Agenda

Description

Augmented reality is transforming our mobile devices into more interactive and immersive tools. Developing AR technology is a very challenging task that involves highly specific skills in both computer vision and computer graphics. This poses a problem that slows down the adoption of AR, as many small companies might not have the resources to develop their AR ambitions. ARGear is a new AR SDK that makes it easier to develop AR applications so that your apps can keep up with the industry and maybe even accelerate the adoption of AR. Join SeersLab’s Jacob Morton as he demonstrates just how easy it is to create your own mobile AR application using ARGear.

Speakers

Jacob Morton

Deep Learning Engineer , Seerslab Inc.

Description

Hear from Volvo's Lead Virtual Experiences,Timmy Ghiurau, about how he broke new ground with the multi-awarded Volvo Varjo collaboration by bringing technology forged in gaming into one of the leading brands in the automotive industry. Timmy will introduce their Product Simulator platform from Volvo Cars used for simulations and XR experiences, that will help Volvo Cars to shape the future of mobility, by enabling users to contribute in developing scenarios, and services for the automotive track.

Speakers

Casper Wickman

Senior Technical Leader/Senior Researcher , Volvo Cars

Timmy Ghiurau

Senior Lead XR and Virtual Experiences , Volvo Cars

Description

Join David Varela and Jose M. Blanco Gomez of The Manufacturing Technology Centre's advanced visualization team to explore the influence and impact of new telexistence paradigms. Learn how technology initially planned for space exploration will help to overcome actual society and workspace challenges here on Earth, thanks to next-generation breakthroughs in mixed reality, AI, and haptic and robotic technologies.

Speakers

David Varela

Technology Manager - Advanced Visualization (AR/VR/MR) , The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Jose M Blanco Gomez

Advanced Research Engineer (VR/AR/MR) , The Manufacturing Technology Centre

Description

Bavaria comprises Europe's 6th largest economy (greater than Norway & Portugal's economies combined) and attracts some of the world's fastest-growing unicorns and tech giants, e.g. Amazon Web Services, Palantir, Cloudflare, Lyft, Uber, and Slack.
In this session, James Mister, Executive Director of Bavarian U.S. Offices, and Silke Schmidt, Head of XR HUB BAVARIA, will guide you through the AR, VR & MR Ecosystem in Bavaria. In addition, we provide you unfiltered insights on European market entry and expansion, including access to Bavaria’s $6.5B in funding for pilots and R&D in cutting edge fields such as AR, VR and MR. All of this delivered straight to your home!

Speakers

Silke Schmidt

Head of XR HUB , Bavarian U.S. Offices

James Mister

Executive Director , Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Development

Description

Yousef Okasheh | Floori

Pouria Kay | Grib

Sarah Hashkes | Radix Motion

Inga Petryaevskaya | Tvori

Sebastian Kreutz | Holocafe GmbH

Maret Thatcher | Argyle, Inc.

Aravind Upadhyaya | 8chili

David Dorfman | Sesh

Mina Fahim | MediView XR

Description

12:30-1:30pm PDT- Curating Immersive Art Panel: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1498681809;

3:00-4:00pm PDT- Building the Metaverse: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1495548483;

4:00-5:00pm PDT- Augmenting Difficult Realities: Using AR to Change Perspectives at Home and in Public: https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1485933204

Use code 'awe3'.

Speakers

Jesse Damiani

Deputy Director of Emerging Technology , Southern New Hampshire University

Vladimir Ilic

Creative Technologist , VRHuman

Nancy Baker Cahill

Multidisciplinary Artist, Founder/Creative Director , 4th Wall AR App

Myriam Achard

Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR , PHI

Alfredo Salazar-Caro

Artist, Activist, Creative Director/ Co-Founder DiMoDA , Digital Museum of Digital Art

Giorgio Vitale

Director , Synthesis Gallery

Description

In the commoditized environment of land oilfield operations, efficiency is the primary driver of profitability. Schlumberger has created a technology workflow, that increases the productivity of land operations through the utilization of drone mapping, 3D collaborative VR planning and AR assisted execution.

Speakers

Sergey Doronichev

Immersive Technology Manager , Schlumberger

Description

Learn how to develop WebAR experiences using the 8th Wall platform in this technical walk-through. The 8th Wall team will lead a live tutorial on how to develop interactive WebAR/VR experiences that run everywhere using 8th Wall’s AR Engine and Cloud Editor platform. Introduced in 2018, 8th Wall’s AR Engine supports both image tracking and world tracking (at the same time!), and runs entirely in javascript in mobile browsers. After a year of commercial WebAR developer feedback, the purpose-built Cloud Editor was released for professional WebAR development and deployment. Come prepared for a deep dive into the tools and tech that power today’s commercial WebAR experiences!

Speakers

Rigel Benton

Senior UX Designer , Niantic, Inc.

Tony Tomarchio

Director of Technical Operations , 8th Wall

Description

Spatial computing will transform how we understand data. Roger Kenny is a data viz expert from The Wall Street Journal who has been exploring spatial computing since 2015. In this talk he will share some of what he has learned.

