Biography

Jake Green grew up in Moorpark, CA where he attended the local school system. For college, he was accepted into the Mechanical Engineering program at the University of Southern California. Halfway through his tenure, he added a Cinematic Arts minor. At USC, he got into virtual reality through a VR project that was working through the USC Games program called Project Holodeck. While on the project, he worked with the founders on creating a custom VR system alongside an immersive game. After his time at PH, he continued his studies until his senior year, where he started up his own VR Education startup, as well as started VRSC, the VR club at USC. Upon his graduation, he went to work for an LA-based VR Education startup called Zypre. It was at Zypre that he worked on First, the VR recreation of the Wright Brothers' first flight. He since worked with partner Jonah Hirsch to create a new entity, CGO Studios, to carry on the goal of creating high-quality moments of history in VR.
- IMDb mini biography by: Jake Green

Jake Green holds one Major and two Minors from the University of Southern California: a Major in Mechanical Engineering and Minors in both Cinematic Arts and Astronomy.

The Project Holodeck team went on to start their own company called Survios. They were able to raise $4 million soon after, solidifying one of the earliest investments in a VR content creation company.

Project Holodeck was one of the first student-lead VR projects at USC. It also used a custom, 3D printed headset, the design of which was used in part to create the first Oculus Rift.