Hugh Seaton Joins The Glimpse Group as the General Manager of Adept Reality


NEW YORK, May 08, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Glimpse Group, Inc. (“Glimpse”), a Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality (“VR” and “AR”) platform company comprised of multiple VR and AR software & services companies, announced today that Hugh Seaton has joined its wholly owned subsidiary company, Adept Reality, LLC, as General Manager.

Adept Reality (https://adeptreality.com) provides ROI driven corporate training solutions, built on a VR/AR software platform that allows for measurable improvements of employee performance through all training phases including: recruiting/evaluation, onboarding, knowledge transfer, operations, certification and career development. The platform’s data collection capabilities allow for performance tracking and AI-based real-time coaching during the training experiences.

Hugh Seaton is an experienced VR and e-Learning executive. Prior to Glimpse, Hugh founded and led AquinasVR, an immersive learning software company. Hugh is a leader in the Tri-State VR community, having co-founded NYVR Expo, various VR Learning meetup groups and other related industry events. Prior to AquinasVR, Hugh was senior marketing executive with BBDO worldwide and at his own marketing firm. Prior to these, he held various senior positions at Sony Electronics, AOL Time Warner, DraftFCB and Havas. Hugh is a fluent Mandarin speaker, holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and was an adjunct professor at NYU.

Hugh Seaton commented, “Glimpse is developing a flexible VR-based corporate training software platform. This intuitive and easy to use tool will cost-effectively enhance a corporation’s ability to increase retention, scale effectively, encourage practice, track progress and build culture. I’m excited to join Glimpse’s industry leading VR/AR team, where the depth of technical and business talent enables us to provide world class products and services, something that is often lacking in emerging industries.” 

"Given market feedback and traction, we are highly focused on the corporate VR/AR training segment and believe that ROI-driven training solutions are applicable across industries and companies”, said Glimpse President and Chief Executive Officer Lyron Bentovim, “Hugh is an experienced executive and entrepreneur, who is uniquely qualified to lead our efforts in this segment. I would like to thank Rod Recker, Adept’s departing GM, for his many contributions to Glimpse and Adept”.

About The Glimpse Group, Inc.

The Glimpse Group is a Virtual and Augmented Reality platform company, comprised of multiple VR and AR software & services companies, and designed with the specific purpose of cultivating entrepreneurs in the VR/AR industry. Our unique business model simplifies challenges faced by VR/AR entrepreneurs and creates a robust ecosystem, while simultaneously providing investors an opportunity to invest directly into the emerging VR/AR industry via a diversified platform. For more information on The Glimpse Group, please visit www.theglimpsegroup.com

For additional information please contact:

Hugh Seaton
General Manager
Adept Reality, LLC
hseaton@glimpsegroup.io

Maydan Rothblum
CFO & COO
The Glimpse Group, Inc.
maydan@theglimpsegroup.com