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VRARA Member Cañada College invites you to campus on Friday, September 20th at 11am, for an introduction to our team, full review of all things apprenticeship, and open dialog about how we can collaborate to best meet your hiring needs. If you have questions please feel free to reach out!
Special discounts for VRARA members! Contact info@thevrara.com to obtain a promo code for a free exhibit hall pass AND a promo code to receive 20% off of symposium conference registration. Click here to register today.
Don't miss out on the chance to get the best rates available for Display Week 2024, hosted by the Society for Information Display (SID)! Register by April 26, before rates go up – and then prepare for a week of unparalleled insights into the future of display and imaging technologies with over 90 symposium sessions and more than 200 industry-leading companies showcasing their latest innovations at the world’s largest symposium and exhibition for emerging display technologies. You’ll also get a first look at the newest developments and products in groundbreaking technologies such as LED, OLED, microLED, AR/VR/XR/MR, and more, that are poised to transform industries from automotive to entertainment. With opportunities to source solutions that are years ahead of the consumer market, Display Week crystallizes the vision for what’s possible — and sets the agenda for what’s to come.
In early June, 2023, Apple unveiled its long-anticipated spatial computing headset, the Apple Vision Pro. Through a panel discussion that will include spatial computing experts, developers, competitors, and venture capitalists, the event will examine Apple’s announcement, the capabilities of the Apple Vision Pro, the implications for spatial computing hardware/platform competitors, and how spatial computing developers are preparing for the impending launch of the Apple Vision Pro.
See you at what promises to be an interesting, informative event and a great opportunity to network with others in the San Francisco Bay Area VR/AR/Spatial Computing industry/community. Light bites and refreshments will be served at the beginning of the event; networking and demo tables will be at the beginning and end of the event.
Agenda:
6:00PM: Registration, networking/demos, light bites and beverages
6:40PM: Introductions - VR/AR Association
6:45PM: Panelist introduction
7:00PM: Panel discussion, Q&A
8:00PM: Networking/demos
8:45PM: Event ends
Panelists:
Tipatat Chennavasin , General Partner, The Venture Reality Fund
Cory Heizenrader, CEO, EducationXR
Nicole Lazzaro, President and Founder XEODesign and XEOPlay
Marv Su (moderator), Chapter Co-Vice President, Marketing and Events, VR/AR Association - Silicon Valley Chapter
In the fast-moving, ever-evolving spatial computing industry, this event will capture and present a snapshot of today’s best practices in deploying Enterprise VR, AR, and Web 3.0.
Join industry luminaries and leading companies delivering spatial computing solutions and services to the enterprise as we spend an afternoon sharing and discussing current hardware, software, services, solutions, best practices, and case studies to help you deliver the most compelling, greatest ROI VR, AR, and Web 3.0 initiatives for your company. Presenters and panelists will also share their perspectives on how the spatial computing industry will benefit from the recent tidal wave of interest and activities in artificial intelligence (AI) and generative AI (e.g. ChatGPT) and the game-changing implications for their companies and institutions.
See you at what promises to be an interesting, informative event and a great opportunity to network with others in the San Francisco Bay Area VR/AR/Spatial Computing industry/community. Lunch will be served at the beginning of the event and refreshments and light bites will be served during the networking and hands-on demo session at the end of the event.
Agenda:
11:30AM - 1:00PM: Registration, lunch, networking, hands-on demos
1:00PM - 1:15PM: Introduction
1:15PM - 1:30PM: Keynote presentations
1:30PM - 1:45PM: Break
1:45PM - 2:30PM: Panel discussion
2:30PM - 2:45PM: Break
2:45PM - 4:00PM: Additional presentations
4:00PM - 5:30PM: Networking, hands-on demos, refreshments and light bites
Keynote speakers:
Vishal Shah, General Manager, XR (AR/VR) and Metaverse, Lenovo
Panelists:
Prem Balachandran, CEO/Founder, Aatral
Jill Boyce, CEO & Founder, Vimmerse
Mike Lohse, Hardware Product Manager, Commercial AR/VR, Lenovo
Hemanth Satyanarayana, CEO & Founder, Imaginate
Neil Smith, Professor, UCSD, and CIO, FalconViz
Marv Su (moderator), Chapter Co-Vice President, Marketing and Events, VR/AR Association - Silicon Valley Chapter
Speakers:
Rajnikant Gupta, Head, Technology Innovation and Strategic Partnerships, TCS
Chuck Thota, Product Owner, ThinkReality Cloud, Lenovo
For more information on presenters and to register, click here.
