Description

It is inevitable that augmented reality will change the way we explore and interact with our world and although the field will continue to evolve, now is the time to get in, explore, and shape how you want to see it. Storytellers are defining what AR looks like today, and forging what the future will look like.

Speakers

Carrie Gotch

Adobe Aero Community Manager , Adobe

Description

The "old web" of information, centered on 2D static content with HTML/CSS as the dominant paradigm, is based on web technologies that are decades old now, and is poorly equipped to serve the needs of AR/VR and spatial computing. Currently, a number of exciting new open source initiatives are coming together to create a new open spatial paradigm for the web, with grammars of interaction suitable for blending the virtual with the real and supporting AI and ML safely and wisely, to create a web of perception and shared context. This talk will look at the philosophy, technologies, innovations and innovators, working on this critical mission for spatial computing.

Speakers

Tish Shute

Co-Founder , AWE

Description

As we know, there has been a lot of recent chatter, while many may even call it “hype”, over the concept of the ‘Metaverse’.

As with most emerging technologies, the biggest challenge is navigating through all this hype, filtering through the rogue companies and individuals that may seek to exploit others in the early stages, and identifying viable business models that could appropriately be built upon these technologies and become sustainable.

Join us as we curated a group of technologists and entrepreneurs who have discovered early success with investors, earnings, and both community and public support in their companies that will hopefully serve as foundational models that will further contribute to the advancement of the Metaverse.

Speakers

Will O'Brien

CEO & Co-Founder , NFT Oasis

Lisa Watts

Co-Founder , Cree8

Amy Peck

Founder/CEO , EndeavorXR

Gregg Katano

CEO | Founder , Cosmos Collab

Description

In this talk the founders of AR House Lucas Rizzotto & Aidan Wolf talk about how they started the largest AR Creator House in the world with a tweet, how it almost all went to hell and why these kinds of communities may be the strongest weapon we have against the rise of an AR dystopia.

Speakers

Lucas Rizzotto

Creator , Lucas Builds the Future

Aidan Wolf

Co-Founder , Kevaid

Description

Music has always been enhanced by the visual arts, from album covers to music videos to laser light shows. In the last few years, artists have begun leaning into AR as the next frontier for such experiences, but never at scale, and never holistically across the broad spectrum of listening experiences, be it at home by yourself, out on a walk, hanging with friends, or attending a live concert or festival. Thanks to the unique capabilities of Niantic's new Lightship ARDK, with additional support and partnership from Unity and Warner Music, the two-time Auggie award winning AR studio, HEAVY.io will be showcasing their newest project (it's a secret, we can't tell you yet!), presenting a new paradigm for audio-visual experiences at the convergence of music, AR, NFTs, and participative art creation.

Speakers

Tiago Correia

Director - New Business & Ventures , Warner Music Group

BC Biermann

Creative Director , Heavy

Chris Nunes

Head of Studio , Heavy