Build A Career In Immersive Visuals - Travel. Tech. Creativity
6/22/202643 min
We talk with Joe Ness about building a career that combines filmmaking, travel, technology, and entrepreneurship. What started as a simple experiment with a vertical TV evolved into immersive video walls seen in casinos, hotels, healthcare facilities, and public spaces around the world.
Joe shares how he traveled to nearly 100 countries capturing extraordinary footage, the costs and risks behind creating world-class visual content, and why he believes authentic, real-world moments matter more than ever in an AI-driven world. We also discuss how he's using immersive visuals to improve healthcare and assisted living environments.
Connect with WOW: https://therealwow.com/
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Music credit: Kate Pierson & Monica Nation
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First 90 secondsJoe Ness· Guest0:00
[gentle music] He was an 800-pound mountain gorilla, wild. He walked right up to me, and he walked right up to the camera. This is 100% true, and he touched the lens.
Mirav Ozeri· Host0:13
[gentle music] Hi, welcome back to How Much Can I Make, the podcast about jobs and careers. I'm your host, Merav Ozeri. What if a love of photography, travel, technology, and nature could become a multi-million dollar business? My guest today is Joe Ness, founder of Window of the World, WOW. He started in television and video production, but simple idea turned into a career that took him to nearly 100 countries, and be one of the first one to build immersive video experiences seen in casinos, hotels, healthcare facilities, public places around the world. You can see some of his amazing video walls on his site, therealwow.com. It's in the show notes. So, let's turn to my conversation with Joe Ness.
Joe Ness· Guest1:06
I'm excited to tell you a little bit about what I do.
Mirav Ozeri· Host1:11
Yes.
Joe Ness· Guest1:12
And let me grab my coffee, and let's just... Let's, let's have some fun.
Mirav Ozeri· Host1:14
[laughs] So first I wanna tell you, I am so excited to talk to you, because I looked at your footage, and I actually think I saw some of your video walls in Vegas last year, and I always wondered