We’re excited to invite you to a Holographic Collaboration Night event at the Capgemini Applied Innovation Exchange (AIE) in San Francisco. The event is hosted by the Capgemini AIE SF and features Campfire and the VR/AR Association San Francisco Chapter.
Campfire, a Capgemini partner and a VR/AR Association member, will demonstrate how it uses holographic collaboration for design and engineering workflows.
Led by pioneers of today’s most well-known augmented-reality platforms, Campfire provides a new generation of devices and applications that enable globally distributed teams to work with 3D models as if sharing a central holographic projector.
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm PDT
Location: Capgemini AIE SF, 425 Brannan St., San Francisco, CA 94107
Agenda:
6:00 pm to 6:10 pm - Introduction from Capgemini AIE SF and VR/AR Association
6:10 pm to 6:40 pm - Campfire presentation and demo
6:40 pm to 7:00 pm - Roundtable discussion
7:00 pm to 8:00 pm – Networking
Join us to network and learn how holographic collaboration technology solutions are driving increased productivity and sustainability for enterprises.
Campfire’s CEO Jay Wright will discuss how Campfire is helping enterprises achieve new knowledge-worker productivity and enterprise sustainability levels.
We will provide appetizers and drinks. Admission is complimentary. Please RSVP at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holographic-collaboration-night-tickets-593282322397
Watch our panelist talk from different angles – live in Palo Alto (April 13th) or literally as a 360° video premiere at the virtual VRARA Enterprise & Training Forum (May 24th)
Option 1:
Live in Palo Alto / April 13th, 4:30pm
Option 2:
360° video premiere / May 24th, TBA
(during our Enterprise & Training Forum)
Perspective on VR/AR Learning from John Haddick (Lenovo), Monica Arés (Ex-Meta), Oliver Göck (3spin Learning) & Dr Walter Greenleaf (Stanford University)
Very exclusive event (extremely limited on-site seats) or 360° video for an immersive experience in your VR headset or via YouTube
Chance to talk to the panelists after the event if you attend the panel in Palo Alto (requires application through our form on the right)
GDC (July 19-23) has offered a discount to VRARA members.
Email everett@thevrara.com for your code!
GDC is the game industry's premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft.
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to exchange ideas, solve problems, and shape the future of the industry across five days of education, inspiration, and networking. Attendees include programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders. Some key features of GDC include:
The market-defining conference has a comprehensive selection of lectures, panels, and roundtable discussions.
The GDC Expo showcases the latest game development tools and services from leading technology companies such as Amazon, Epic, Google, Intel, Nvidia, Oculus, and Sony.
Dedicated community spaces where GDC attendees can take a break from all of the learning to relax and meet new people in themed areas for playable indie games, retro games, alternative controllers, and more.
Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”
In this multi-part series, we gather the top thought leaders of VR/AR to discuss how VR/AR is a driving force powering this incredible period of digital transformation.
How are founders, researchers, and creators solving the challenges of today with VR/AR?
How have their companies adapted in 2020 and 2021, and what does their roadmap now look like?
What are their predictions for the decade ahead and the arc of how VR/AR will transform their industry?
Join us for Event Three of the series "XR Steps Up". Brought to you by Microsoft and VRARA San Francisco Chapter.
Join us for a gathering of inspiring leaders with vastly different backgrounds within the education and workplace tech industries; Department heads of the largest global tech companies, teachers implementing XR in classrooms, CEO’s of XR software firms, and leading XR researchers.
They will together examine:
What fundamental advantages does XR provide to learning and collaboration?
What is the current stage of adoption, and what are the main barriers to growth?
Does XR have the capacity to transform Education and Work in the next 5 years, and what role will it play?
