Agenda

Description

Come learn more about HP’s vision for the future. Join us, with special guests from Microsoft and HP, for this significant conversation in AltSpaceVR. RSVP: https://account.altvr.com/events/1472852010037412426

Speakers

Spike Huang

Vice President of Z Products, xR, Data Science, Edge, and Innovation , HP

Joanna Popper

Senior Media, Ent & Emerging Tech Exec , Consultant

John Ludwig

Lead Product Manager , HP Inc.

Alex Kipman

Technical Fellow - AI and Mixed Reality , Microsoft

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 4: https://app.engagevr.io/events/VGGbV/share

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

Speakers

Chris Madsen

Business Development , Immersive VR Education

Steven Sato

Business Development , Immersive VR Education

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 2: https://app.engagevr.io/events/VqkyZ/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

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 1: https://app.engagevr.io/events/V8jqZ/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

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

Team Glue is hosting open hours & demos throughout the AWE Online 2020 conference. We are happy to invite you to participate in our virtual gatherings in Glue. You can jump in briefly or stay longer to meet with fellow AWE participants and Glue team members.

Request access to Glue AWE 2020 Open Hours & Demos here: https://online.awexr.com/organizations/RHNRxYfACocu7xTHY

Learn more about Glue at www.glue.work

Description

Team Glue is hosting open hours & demos throughout the AWE Online 2020 conference. We are happy to invite you to participate in our virtual gatherings in Glue. You can jump in briefly or stay longer to meet with fellow AWE participants and Glue team members.

Request access to Glue AWE 2020 Open Hours & Demos here: https://online.awexr.com/organizations/RHNRxYfACocu7xTHY

Learn more about Glue at www.glue.work

Description

Historically, the browser has been overlooked as a platform for building and releasing virtual and augmented reality content. With the arrival of the WebXR standard into browsers this year, efforts around web monetization, and a growing need for virtual collaboration tools, XR content on the web has never been more compelling and there's never been a better time to build. In this talk, Robin will discuss how using web technologies and frameworks can expand the capabilities of XR applications, reach a wider audience with immersive content, and mobilize a greater pool of developers to build out innovative new tools and applications within the XR space.
This session will be hosted in Hubs, which can be accessed from a browser on standalone VR devices, computers, or mobile phones. To join, click here closer to the event: https://hubs.mozilla.com/pGdWEYo/hubs-at-awe-online

Speakers

Robin Wilson

Partner Engineer , Mozilla Hubs

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

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.

Speakers

Robert Brown

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

Description

12:30-1:00pm PDT: Introduction to the AWE Immersive Arts Symposium, Presented in the Museum of Other Realities with Kaleidoscope;
1:00-2:00pm PDT: The Once and Future Artistic Legacies of Virtual Realties;
2:30-3:30pm PDT: VR Sculpting Best Practices Panel;
4:00-5:00pm PDT: How to Fund your XR project with Kaleidoscope

To check these out, read the below, these instructions (https://www.notion.so/A-Guide-to-Attending-Events-in-the-MOR-2410f5de72054b339531fa4d15ec36d5), and enter 'awe1' for the code.

To access The AWE Immersive Arts Symposium, download the Museum of Other Realities app on Oculus, Steam, or Viveport for $19.99. Once inside, enter the room name (5/26: awe1, 5/27: awe2, 5/28: awe3) either on the flatscreen monitor or in VR. On the flatscreen, click the hamburger menu to bring up the interface (if it isn't visible already).

Enter the given room name in the "Online Room" field and hit the "Connect" button. You might have to disconnect and reconnect for it to work. The interface mostly matches the flatscreen version, so you can follow the instructions above to connect to the room name. Once that's done, you should be in the same room with other attendees and presenters!

Speakers

Steve Teeple

Concept Artist & 3D Designer , Steve Teeps

John Orion Young

AR/VR Artist, Creative Director , JOYWORLD

Mez Breeze

Multidisciplinary Artist, Creative Director , Mez Breeze Design

Jesse Damiani

Deputy Director of Emerging Technology , Southern New Hampshire University

Jacquelyn Morie

Founder , All These Worlds, LLC

René Pinnell

CEO , Kaleidoscope

Description

COVID 19 has exposed the lack of investment in frontline worker technology making manufacturing and service companies struggle to maintain operational readiness in the face of social distancing, travel restrictions, and an uncertain workforce. AI-based Connected Worker platforms provide the capabilities to address these challenges while providing the foundation for long term digital transformation of manufacturing and service workers. Listen to serial entrepreneur (ThingWorx, Lighthammer, Wonderware) Russ Fadel describe his vision for the future connected worker.

