ADVANCING USER EXPERIENCES BY BRIDGING THE CLIENT, CLOUD, AND NETWORK ECOSYSTEMS

Seated left to right are Guillaume Gouraud (SVP of Business Development StarVR Project Starbreeze Studios), Dr. Richard Marks (Director of PlayStation Magic Lab at Sony Computer Entertainment), Dario Laverde (Senior Developer Evangelist at HTC), Ben Miller (Director of Content Development at WEVR).  The panel was moderated by Lucas Cochran, Tech Correspondent for Daily Planet at Discovery Channel Canada (seated at the far right).

Most of the sessions will be made available in their entirety in Immersed Access.  If you were a qualified professional delegate at Immersed 2015, a code to access the sessions for free will be released shortly.

Immersed 2015 is proud to share the next keynote address: The Tipping Point of VR presented by Sasa Marinkovic, Head of VR Marketing for AMD.  Sasa talks about where the industry is headed, why, and what place AMD is looking forward to filling in this exciting space.  This and much more is going to be made available in the ITA’s private online community.

More to come!

The ITA’s Neil Schneider interviews Phil Chen, Chief Content Officer of HTC at Immersed 2015

The Immersive Technology Alliance is very proud of how Immersed 2015 turned out.  We’d like to express our thanks to our Premiere Sponsors AMD, Ontario Centres of Excellence, and Starbreeze Studios who were all pivotal in making this event possible.  We’d also like to extend our gratitude to our speakers, exhibitors, attendees, and media sponsors.  Exemplary media coverage has already been showcased by Tom’s Hardware and Discovery Channel Canada’s Daily Planet, with additional coverage expected from Wifi Hifi Magazine, Jon Peddie Research, and more! Read More

Gord Harris, Christie Digital

“We found Immersed 2014 great for learning about other leading developments in Virtual Reality technology and content creation, so I’m thrilled to be a part of the speaker lineup at Immersed 2015. It’s a great opportunity to talk to the VR community about the technology Christie is creating in this field, including our innovative forms of ‘off-the-head’ immersive displays.” – Gord Harris, Senior Program Manager, Christie Digital

This must-attend event now features over thirty industry-leading speakers from all over the world. The schedule has been updated with detailed abstracts, and the multi-faceted technical workshop day covers stereoscopic 3D cinema, virtual reality, and 360 degree audio. Read More

Lucas Cochran, Tech Correspondent, Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada

“An event like Immersed is key to showing the masses that VR and AR have moved from the realm of science fiction into fact. Hardware and content are finally catching up to our lofty expectations and now we can experience those innovations first hand.” – Lucas Cochran, Daily Planet, Discovery Channel Canada

The Immersive Technology Alliance is excited to announce that Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet will be moderating the immersive video game panel at Immersed 2015. This panel features leading industry names like Sony Computer Entertainment, HTC, Starbreeze Studios, and WEVR. Tom’s Hardware will lead the “What’s Under the Hood” panel which features AMD, Basemark, and Jon Peddie Research. Both outlets are planning full coverage of Immersed 2015. Read More

For those who had the misfortune of missing Immersed Europe in Murcia, Spain, here is a taste of the magic that happened onstage.  The above is The ITA’s Neil Schneider interviewing Simon Brown and Grant Bagwell, Core Developers of the free and open source Vireio Perception VR drivers.  They talk about everything from the software development to the growing friendship between them thanks to their work in virtual reality and on Vireio. Read More