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For years, many have tried to develop a see-through, near-eye display technology that combines beautiful design, excellent image quality and scalable mass production with high yields. At Dispelix, we’ve figured it out.

Dispelix is helping product companies to create beautiful AR glasses based on single-waveguide full-color displays with superior image quality and mass manufacturability.

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Antti Sunnari

CEO , Dispelix

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Smart devices don't offer enough computing and graphics power to enable high-quality AR experiences and the AR community invests time and money in the polygon reduction and optimization of 3D models. In this session you will learn, how Holo-Light solves this solution with its own Remote Rendering solution optimized for industrial users.

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Isabella Doppler

CFO , Holo-Light

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Network with your peers and share your session highlights.

NOTE: Food and beverages are available for purchase at the following food stands located within the Santa Clara Convention Center: Pete’s Coffee Cart, Great America Lobby Food Court, Mission City Lobby Food court

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HTC VIVE's Head of Product Vinay Narayan and Circuit Stream's Lead XR Instructor Usman Mir share the development potential of HTC VIVE's latest eyetracking SDK: Pro Eye. Discover the possibilities Pro Eye opens for developers, experience enterprise use cases, and learn how to build an eyetracking app yourself from expert VR instructors.

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Submissions Close April 1st

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Elena Zhizhimontova

Co-Founder and CEO , TogethAR

Jufo Peltomaa

CEO , Immersal

Laura Yecies

CEO , SyncThink

Jason Marsh

CEO , Flow Immersive

Edison Duran

CEO , PleIQ Smart Toys

Harold Dumur

CEO & Founder , OVA

Vicky Smalley

CTO , FundamentalVR

Alon Grinshpoon

CEO , echoAR

Mark Goldfarb

CEO , Sixdof Space

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Gaming and entertainment technology is evolving rapidly to become more immersive and interactive. Significant investment in 5G infrastructure will enable more content to be delivered to consumers while simultaneously giving those customers more control and detail. Currently, content developers and broadcast/streaming services are working to determine the best container for delivering that content over 5G. MPEG-H is a leading contender as it allows delivery of a single type of audio/video experience to its customer base over multiple platforms (e.g. VR/AR, music video, film, streaming or broadcast). Likewise, MPEG-H can be used for mobile, PCs, the car and a multitude of connected devices, forever changing the workflows of mixers and broadcasters having to work on numerous (and separate) audio mixes for each method of content consumption.
Furthermore, MPEG-H also enables the end consumer to personalize their entertainment experience like never before. Examples would be to allow the hard of hearing to adjust the dialog of a sports broadcast independently of the other audio or allowing the super fan to remove the commentary altogether. Additional features include playing back the entire soundscape on headphones with high immersion using spatial audio processing and allowing the HRTF’s of a device to be changed on the playback device for an even more detailed and accurate representation of the audio. In this talk, we will talk about how THX is working with the industry to enable the creation and delivery of next-generation immersive content to enhance the entertainment experience for consumers.

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Patrick Flanagan

VP, Audio Architecture , THX

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In March, Kevin wrote an eye-opening cover story for Wired about Mirrorworlds, the digital twin of the real world. This is an old idea, but now companies like Google, Snap, Niantic, and startups like 6D.ai, are building parts of the Mirrorworlds. They use tech like SLAM - geolocation + computer vision - which enables us to precisely anchor the digital to the physical. The real world will thus become searchable and clickable making Mirrorworld the most valuable asset in spatial computing.

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Kevin Kelly

Founding Executive Editor , WIRED

Charlie Fink

Consultant, Columnist, Author, Adjunct , Forbes

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Not only does it take great hardware and apps to bridge our digital and physical worlds, but also endurance to survive as the market matures.

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Christopher Pickett

CEO , DigiLens

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We have seen a shift in Life Sciences development from small molecule to highly sophisticated biologics to the development of complex personalized medicine. With that complexity comes the need for streamlining human-centric processes and assurance of greater reliability, compliance, speed and safety across all unit operations. Paper procedures lack the ability to provide deep insight or process improvement and current EBR systems are rigid, lacking the contextual understanding that makes augmented reality-driven systems so successful within complex environments. As a result, these intelligent and spatial systems are being implemented across life science teams from R&D through manufacturing to improve collaboration, communication and speed. These systems allow organizations to take their existing content, augment it and execute on any device, providing a fully traceable system for accessing and storing critical data.

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Angelo Stracquatanio

CEO & Co-Founder , Apprentice.io

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nreal’s applications are now ready to be developed to run directly from your mobile device, empowering not only immersive AR and MR apps but your native android ones as well. Contents through glasses have never been more accessible to its consumers.

Kicking off with the ol’ hello world, we will explore ways to migrate mobile AR and native Android apps to nreal’s MR environment.