AGENDA:
Opening keynote from Dan Ayoub, GM Education, Microsoft.
Interview with Daniel Guenther, Managing Director, Accenture Interactive
Storytelling with Dr. Claudi Krebs, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, on her research in spatial learning and experience implementing XR in the classroom.
Case-Study with Bharani Rajakumar, CEO, TransfrVR.
Interview with Jacob Lowenstein, Head of Business, Spatial.
Panel with all speakers, moderated by Dan Ayoub, on the future arc of XR within the Education and Work space.
Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”
In this multi-part series, we gather the top thought leaders of XR within academia and business to discuss how XR is a driving force in powering this incredible period of digital transformation.
How are VR and AR founders and researchers shaping the future by solving the challenges of today? How have they adapted their companies and focuses in 2020, and what does their roadmap now look like?
What are their predictions for the decade ahead – and the arc of how XR will transform their industry?
Join us for a gathering of inspiring leaders in the space with vastly different backgrounds; doctors who have implemented XR in COVID wards and saved lives; authors of books on XR in medicine; CEO’s of XR companies; and thought leaders on the future of technology in Healthcare.
These various perspectives will together help examine how the medical world is transforming with the adoption of new technologies. XR is a nascent force in healthcare and mental wellness, but the benefits even at this stage are apparent, and XR is predicted to play an exponentially more important role in the years to come.
Opening keynotes from Dr. Brennan Spiegel, author of a recently released book on XR in Medicine, and from Dr. Daniel Kraft, thought leader and expert in the intersection of technology and healthcare.
Interview with Dr. James Kinross on his incredible iterative deployment of XR during the pandemic.
Interview with Dr. Walter Greenleaf and Xavier Palomer, Psious CEO, on their work in 2020 in academia and business respectively.
Panel with all speakers, moderated by Dr. Spiegel, on the future arc of XR within the Healthcare and Mental Wellness space.
Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”
In this multi-part series, we will examine how the XR industry is a driving force powering this digital transformation; how XR founders and thought leaders are solving the challenges brought about by COVID and leading their industries in this period of rapid change and into the future.
Over the past six months, how have they adapted their companies and products to the new landscape? What does their roadmap look like, during and post pandemic?
Further, what is the broader direction of how XR will play a role in their respective industries in the years to come?
SPEAKERS:
HOSTS:
Please RSVP to everett@thevrara.com
2020 is looking to be a big year in XR!
To kick-off the SF VRARA agenda - the SF Chapter invites you to a complimentary happy hour on February 13.
We’ll be hosting a gathering of members at Angler from 5:30-7pm (map) – to reconnect and discuss plans and aspirations for 2020 and how VRARA can help.
Drinks and appetizers for members are on us! Angler has delicious bites from acclaimed Michelin chef Joshua Skenes and great cocktails, beer, and wine. Feel free to bring industry colleagues and friends.
We’ll then walk one block over together to AWE Nite SF’s February Meetup at the Verizon Innovation Center, hosted by Apple and ARKit. We’ve arranged to get VRARA members (RSVP'ed) into this sold-out event for free.
It should be a fun and productive night of drinks, reconnecting, and brainstorming for 2020.
Please RSVP to everett@thevrara.com
When: Thursday February 13, 5-7PM
Where: Angler (map): 132 The Embarcadero, San Francisco, 94105
Note: RSVP Required to this event for access to both the Happy Hour and AWE Nite complimentary ticket, as space is limited. At 6:50pm, the group will walk one block to the Verizon Innovation Center at 201 Spear St.
VRARA Members get discounts on tickets. Email info@thevrara.com for your code!
With an agenda delivering 30+ case studies representing 10+ verticals (including oil and gas, aerospace, travel, retail, healthcare, manufacturing, gaming, AEC, location-based entertainment and many more), find out how the world’s largest brands are successfully transforming their businesses, and leave with a clear cut plan for delivering ROI in the year ahead.
