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Last year, AWE attendees and judges voted Atheer's AR Management Platform as Best Enterprise Solution. Get an exclusive look at where Atheer is taking it next.

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Amar Dhaliwal

CEO , Atheer

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Jesse Damiani

Deputy Director of Emerging Technology , Southern New Hampshire University

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The oncoming wave of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality technology will impact medicine, clinical care, and personal health and wellness.
Although entertainment, social connection, and gaming will drive the initial adoption of VR and AR technology, the deepest and most significant impact of the next generation of VR/AR technology will be to enhance clinical care and to improve personal health and wellness.
VR and AR technology will also help facilitate the shift of medicine to direct personal care and facilitate precision medicine approaches.
We know from decades of clinical research that VR/AR technology can provide breakthrough solutions that address the most difficult problems in healthcare – ranging from mood disorders such as Anxiety and Depression to PTSD, Addictions, Autism, Cognitive Aging, Stroke Recovery, and Physical Rehabilitation, to name just a few.
VR technology can also improve clinical measurements and assessments by making them more objective and functional, and improve medical training such as surgical skill training and procedure planning by applying simulation-based learning principals.
Personal health and wellness will be improved by using VR to promote healthy lifestyles and to reduce stress and anxiety.
As the cost of healthcare rises, VR and AR technology can serve as an effective telemedicine platform to reduce costs of care delivery, and improve clinical efficiency.

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Walter Greenleaf

Medical VR / AR Director , Stanford University

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Everyone is talking about Digital Transformation and Industry 4.0.

We will be presenting our proven approach to transform complex team processes from traditional approaches to a unique dynamic collaborative mixed device AR guided approach using the award winning OptiworX System.

Transformation can be a challenge in itself to get today's workforce on the road to digital transformation using new technologies such as AR and smart devices, and the digitalization in industries with high regulatory requirements makes matters even more complex.

Goodly Innovations was launched by AR and pharmaceutical technology experts with these specific requirements and the complex scenarios of large industrial production lines in mind.

Manual processes on 24/7 industrial plants such as large scale filling and packaging lines can be complex and require teamwork and high precision. Not to mention regulatory requirements such as data integrity, documentation obligations, FDA requirements etc.

Goodly’s collaborative OptiworX process guidance platform is a unique system designed to meet these challenges and integrate seamlessly into existing environments at various levels while keeping a focus on the individuals’ skills and needs.

We will discuss challenges and present real-world use cases from many global pharmaceutical companies that are already using the system today.

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Robert Hoffmeister

CEO , Goodly Innovations

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The St. Jude Hall of Heroes, a first-of-its-kind collaboration between ALSAC, Facebook, Flight School, BBDO and Oculus, launched on Giving Tuesday as part of the Virtual Reality (VR) for Good initiative. Facebook and Oculus wanted to challenge the creative industry to innovate around one world-wide problem; helping to end childhood cancer on a global level. Our donations for Giving Tuesday were up 54% over the prior year.
The Hall of Heroes is set entirely in Virtual Reality and features 12 stylized hero statues of current and former St. Jude patients. They are drawn using a superhero "lens" to combine each patient's personality, likes, hopes and dreams into one, cohesive vision.

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Brandon Ellis

Experience Developer , ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc

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Coming soon...

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Allen Chien

Director of AR/VR , Goertek

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Goertek optoelectronics is a leading manufacturer in the AR/VR industry, focusing on providing one-stop solution for optical components, modules and systems. In this talk, we will show Goertek’s capability and plan to bring AR optics to mass production affordably, to meet the demands of any customer.

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Linda Li

Optics Engineering Manager , Goertek Inc.

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Research has already shown that Virtual and Augmented Reality could be effective in several healthcare domains like patient engagement, medical training, and even telemedicine. But what if we could use Mixed Reality to augment a surgeon's performance -- enhance their eyesight, make them more efficient, and enable them to work flawlessly?
The typical operating room contains several million dollars in computer-aided surgery (CAS) equipment, yet surgeons often avoid these systems due to their complexity, lack of precision, and radiation exposure. Surgeons have to take their eyes off patients and squint at 2D navigation displays, a distraction that slows them down and puts patients at risk. One minute in the operating room now costs nearly $1000, while revisions to spinal fusion surgeries alone cost $1 billion a year. Disruptive innovation happens slowly in the medical device industry, and in this era of spiraling costs hospitals urgently need new solutions to augment and scale surgical capabilities.

At AWE 2020, Proprio CEO and Co-founder Gabriel Jones will discuss how computer vision, robotics, machine learning, and immersive interfaces are converging to transform one of the most complex professions, and how inter-disciplinary teams of game designers and robotics engineers are solving hard problems in healthcare.

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Gabriel Jones

Co-Founder, CEO , Proprio

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A focused panel discussion amongst artists and technologists working at the intersection of XR and the performing arts on opportunities, challenges and the future for integrations.

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Anne Hiatt

Executive and Artistic Director , Opera on Tap

Victoria Robertson

Co-Founder , OperaMap

Shahrohk Yadegari

Director , UC San Diego Sonic Arts Research and Development

Camille Donegan

Independent XR Producer , Virtual Reality Ireland

Kamala Sankaram

VR, AR, XR Musical Compositions , Composer

Jerre Dye

POV and storytelling in XR performing arts projects , Theatrical writer and Librettist

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There are more than 900 published studies on the therapeutic use cases of virtual and augmented reality. In this session, two XR technologists will present the results of three-peer reviewed journals looking at the impact of AR and VR on brain patterns associated with positivity, calm, and other mood states.

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Wendy Moore

Chief Operating Officer (COO) , Healium by StoryUP Studios

Sarah Hill

CEO | Chief Storyteller , Healium

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Playing some bouncy tech house with some throwback vibes!

Join the VR experience here: https://account.altvr.com/events/1475661139621708187

AltspaceVR Minimum Specs and Supported devices:
https://help.altvr.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003538414-Minimum-System-Specifications

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Natasha Murray

DJ/Artist/XR Event Producer , Virtualsports

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AR promises to make all the world – including work – a stage for immersive experiences. And with the arrival of COVID-19, a massive accelerant for AR to catalyze “jobs of the now” awaits. And after the virus, the role of “AR Journey Builder” may be one of the hottest jobs of 2025. But sometimes today, it can feel like the world is divided into “believers” and “non-believers”. So which view is the right view? What’s on the horizon? What’s the real reality of augmented reality, and how will it affect the future of work? We partnered with Oxford Economics and Berkeley’s Haas School of Business to capture lessons learned from industry practitioners. In short, AR is happening fast, it’s happening now, and timing is everything.

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Robert Brown

Vice President, Center for the Future of Work , Cognizant Technology Solutions

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In this talk, we show how facial expressions and heart rate can be used as an input. We discuss how they allow us to personalise user experience and how combined with VR, they can help tackle health issues such as facial palsy, but also autism or mental health.

Emteq has a unique approach to help people with Facial Palsy, with tailored therapy for home and clinics. We integrated an array of sensors in all-in-one VR headsets. EMG sensors give real-time feedback about muscle activity, showing patients movements that are invisible in a mirror. PPG sensors give additional feedback on relaxation level. Using an iterative user-centred design approach, we developed a VR application for facial rehabilitation.

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Claire Baert

Project Manager , Emteq

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