Lee Brighton

Co-founder, Virtro

EdTechVancouverOn TechVancouver stages since 2018

Lee Brighton co-founded Virtro, the Vancouver company building VR and browser training simulations where learners hold open conversations with AI-driven virtual humans. A former science teacher turned repeat founder, she launched Virtro in 2016 and told the TechVancouver stage in 2018 that the goal should be an extraordinary life, not just a successful business.

On the TechVancouver stage ×1

TECHVANCOUVER13:36

Lee Brighton of Virtro Entertainment Inc presents Success in Business

TechVancouver · September 2018

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In their words

95% of all people that start learning a language fail. 95%. I felt good — I was like, I've contributed to something worthwhile.

TechVancouver, Sep 2018 · watch at 05:07 ↗

Every single decision has to in some way give us an extraordinary life.

TechVancouver, Sep 2018 · watch at 10:15 ↗

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Around the web ×1

Article

This local VR firm's coaches are virtual, but they can get real on the jobBC Business

2020

Quick answers

What is Virtro?

A Vancouver company making immersive AI-powered training simulations — VR and browser-based scenarios where learners practise language and soft skills by talking to AI virtual humans.

When was Virtro founded?

2016, in Vancouver, by Lee Brighton and Jordan Brighton, as BC Business reported in December 2020.

What was her TechVancouver talk about?

That founders should not set out only to create a business, but to create an extraordinary life with the company as one part of it — argued from her own career.

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