Join us to discuss and learn about the latest generation of buzz-worthy VR and AR hardware and accessories introduced so far in 2019 and the design process involved in bringing them to market:
Hear leaders in VR and AR hardware share during a panel discussion what they’ve launched in 2019, the innovations they've introduced, how customers are using these new devices, and the implications for XR developers
Discuss where VR and AR hardware are going in 2020 and beyond
Get hands-on demos with their current product offerings
Network with the best and brightest in VR and AR hardware
Speakers and Panelists
Vivek Agrawal, Business Lead, Bose AR, Bose Corporation
Rémi Arnaud, Principal Architect, Varjo Technologies
Nola Donato, Senior Principal Engineer, Samsung Research America
Tom Emrich, Mentor/Advisor, Board Member: AugmentedReality.org, Founding Partner: Super Ventures
Vince Fung, Director, Product Marketing, Ultrahaptics
Damon Hernandez, Product Manager, Samsung Research America, and W3C Immersive Web Working Group member
Bernard Kress, Partner Optical Architect, HoloLens team, Microsoft Corporation
VRARA Members get 20% discount, email info@thevrara.com
It's time to move beyond the hype and unleash AR and VR’s potential for training and education. 2019 Realities360 Conference & Expo is the event for those looking to build, buy, apply, and explore augmented and virtual realities in their work. You can choose from 50+ sessions showcasing how organizations are actively leveraging XR technologies, explore ground-breaking keynote sessions, and build the knowledge and skills you need with hands-on learning experiences. Plus… New this year is the Realities360 Expo, your one-stop shop to find the products, services, and partners you need to support your AR/VR strategy.
See you in June at the tech hub, Silicon Valley, for the premier AR/VR event for training and education.
VRARA Members get discount, email info@thevrara.com for your code!
AWE (Augmented World Expo) is the world’s leading event series for XR professionals aiming at improving the way we work, live, and communicate via technologies like Augmented Reality, Mixed and Virtual Reality, Smart Eyewear and Wearable Computing, as well as gesture, sensor, and tracking devices. Now in its 10th year, AWE USA will take place on 29-30 may in Santa Clara, California.
Join us for interactive discussions and demos on Enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) on subjects including:
- Industries and use cases where AR is being used
- The implementation process
- How customers measure success
- Lessons learned in these implementations
The event includes a panel discussion by Enterprise AR companies, customers, and industry analysts and will be held at Atheer’s office in Santa Clara; Atheer is a leading company providing AR solutions for the enterprise.
VRARA Members get 25% discount. Email info@thevrara.com for your code.
GTC is the premier AI conference providing training, insights, and direct access to experts on the hottest topics in computing today, which of course include AR and VR. Check out the list of AR/VR sessions here.
Digi-Capital’s next Reality Network has been announced for Wednesday, December 5th in San Francisco. It is by invitation only (and free) for AR/VR CEOs, corporate VPs and VC Partners, with a few hundred C-level guests from the industry’s global leaders. The focus is on industry-wide opportunities and deal making (commercial deals, partnerships, investments, M&A), with space limited to keep the signal-to-noise ratio high. To quote one guest, “Digi-Capital’s Reality Network is the most connected event for AR/VR/XR Leaders – I’ve never seen a room so crowded with “CEO” on the nametag.” This Reality Network is kindly hosted by our friends at Orange.
While we’ll cover a lot across the industry, the CEO Panel for this Reality Network will focus on AR/VR productivity and ROI. Major enterprise buyers have told us that’s why they’re buying, so understanding their thinking might help to sell to them.
The agenda is:
6pm to 6.30pm – guest arrival and drinks
6.30pm – welcome by Orange
6.40pm – presentation by Digi-Capital Managing Director Tim Merel of the latest AR/VR data/analytics from Digi-Capital’s Analytics Platform and Augmented/Virtual Reality Report Q4 2018
6.50pm to 7.30pm – CEO/Corporate VP panel on AR/VR productivity and ROI, and why/how big customers buy AR/VR services
7.30pm to 9pm – cocktail food/drinks and networking/deal-making
We've reserved a block of free CEO tickets for Digi-Capital’s Reality Network on December 5th for outstanding VR/AR CEOs and corporate VPs who we might not know yet. For tickets, email vrara@digi-capital.com
For discounted passes, email info@thevrara.com
Across two days the 2nd Annual Immersive Technology in Sports & Entertainment Summit 2018 brings together Senior Executives from across the sports, entertainment and technology ecosystems.
