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The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting, educating, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.
We'll kick off at 5:00pm with a networking event (food and Drink provided), then start the talks around 5:15.
Agenda:
5:00 Networking and Demo XRs
5:15 Overview of VRARA, KC Chapter and overview of the VRARA industry-committees,

• Doug Hohulin, VRARA Chapter President - Kansas City

• Jim Starcev, KC Digital Drive, Program Manager

5:25 KC What is happening in XR in KC, Company & University Overviews related to Workforce Development, XR and Generative AI

• FlipSwitch, Anthony Carey, Owner: FlipSwitch overview and building a space for game developers.

• The Kansas Nursing Workforce Center, Amy Garcia, Director: Experience Building the Healthcare Workforce Through AI/VR: Bridging the Gaps in Nursing Education.

• Included Health, Nick Spallitta RVP - Health Plan Solutions: Virtual Primary Care success and challenges at scale alongside the adoption of AI.

• StoryTailor, JQ Sirls, Founder: Discussion of the Apple Vision Pro.

• Other speakers to be announced

If you are interested in being a speaker or demonstrating XR related product, email: kansas@thevrara.com

Dress is casual. The event is free to registered attendees.

We are raising funds for the KU School of Nursing Scholarships and the Kansas Nursing Workforce Center. Nurses are the backbone of the health care system and your support means more students are able to afford nursing school and Kansans have access to nurses when and where they are needed. Here is the direct link for the School of Nursing if you are interested in providing a donation. Any amount would be appreciated.

Parking Instructions
FlipSwitch is Located at 2021 Washington St Kansas City, MO 64108. Park on the street or north of the building.

Register Today!

The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting, educating, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.

We'll kick off at 5:00pm with a networking event (pizza and drink provided), then start the talks around 5:15.

Agenda

• 5:00 - Network / Demo

• 5:15 - Overview of VRARA, KC Chapter goals and overview of the VRARA industry-committees, upcoming industry forum events (Doug Hohulin, VRARA Chapter President - Kansas City / Jim Starcev, KC Digital Drive, Program Manager)

• 5:30 - KC What is happening in XR in KC, Company & University Overviews

• 6:00 - Networking, XR Demos

Presenters

• Bill Saltmarsh, Chief Data Officer at Children’s Mercy - Overview of the new 'Patient Progression Hub' (hospital operations control center housing a video wall with customized AI-driven apps)

• Doug Hohulin, MediView - Combining AR, telecollaboration and AI (data-driven insights technologies) for diagnostic imaging, surgical navigation and ultimately patient care and the 10G Challenge Grand Prize Winner

• Craig Mason, Raise Health Innovations - Using AI to detect mental health issues in social media and other conversations.

• Scott Gunnigle, Agada Medical - Defining the future of spine surgery.

• Sarah Hill, Healium - A drugless tool for burnout and an SDK that allows other media creators to easily import bio-data into their projects. In 7 peer-reviewed journals, Healium has been shown to quickly reduce anxiety and improve mood in as little as 4 minutes.

• Outbound AI - Conversation AI built for healthcare. AI-powered Virtual Agents serve as workforce multipliers that drive productivity while improving the daily job experience for human talent.

Tours of the Children’s Mercy new Patient Progression Hub will be available.

The new Patient Progression Hub is a hospital operations control center housing a video wall with customized AI-driven apps and interfaces that monitor and manage patient flows. The Patient Progression Hub offers:

•Centralized bed placement for managing bed assignment workflows and placing external transfers in a timely manner.

•Real-time data for addressing patient wait times in the emergency department or the post-anesthesia care unit.

•Patient census level analytics that can predict staffing needs 24 and 48 hours in advance.

•Patient journey tracking with real-time data and predictive analytics that enable clinicians to prioritize tests, procedures and medicines in order to streamline the discharge process.

If you are interested in being a speaker or demonstrating XR related product, email: kansas@thevrara.com

We are planning a KC VRARA meeting every 2 to 3 months – either on Zoom or in person at different KC Metro Locations – put on by the VRARA Kansas City Chapter with the support of KC Digital Drive.

