Immersed 2014 in Toronto, Canada
The Immersive Technology Alliance is proud to reveal the dates and call for speakers for Immersed 2015 and a brand new industry-building conference called Immersed Europe.
Next Galaxy Corp’s Mary Spio and University of Kentucky’s Coach John Calipari
“In the next ten years, [VR] is going to change how we do things and I want to be on the front edge with my program; what we are doing to bring those families in.” – Coach John Calibari, University of Kentucky
Bloomberg ran a special interview about the potential of virtual reality with proud ITA member Mary Spio, President of Next Galaxy Corp, and Coach John Calipari from the University of Kentucky. Very interesting!
Neil Schneider, Executive Director The Immersive Technology Alliance
Neil Schneider, Executive Director of The Immersive Technology Alliance and Founder of Meant to be Seen was interviewed by Kent Bye from Voices of VR. Neil talks about the early days of how Meant to be Seen was started, the early days of Oculus VR, The ITA, and where things are ultimately headed.
“We’re excited about joining the ITA and working with the other members to push VR and 3D stereoscopic development forward. With the excitement around VR and the challenges developers face creating great VR and 3D experiences, it’s great to be able to discuss ideas and solutions with other people down in the trenches and push the medium forward.” – Jason Spangler, CTO and Co-Founder of Descendent Studios
Alongside Doom and Quake, games like Wing Commander and Descent were the staples that cemented the future of the mind blowing video games we take for granted today. Read More
Sourced from gamesindustry.biz
Gamesindustry.biz has revealed a very exciting study for the VR industry at large. Based on an estimated 180.5 million respondents aged 11-64 who were jointly surveyed by IPSOS and GameTrack, 44% have a demonstrated interest in VR technology – gamers in particular. Read More
“It was a pleasure being able to present to some of the best minds in VR right now.” – Alexander Chu, Interaction Designer, Samsung Research America
Alex Chu is Interaction Designer at Samsung Research America in Dallas. He was the design lead for Milk VR, a 360 degree video service for Gear VR, and worked on the original Gear VR prototype. Alex talked about the effective use of space in VR at the ITA Annual Meeting. The meeting was clearly a rare opportunity to tap into one of the leading minds in VR right now! Read More
The Immersive Technology Alliance’s 2015 Annual Meeting attracted some of the biggest names in the industry. From left to right:
- Colin Shin, EVP and Co-Founder of Siliconarts
- Bertrand Nepveu, CEO of VRvana
- Ethan Schur, CMO of ImmersiON-VRelia
- Davic Cole, Co-Founder of NextVR
- Frank Vitz, Creative Director, Crytek
- Richard Huddy, Chief Gaming Scientist, AMD
- Dr. Jon Peddie, CEO, Jon Peddie Research
Much more to come! Read More
We just got word that AMD’s Chief Gaming Scientist Richard Huddy will be joining our already stellar panel at the 2015 Annual Meeting for The ITA. This is exciting on so many levels. A single meeting that features VR device makers, The Khronos Group, representation from two GPU makers, VR cinema…you name it. Space has grown limited. Register in advance to ensure your spot.
If you tried to register for the upcoming ITA Annual Meeting and got wait-listed on Eventbrite, GOOD NEWS! We were able to rebalance the tickets and there is a bit more room capacity than originally anticipated. Get registered while you still can. You don’t have to be an ITA member to access the public portion.
The Immersive Technology Alliance is also proud to be a media sponsor for the Toronto ACM SIGGRAPH’s showing of the SIGGRAPH 2014 Computer Animation Festival for everyone who missed it in Vancouver. Roy Anthony will be hosting. The alliance has special discount codes for ITA members.