Working with the leading sports clubs, rights holders, broadcasters and technology powerhouses the summit is designed to break down and identify the greatest challenges and opportunities for immersive technology within elite sport - Fan Engagement, Elite Performance, Global Brand Development, User Experience, E-Gaming - Commercial Partnerships. Critically though, it goes to the heart of monetization strategies to realize the huge market potential for Immersive Technology in Sport. Event website www.virtual-reality-sports-innovation.com
Please join us Wednesday, August 22nd for the next VRARA SF Chapter Meet-up.
Taking place at WeWork Mid-Market in San Francisco, you'll get a chance to meet the new chapter leadership, followed by a fireside chat with Matt Miesnieks, CEO and Co-Founder of 6D.ai, investor, and influential technology writer.
The San Francisco VR/AR Association's membership has grown significantly over the last three years, and to keep up with that pace, we've recently added significantly to our chapter leadership team to include some of the brightest stars in the ecosystem. The first part of the evening will include a panel discussion with our growing team: Annisa Kau, Sony Green, Alia LeCam, and Jeff Meador about the goals for the VRARA SF Chapter's coming year, and we will also get a sneak-peak at community member's answers to the question, "What makes San Francisco the best city for XR?" from our soon-to-be-published VRARA SF Ecosystem Report.
We will then be joined by Matt Miesnieks for a fireside chat to reflect on this past year since ARKit and ARCore released, and talk about the influence of ARCloud on the evolving augmented reality landscape. We will also get a chance to talk with Matt about 6D.ai's approach to solving for the foundational technology to usher in the next age of spatial computing. The 6D.ai SDK (now in BETA), uses standard built-in smartphone cameras to build a real-time 3D semantic, crowd sourced map of the world, all in the background without a depth camera. This means that spatial computing apps that were only possible to build on expensive HMD's are now possible on ARCore and ARKit smartphones. We will get a chance to hear from Matt personally about how their AI neural-networks will help developer's applications understand the world in 3D.
For discounts, email info@thevrara.com
“Easily the best conference that I've been to in terms of an actual mix of practical discussions and big-picture discussion.” –Randy Van Wagnen, Washtenaw Community College
Realities360 forges a path unlike any other conference, providing you with a hands-on opportunity to explore the potential of augmented reality, virtual reality, and simulations for learning. Join the community that’s shaping the possibilities these technologies present for our work in training and development.
Let’s create the future together.
See event website here
For 75% discounts, email info@thevrara.com
See event website here
VR Arcade Conference 2018 is an intimate, hyper-focused B2B Conference to connect VR Arcades and Theme Parks, VR Studios, VR Publishers, Hollywood Producers, and VR Hardware Companies to demo the latest products and build business partnerships with the best in the Industry.
Register now for 50% reduced early bird rates. VRARA members, contact us for additional discount.
The VR/AR Association, San Francisco Chapter has partnered with the Venture Summit West, March 13-14 in Santa Clara, Ca.. That means discounts for VRARA members, among other things (contact us for code).
More from the conference organizers:
The 6th annual Venture Summit West, presented by youngStartup Ventures, is the premier industry gathering connecting venture capitalists, corporate VCs, angel investors, technology transfer professionals, senior executives of early stage and emerging growth companies, university researchers, incubators and premier service providers.
Whether you are an investor seeking access to new early stage deals, or a CEO or Founder of a new venture looking for funding, visibility and growth, Venture Summit West is one event you won’t want to miss.
Register now 50% reduced early bird rates. VRARA members, contact us for additional discount.
To RSVP click here
Augmented Reality is here and will change the world - come build the future! If you played Pokémon Go, you’ve seen Augmented Reality, but there is so much more. With mobile platforms now supporting Augmented Reality (e.g. Apples ARkit, Google’s ARCore) and AR content platforms rising, this is the time to learn about AR and how to use it. If you want to use AR technology, but are not sure how, this is your opportunity – we want to enable you to dive in and develop in AR so that you can use AR for your company and yourself, regardless of skill level or background. Come spend the weekend with us learning how to build Augmented Reality apps
This 2-Day Weekend Workshop includes:
DATES & TIMES
Saturday, January 20 9:30AM-7:00PM
Sunday, January 21 9:30AM-6:00PM
REQUIREMENTS:
BYO Mac laptop
BYO iPhone 6S or newer with iOS 11 (released or beta version) Download: Xcode 9 (released, beta, or above)
VRARA Member pricing available (membership information)
Includes two days of instruction. Coffee, snacks & beverages provided.