Speakers

Russ Fadel

Co-Founder and CEO , Augmentir

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 – Space Popular Keynote https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1494465252;

1:30-2:30pm PDT – Expanded Practice https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1492031855;

4-5pm PDT – Revealing Hidden Worlds with AR https://meetings.ringcentral.com/j/1487122291

Use code 'awe2'.

Speakers

Stuart Campbell

AR/VR Artist, Director, and Co-Founder , Sutu Eats Flies and EyeJack

Jesse Damiani

Deputy Director of Emerging Technology , Southern New Hampshire University

Isaac Cohen

Simulation Artist , Prismatic Simulations

Marjan Moghaddam

Artist/Animator, Professor , Long Island University

Lara Lesmes

Co-Founder , Space Popular

Rosie Summers

3D Animator and VR Artist , XR Games

Fredrik Hellberg

Co-Founder , Space Popular

Sabby Lighf

The Sabby Life with VR Art Live Community , Sabby Life

Description

After 4 years in development, MetaVRse is revealing their new web-based 3D/XR rendering engine and online editor. Learn how to create 3D and XR experiences in under an hour in this workshop.

Speakers

Julie Smithson

Co-Founder & COO , MetaVRse

Description

Brands are looking for novel and innovative ways to mesh augmented reality with their CX strategies. Sometimes, the most atypical brand can be amongst the best teachers for how to bring technologies together.
Working on behalf of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, Digitas created JFK MOONSHOT--a fully-synchronized augmented reality recreation of Apollo 11 where every moment, maneuver, and milestone unfolded in real time, second-by-second, precisely 50 years later.
Keith Soljacich, VP/Group Director of Experiential Technology, at Digitas, will discuss how his team conceptualized this one-of-a-kind program, as well as how it has proven to be a testing ground for how brands from all industries can harness this type of technology for consumers’ benefit—and for brands’ revenues.

Speakers

Keith Soljacich

VP/GD Experiential Technology , Digitas

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

User flows for mixed reality are difficult to review effectively using traditional 2D tools like presentations and animated mockups. Instead of creating 2D storyboards, you can build prototypes straight in VR.
During the talk, we can review production workflows of companies like Walmart, Unity Technologies and Cartoon Network. Spatial apps need spatial tools. You get speed, effectiveness and feeling of the scale inside the VR. In XR there is a HUGE demand to quickly prototype ideas and have a very iterative process and an efficient workflow. We want to see more apps that feel like born in VR and not like a PC/web kind of app inside the VR, same true for AR with all limitations you have to count on usability, comfort of menu navigation and more.
Too much development is happening on guessing without a vivid immersive prototype, which can be approved by stakeholders, the cost of development, especially when it comes to XR, is very high. How can we easily and quickly create prototypes and see the whole simulation in a headset/in a device to decide whether to commit the budget and move forward? With VR prototyping and animation software tools like Tvori or Microsoft Marquette, you can quickly create 3D UI and with Tvori you can animate your users workflow. Within just hours and days instead of months, you get a full simulation of the experience, in a headset, before you actually start coding.
Think of a VR game development in Unity. It is extremely hard to get a feeling of scale if you are not prototyping inside VR. You will have to keep putting ON and OFF the headset and probably not getting the proper scale.
Spatial apps need spatial creation tools.

Speakers

Inga Petryaevskaya

CEO, Co-Founder , Tvori

Description

When it comes to design, visualizing the future means conceptualizing ideas that aren’t yet fully defined. Designing for AI requires a rethinking of how it is authored, trained, and managed. It’s largely uncharted territory and the necessity for invention is great.

Becoming fluent in this space challenges many designer norms: trading ‘in lorem ipsum’ for deeper entanglement with data; inventing by abstracting analogous conventions when there are no defined patterns to pull from. And even more interesting, tackling AI in the aspect of its role, expression, transparency and infallibility. It's a dramatic shift from pixel pusher to orchestrator. Hear seasoned designer, strategist, and innovator Matthew Santone's insights on tackling AI, the ethical challenges involved, and how designers can help steer the future.

Speakers

Matthew Santone

Designer , Argodesign

Description

The Entertainment Technology Center at USC has now run three Challenges asking students and recent graduates what they would like to be able to create in 3-5 years that they cannot easily create now, and what needs to happen to make it possible. This session will further describe the Challenge and show some of the winning 3-minute pitch videos.

Speakers

Philip Lelyveld

Immersive Media Initiative program lead , Entertainment Technology Center @ USC