Highlights of this meeting include:
James Stewart is the Founder of Geneva Film Company which produces live action, VFX, stop-motion and CG animation on platforms ranging from mobile to giant screen including gesture control and VR.
James shares his experiences with storytelling in 3D, 360, and virtual reality.
Ben Miller is the Director of Content Development for WEVR. In this presentation, Ben talks about the lessons learned when designing content with the HTC Vive’s Lighthouse controllers.
Note: The audio was plugged directly in the camera for this presentation, and there is some distortion. It gets easier to hear once Ben starts talking.
Jan Nordmann is Senior Director Business Development for New Media at Fraunhofer USA Digital Media Technologies. This technical presentation talks about the effective use of audio in virtual reality. Very well received!
Note: The audio was plugged directly in the camera for this presentation, and there is some distortion. It gets much easier to hear once Jan starts talking.
Dr. Jason Jerald is the Co-Founder and Principal Consultant for NextGen Interactions. This presentation speaks to design considerations in virtual reality.
NOTE: The microphone was plugged directly into the camera for this day’s sessions, and there is noticeable distortion. You will still be able to hear what the speaker is saying. Sorry for the inconvenience.
This panel talked about the processing power and benchmarking tools needed to make modern virtual reality work. Panelists included:
All about video games and unique uses of video take technology with virtual reality, this panel was moderated by Dominic Eskofier, Marketing and PR Coordinator for Rockstar Games and moderator in the Reddit Oculus Community. Panelists include David Finsterwalder, Founder of Realities.io, Philipp Maas, Developer at Sonar VR, Emmanuel Marquez, CTO of Starbreeze Studios, and Jean-Edouard Fages, Game Designer at Agharta Studio.
This turned out great!
Kharis O’Connell is the CEO and Co-Founder of HUMAN. This presentation talks about effective user interfaces for augmented and virtual reality and blasts many of the myths promoted with influential Hollywood cinema. Kharis even brought props to demonstrate their latest work on stage which was bravely compiled just thirty minutes prior!
Andrew McGovern is the Vice-President of Media & Entertainment for IM360. IM360 has one everything from an immersive Taylor Swift experience to Conan O’Brian in VR to delivering babies across great distances (ok, maybe we are stretching a little…just a little!).
Matthew McGinity is the Founder of 2666 and has been creating immersive systems and applications in academic, industrial and artistic contexts for almost two decades, from prototyping VR simulations for astronauts at the European Space Agency to heading the computer science team at the iCinema Centre for Interactive Cinema Research at UNSW Sydney. His presentation is all about achieving presence in virtual reality; very interesting stuff!
