t just create content, we are consultants that understand your business needs and put a special touch on each campaign we launch.<\/p>\n<h3>Talk us through the journey of how the company went from concept to launch<\/h3>\n<p>Viewy started out as just an idea between Carlos, Juan Felipe, Manuela, and Carlos&#8217;s girlfriend, Laura, in November 2016. They noticed that there was a big opportunity in the market for a <strong>VR\/AR consultancy<\/strong> in Colombia.<\/p>\n<p>They started to try out what worked and what the right strategy would be to make Viewy the best startup.\u00a0<strong>We\u2019ve always seen virtual and augmented reality as the future. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The company officially launched in January 2017 and, just four months later, <strong>Viewy closed its first deal<\/strong>. Since then, it\u2019s only been progressing. So far, Viewy has been self-funded, but we are on the lookout for <strong>investors who believe in Viewy as much as we do.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We\u2019ve always seen <strong>virtual and augmented reality<\/strong> as the future.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>What have been your biggest achievements so far?<\/h3>\n<p>From the start, we\u2019ve only worked with multinationals. We have eight major clients at the moment.\u00a0We are also the first company in Colombia to have a VR partnership with <strong>Lenovo <\/strong>and<strong> TP-Link<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>2018 has been a great year for Viewy. In March, Viewy won a prize in Brazil at an event called <strong>100 Open Startups<\/strong> at Open Innovation Week Brazil. In April, we were\u00a0accepted for two accelerator programs, <strong>Oracle Scaleup Ecosystem<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>Apps.co<\/strong>, which is\u00a0sponsored by the government.<\/p>\n<p>At the moment, Juan Felipe is in Mexico, handling the expansion of <strong>Viewy Mexico<\/strong>, which will be managed by another Hult grad, <strong>Alvaro Peon<\/strong>,\u00a0and his brother <strong>Salvador Peon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>We are thrilled to see Viewy grow, <strong>especially alongside other Hult students<\/strong>. We hope to encourage more students and alumni to join our team!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15743\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15743\" style=\"width: 651px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-15743 size-medium lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-100-651x345.jpeg\" alt=\"Viewy team\" width=\"651\" height=\"345\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-100-651x345.jpeg 651w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-100-500x265.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-100-768x407.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/media\/uploads\/2018\/06\/viewy-100.jpeg 1000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 651px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 651\/345;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15743\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Members of the Viewy team at 100 Open Startups, and innovation event in Brazil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>How competitive is the startup market in Colombia? What are the major obstacles?<\/h3>\n<p>At the moment in our industry, the startup market is not very competitive. While it&#8217;s not a saturated market, <strong>every day the competition is rising<\/strong>. It is starting to become trendy, and it&#8217;s going to blow up soon.<\/p>\n<p>One of our obstacles is investment. Even though companies support startups more and more, we still have a long way to go regarding funding and capital investments.<\/p>\n<h3>How did studying at Hult prepare you for your business venture?<\/h3>\n<p>Our experience at Hult helped through things like case studies, developing a global mindset, and learning\u00a0<strong>soft skills <\/strong> like negotiating, presenting, and critical thinking.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, it helped us to see things differently\u2014to see all points of view.<\/p>\n<h3>What are your plans for the year ahead?<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Viewy is constantly innovating.<\/strong> Every six months, we have a goal to create a new product or service that addresses a need in the Latin American market.<\/p>\n<p>This year, we are working on two important projects: <strong>Viewy Sports<\/strong> and <strong>Viewy Academy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viewy Sports<\/strong> is a cognitive simulator for football that seeks to complement physical training with mental training.\u00a0It is designed to boost information retention up to 90%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Viewy Academy<\/strong> is content created for an educational purpose. We are working alongside <strong>Dr. Jorge Eslava<\/strong>,\u00a0an important neuropsychologist in Colombia who specializes in education. Our purpose is to change how educators teach and how students learn within the country.<\/p>\n<p>Our biggest plan for the years ahead it to <strong>expand to different countries in Latin America<\/strong>. We want to be in every corner of the world, and to reach that goal we will start by growing in Latin America.<\/p>\n<h3>What key learnings from your experience would you like to share with aspiring entrepreneurs? Any advice?<\/h3>\n<p>The team has learned a lot from this experience, both on a personal and a professional level. The main advice is that <strong>it\u2019s going to be hard work<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Some days will be harder than others, so it\u2019s important to <strong>keep focused<\/strong> and not let your emotions get the best of you. <strong>Trust the process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Another piece of advice is that the<strong> execution is more important than the idea<\/strong>. Basically, it\u2019s how you sell it. You\u2019re going to have competition, so you\u2019re going to have to distinguish yourself from it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You\u2019re going to have competition, so you\u2019re going to have to distinguish yourself from it.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Interested in finding out more about the exciting career paths of Hult alumni? <strong>Download our latest Global Careers Report<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kickstart your career with Hult&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/undergraduate\/\">undergraduate business school<\/a>. To find out more, take a look at our blog <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hult.edu\/blog\/why-to-apply-early-mba-masters\/\">5 big reasons why to apply early for your MBA or Masters<\/a>. Download a brochure or get in touch today to find out how Hult can help you to learn about the business world, the future, and yourself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it comes to disruptive business innovation, virtual and augmented reality has certainly been one megatrend to watch. 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