Instructors:
Janet Brown, Co-Founder, Atakote, Atakote Studios
Janet is a developer and co-founder at Atakote Studios. She is passionate about bringing experiences to AR & VR that appeal to new audiences - both gaming and non-gaming. She also works with companies to build their innovation pipelines and bring compelling products to market, and has done so across Europe, Asia & the USA at McKinsey & Company, as well as key roles at consumer giants like Diageo and Mondalez. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and has spoken in 2017 at GDC and Nvidia GTC.
Ram Ramakrishan, Co-Founder, Atakote, Atakote Studios
Ram is a developer and fix-it-guy at Atakote Studios. He loves working with emerging technologies and bringing content to life, and has done so previously at BT, Intel, IBM, Spotify, and various startups. He holds a computer science degree from a school who shares its mascot with the GO programming language, and an MBA from Kellogg but does not eat Special K. He's also actively working on how to make himself irrelevant with AI (rather than just irreverent), and has spoken in 2017 at GDC and RubyConf AU.
What a year it's been for VR & AR. As we enter 2018, VR/AR Association SF is assembling the best minds for an open forum on the industry's biggest challenges and opportunities.
join us in San Francisco on Wednesday December 8 for an evening of networking, food & drinks and elite speakers from VRARA's SF member base (additional details here).
There will be much to discuss and define as we enter the new year: What did we learn in 2017? What does 2018 have in store? And what does it mean for you?
Act fast because this will be a smaller and more intimate gathering than our normal event series. VRARA members interested in speaking, please contact us.
To get your Pod space and for discounted passes email us info@thevrara.com ASAP!
Following the success of our partnership with the GSMA on this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VRARA is now partnering with GSMA for their upcoming Mobile World Congress Americas Event in San Francisco, 12th- 14th September 2017 – www.mwcamericas.com
Under the theme "The Tech Element," MWC Americas will offer attendees a range of dynamic programs and rich experiences focusing on key topics including IOT, VR/AR, 5G and Next Generation Networks, Mobile in Entertainment and content in media. Approximately 30,000 professionals and 1,000 exhibitors from across the mobile ecosystem and adjacent industry sectors will attend Mobile World Congress Americas 2017. On the back of demand from the likes of Samsung, we have developed a dedicated VR/AR Zone at the show. This VR/AR Zone offers VRARA members the chance to really show some of the leading names from the enterprise and telco markets, what you can do.
Our exclusive partnership with the GSMA means we are able to offer VRARA members the chance to join the VRAR Association’s Pod Pavilion within the VR/AR Zone at a discounted rate.
VRARA members can also choose to take larger, full booth spaces adjacent to our pod pavilion, so please let us know what is of most interest.
For discounted passes, contact us
VR Connects San Francisco (June 27th-28th 2017) is a brand new event for the VR/AR industry created by Steel Media, the team behind the PG Connects series of conferences, Pocket Gamer, PG.biz, The Virtual Report, and the Global VR Challenge.
The event will bring together 500 delegates from across the VR/AR/MR industry (with a focus on hardware manufacturers, entertainment/game/educational/experiential developers, publishers, investors, media, and more). It will combine a lively expo space with 2 days of focused conference tracks spread over 4 tracks and covering the key questions facing the industry (global trends, technical and design issues, monetisation & business strategy, future technologies).
While information and inspiration are very important, the core of any show is who you meet and with that in mind we have a dedicated ‘Pitch & Match’ meeting system for free to all delegates to plan their own meetings, after hours networking events plus two dedicated pitching events (the VR Indie Pitch and the VR Speedmatch sessions designed to connect developers with publishers, media and platforms/stores) open to applications.