Dress is casual. The event is free to registered attendees.

Parking + Check-In Instructions

The main entrance has a parking garage on the North side when you enter. You will check in there.

KC Digital Drive is a 501c3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for Kansas City area residents through digital leadership, with a focus on maximizing technology use by diverse communities, and spurring the development of technology solutions for vexing public problems.

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The VR/AR Association announced the Generative AI Committee and Doug Hohulin as the Generative AI Committee Chair.

Please join us for this introductory Webinar where we overview the Goals of the VRARA Generative AI Committee and the synergies between AI and XR to transform business and society.

Doug Hohulin - VRARA Chapter President - Kansas City, Generative AI Committee Chair, Automotive Committee Chair

Michael Morrissey - Founder & CEO of Nextlabs.digital, a cloud-based platform for collaborative learning & training-up on Generative AI toolsets & workflows to unlock the next generation of your business by “adding AI”. Will discuss Unlocking the “conditioned mind” with AI Image Generation to spatialize ideas & experiences in VR.

Bill Bishop CEO, BIG idea Coach, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, futurist and author of 11 books including How To Sell A Lobster, The New Factory Thinker and Dancing With Robots. Bill Bishop | LinkedIn

Dr. Harvey Castro MD Author of Bing Copilot and Other LLM: Revolutionizing Healthcare With AI

Register Today!

The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting, educating, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.

We'll kick off at 5:00pm with a networking event (Pizza and Drink provideD), then start the talks around 5:15.

At 7pm, the venue is then open to the public and attendees can book time for the full hour experience at https://www.flipswitchvr.com/book-now/

Agenda

5:00 Network / Demo XR

5:15 Overview of VRARA, KC Chapter goals and overview of the VRARA industry-committees, upcoming industry forum events: (1) Education (2) Enterprise & Training (3) Storytelling and (4) Healthcare, and KCDD XR Projects

• Doug Hohulin, VRARA Chapter President - Kansas City

• Jim Starcev, KC Digital Drive, Program Manager

5:30 KC What is happening in XR in KC, Company & University Overviews

• Jim Mahoney - Chief Technology Officer at FlipSwitch LLC will discuss FlipSwitchVR which is a multiplayer free roam VR experience where you are the controller.

• Michael Eichenseer Co-Founder & Lead Designer at VRdojo, Building cross-platform networking systems for immersive experiences, starting with a class based VR PvP game called Dust.

• Other speakers to be announced

5:45 Networking, XR Demos and 5 minute demonstrations of the FlipSwitch experience (groups of 4 at a time).

If you are interested in being a speaker or demonstrating XR related product, email: kansas@thevrara.com

We are planning KC VRARA meeting every 2 months – either on Zoom or in person at different KC Metro Locations – put on by the VRARA Kansas City Chapter with the support of KC Digital Drive.

Dress is casual. The event is free to registered attendees.

Parking Instructions

FlipSwitch is Located at 2021 Washington St Kansas City, MO 64108. Park on the street or north of the building.

Register Today!

The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting, educating, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.

We'll kick off at 5:00 with a networking event (Pizza and Drink provide), then start the talk around 5:30.

There will be a Demo XR equipment including a Varjo Headset

Agenda:

~30 Minute Network / Demo XR equipment starting at 5pm

Overview of VRARA, KC Chapter goals and overview of the VRARA industry-committees

Overview of KC XR / Metaverse activity in the past and what could be possible in 2023

• KC Digital Drive

• Other KC XR Groups to highlight

KC XR Companies & Universities Overview – 5-10 Minute Each

• Universities:

• UMKC - Michael Eichenseer

• Companies:

• XRenegades - Tess McKinney

• Other TBD

Next Steps, email list, future topics, speakers. Plan a KC VRARA meeting every 2 months – either in zoom or in person at different KC Metro Locations

This meetup is part of an ongoing series of meetings through the VRARA Kansas City Chapter with the support of KC Digital Drive.

Dress is casual. The event is free to registered attendees.