Speakers

Roger Kenny

Innovation Tech Lead , Dow Jones

Description

Transfer your consciousness ,via a virtual avatar, into ENGAGE where you will join Chris Madsen, Steven Sato and fellow AWE peers for an immersive interactive journey into ENGAGE to experience first-hand how virtual reality is being used for collaboration, training, education, communication, events and more! Space is limited.

ENGAGE is an education and corporate training platform in virtual reality. It empowers educators and companies to host meetings, presentations, classes and events with people across the world. Using the platform, virtual reality training and experiences can be created in minutes. The tools are very easy to use and require no technical expertise. You can choose to host your virtual reality sessions live, or record and save them for others to experience later. A wide variety of effective and immersive virtual experiences can be created with an extensive library of virtual objects, effects and virtual locations available on the platform.

Space is limited to 50 people for one hour each day from May 26-29 at 1pm PST.

Details to sign up for this virtual event are on the ENGAGE event calendar.

IMPORTANT: The AWE conference password is 'vr'

Day 3: https://app.engagevr.io/events/ZnMdA/share

The livestream can be found at: https://engagevr.io/awe-conference/

Speakers

Steven Sato

Business Development , Immersive VR Education

Chris Madsen

Business Development , Immersive VR Education

Description

New and emerging technologies are revolutionizing the way end-users interact with their environment, and reshaping organizational training. How can we leverage these new technologies to help individuals learn and practice the various skills associated to their current roles in a real world environment? Augment Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) provide a range of possible solutions. So, where do you begin? How do you encourage adoption, spark innovation, and accelerate integration of an AR/VR solution? What do I need to know?

Discuss the various forms of virtual reality currently available for training and development
Review various uses cases for AR/VR, and see it in action
Discuss how to request and integrate AR/VR within your organization address the business challenges and roadblocks to adoption

Speakers

Gene Feldman

Training Manager , Nestle Purina

Description

In this talk, you’ll learn how top global 2000 companies are using VR training at scale to generate significant ROI and savings for their bottom line. You’ll learn how to integrate VR into existing training programs, set your baselines metrics, break down a plan to scale, and quantify training results, a process that has been traditionally extremely hard to measure.
If you’re curious about immersive technology, this session will give you the knowledge for systematically implementing virtual reality training in your organization and what you can expect from the technology in the future.

Speakers

Dane Laughlin

OPS Transformation Product Leader , Koch Industries

Lou Pushelberg

CEO and Founder , Circuit Stream

Description

From automotive design labs to construction sites, professional designers from around the world are using Augmented Reality to bring ideas to life. The NVIDIA CloudXR SDK is an essential suite of tools and APIs for telecommunications providers, original device manufacturers (ODMs) and independent software vendors delivering 5G AR content. Join Greg Jones, Senior Manager of Global Business Development for XR and Product Manager of CloudXR at NVIDIA, to discover how the CloudXR SDK enables wireless streaming of OpenVR applications to 5G-connected devices. In this developer tutorial, Dr. Jones will explain how the CloudXR SDK provides expanded access to the most advanced computer graphics through NVIDIA RTX Server with virtual GPU technology, enabling developers to design for scalability and performance.

Speakers

Greg Jones

Director XR PM , NVIDIA

Description

The web straddles national boundaries. It is the place where the "great conversation" takes place; the conversation about how we as world citizens work and grow together. But it is hard today to even tip somebody a dollar across international boundaries for work that you like. It is also hard to see what the best content is - based on how much attention a given person has gotten in real-world terms other than by upvotes which can be faked. In this new world, a world that is increasingly online, using a web that is increasingly more vibrant, richer and engaging, we need ways to signal to each other clearly - with true signals - that cannot be forged, that show real indications of interest. What we think of as the future web is more than just pretty graphics - it is an intersection of three key requirements: 1) better tools 2) identity and 3) money. For us to have the beautiful hyper futures we imagine; with immersive 3d graphics, where content creators who want to make money go to the web first rather than walled gardens - we need to fix all three of these.

To join, click here closer to the event: https://hubs.mozilla.com/pGdWEYo/hubs-at-awe-online

Speakers

Anselm Hook

CTO , MorpheusXR

Description

Storytelling is as old as time itself. As humans, we have used stories for centuries to build collective knowledge, adapt, and to learn. With each new technology the way we experience stories, educate, and learning evolves. Now we are in the time of XR.
We have lived the early years of XR technology dissemination and today we can begin to collectively reflect and share our knowledge on what is and is not working, what creates the most impact in XR for users, and how best to improve these experiences.
In this session, two experts with very different backgrounds compare notes and share their experiences from the cognitive science perspective and the simulation technologies perspective. This is the beginning of a conversation establishing guidelines to augment learning by living memorable virtual experiences.

Speakers

Sebastien Loze

Simulations Industry Manager , Epic Games

Myra LalDin

CEO , PERSPECTIVES