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Zhihao Zhao

Product Manager , nreal Technology Ltd.

Wei Lv

Software Product Manager , nreal

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Microsoft has released HoloLens 2 on MWC. I think it is the benchmark for mixed reality devices, but it only reaches the pass mark. In order to be used by ordinary consumers, headsets must be turned into glasses to eliminate their fears of tech equipment.

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Victor Sun

CEO , Shadow Creator

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The future of live experiences such as sports, concerts and theatre venues is radically changing. The rollout of 5G will trigger a revolution in AR and spatial mapping technologies.

Nexus Studios, a leader in immersive storytelling, and AEG, the world’s leading sports and live entertainment company, are working closely to enhance live experiences with immersive technologies.

By creating a highly accurate digital overlay of the venue that can be accessed via your phone’s camera, venues will soon offer an array of new services to offer customers.

In this session we'll explore the opportunities within this digital infrastructure, and cover new ways for brands to engage with customers.

Together, Nexus Studios and AEG are designing the venue of the future.

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Robert Thacker

Vice President of Strategy, Digital and Analytics for Global Partnerships , AEG

Luke Ritchie

Head of Interactive , Nexus Studios

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Sharing reliable information via a virtual platform is key to success in day to day work activities. Integrating wearable technology in the right marriage of hardware and software is an all important 1st step that leads to a game changer versus a dud. How can we properly mix the two and have success?

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Vincent Williams

Fleet Engineering Innovation and Technology Project Manager , Southern Company

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Come hear Matt Miesnieks, CEO and co-founder of 6D.ai, dive into the latest AR technical challenges 6D is tackling, catch a glimpse of what’s to come with the most recent breakthroughs and learn more about how spatial computing solutions are being applied across businesses, organizations and entertainment alike.

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Matt Miesnieks

CEO , Dejavu

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Architectural teams at Arrowstreet are on a mission to advance their industry’s approach to design. Establishing an in-house innovation lab AIR (Arrowstreet Innovation + Research) in 2016, the firm is leading their industry in collaborative project practices and design visualization. The use of immersive technologies has elevated decision making, streamlined project coordination, and built stronger relationships with clients and end users.

This fireside chat features Arrowstreet’s President Amy Korté AIA discussing the implementation of immersive design practice with Kachina Studer : Product Developer + UX Strategist for the innovation lab and Kat Schneider : Architectural Designer. The conversation will examine the firms bold investment in the architectural practice, how they are planning for future cities, and take deep dive into one of their most progressive and complex project in Boston.

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Kat Schneider

Architectural + Interface Designer , Arrowstreet

Amy Korte

President , Arrowstreet

Kachina Studer

Researcher , Arrowstreet

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In the early nineties, I co-invented the CMOS image sensor at the Jet Propulsion Labs in Pasadena. Although it was clear to all of us from the start that this technology would transform the world of digital imaging, industry adoption was initially non-existent. In 1995, I founded Photobit Corporation, obtained an exclusive license for the new technology, and built a team to publicize and commercialize it. Now, two decades later, CMOS image sensors are in every smartphone and digital camera, and is the enabling technology behind image and scene recognition for the XR industry. In this talk, I will discuss the elements which propel the adoption of disruptive technologies, and will talk about my personal experiences and challenges as a woman and CEO in the world of advanced technology.

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Sabrina Kemeny

President , Tap Systems, Inc.

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From face filters to avatars, augmented reality and virtual reality is equipping people with new ways to express themselves and change the way they are perceived to the rest of the world. This panel will discuss how spatial computing is impacting identity and the implications of being able to remix who we are.

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Faye Maidment

Angel Investor , Angel Investor

Tom Emrich

Direct, Product Management , Niantic, Inc.

Tom Emrich

Co-Producer, AWE & Partner, , Super Ventures

Jasmine Roberts

Research Engineer , Microsoft Research

Mahesh Ramasubramanian

Co-founder & CEO , Loom.ai

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Like so much else in technology and culture, the worlds of gaming and entertainment are under increasing ethical scrutiny from press and public alike. In XR entertainment, the unique characteristics of immersive media add extra layers of complexity and subtlety to ethical questions. XR entertainment creators have a responsibility to understand and address issues including privacy and safety, volition and agency, trust and truthfulness, and nuanced problems of representation. Our panelists will take a thoughtful view of these ethical dimensions with a special focus on potential solutions and best practices.

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Brenda Laurel

Principal , Neogaian Interactive

Nicole Lazzaro

President , Xeodesign Inc

Samantha Gorman

Co-Founder , Tender Claws

David Levitt

CEO , Pantomime Corporation

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Coming Soon

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Siva Boggala

Senior Director, AR/VR Software , Samsung Research America

Farshid Fallah

Director of Developer Relations, XR and Gaming , Samsung Electronics America