Come join the VRARA Silicon Valley chapter for a spooktacular evening in San Francisco at the VR/AR Association Silicon Valley Chapter Halloween Party!

Come in your most creative costume and immerse yourself in a virtual and augmented reality fun night. Network with fellow tech enthusiasts and see some of the latest VR/AR tech. Your party ticket includes two drinks and appetizers. A few demo tables are still available; reach out to sv@thevrara.com for more information!

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11am EST / 1pm CST / 2pm EST

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Moderators:

1. Ed Haravon - Chapter President VRARA - Chicago.

2. Feroz Mohummed - Chapter President VRARA - Silicon Valley

Guests:

1. Surya Kommareddy - Oracle Corporation

2. Chuck Thota - Lenovo

3. Amy Baker - Immerse.io

4. John Lin - Xvisio Technology Corporation

Description: As we all understand, Metaverse is a digital space in which users can interact with a computer-generated environment and other users. But what does Metaverse mean for Enterprises? Is Metaverse only for the gamers, or is it beyond gaming? Are Enterprises Metaverse ready? Who governs the Metaverse, and who defines the standards and protocols for Metaverse? How will Enterprises get benefited from using Metaverse? What will be the typical use cases for Enterprise Metaverse? 

We are sure many of you have these questions on your mind. So please come and join this panel discussion, co-hosted by VRARA Chicago & Silicon Valley Chapters. Our esteemed panelists are industry experts representing customers, different enterprise verticals, solution providers, platform providers, and technologies for Enterprise Metaverse.   

Panelist bios:

Surya Kommareddy, Director Industry Strategy - Industry 4.0, Manufacturing, Oracle Corporation

Surya has over 20 years of leadership experience in developing and promoting digital solutions for the manufacturing industry. His current focus at Oracle is on enabling the enterprises of the future through smart manufacturing strategies and transformative technologies.

Chuck Thota, Lenovo, ThinkReality Product Owner

Chuck is the Product Owner of the Lenovo ThinkReality Cloud for AR/VR devices and has rich experience in various enterprise Solutions deployments globally for AR VR and MR Business cases. Additionally, he led many large-scale XR deployments & worked closely with the customer IT Teams to roll out different off-the-shelf and custom solutions in the AR/ VR space with a combination of hardware and SaaS platforms

 Amy Baker, Immerse, Corporate Partner Director

Amy has worked with emerging technologies throughout her career, including smartphones, secure communications and virtual reality. With her diverse background in sales, product and marketing she is uniquely positioned to help enterprise customers throughout their buyer’s journey and understands how to help organizations solve real business problems using digital transformation best practices. Amy leverages her experience working with both startups and global organizations to bring world-class adoption and implementation strategies to virtual reality rollouts in her role at Immerse, and is the founder of XR Studioz, a VR Arcade focused on multi-player and free roam experiences.

John Lin, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Xvisio Technology Corporation

John has more than 20 years of experience in the imaging industry, including 8 years of experience in the XR space.  He has held various technical and senior management roles at Fortune 500 company such as Toshiba Semiconductor, Aptina imaging, and On Semiconductor.  He has solid technology and business training and practice over 20 years.  He holds a master’s degree in engineering from Tsinghua University in China and an MBA degree from USC in the US.  He has 5 US patents in imaging devices and many under filing.  Under his leadership and entrepreneurship, Xvisio Technology grew rapidly in the past three years and won 20+ awards worldwide.  It is recognized as a top-rated XR core technology startup.

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A researcher, a PhD candidate, a Professor, a Vocational training expert: four different perspectives for this roundtable about education. The core of the conversation will orbit around new horizons of education and training. We'll discuss the impact of new technologies, including current experiences, expectations and opinions about AR and VR. The session will be moderated by Gabriele Sorrento, president of VRARA Silicon Valley Chapter.

Roundtable participants list:

• Jose Maria González - Researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

• Mohamed Ismail - PhD Candidate in Building Technology at MIT

• Christian Pongratz - Professor at New York Institute of Technology

• Tyler Middlestadt - Vocational training expert, IPD2 Group

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Dec 2 at 11am PST/2pm EST

The virtual and augmented reality market is forecasted to grow from over $10.2B this year to $34.4B in global revenue by 2024 according to Artillery Intelligence.  Venture Capitalists (VCs) traditionally look for hyper-scale opportunities within any market.  So where are they looking to see this growth in virtual and augmented reality across, enterprise, consumer, media, advertising?  Join the VR/AR Association’s Silicon Valley Chapter online event to hear from Mike Boland of Artillery Intelligence give a market opportunity overview and Silicon Valley VCs who will weigh in on where they are looking to place bets. 

New hardware technologies, cloud computing, 5G, battery optimization, computer vision and AI are creating what could be the perfect storm to unleash multiple unicorn companies in the XR (augmented and virtual reality) ecosystems.

Speakers/Panelists:

Industry Expert: Mike Boland, CEO & Chief Analyst, Artillery Intelligence linkedin.com/in/bolandmike

VC Panel:

• Gayathri Radhakrishnan, Director, AI Fund, Micron Technology linkedin.com/in/gradhakrishnan
  

• Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures linkedin.com/in/angelo-del-priore-04136b1
  

• Amy LaMeyer, Partner, WXR Fund linkedin.com/in/amylameyer
  

• Ryan Wang, Founding Partner, Outpost Capital linkedin.com/in/ryanwangglobal
  

• Moderator: Nathan Pettyjohn, President VRARA and Commercial AR/VR Lead at Lenovo linkedin.com/in/nathan-pettyjohn-17619710

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The VR/AR Association (VRARA) Silicon Valley Chapter invites you to join us for an online fireside chat about our smartglasses future

HoloLens functionality in a Ray Ban-like sunglasses form factor is what will lead to ubiquitous consumer acceptance of AR, posits Ben Delaney in ImmersivEdge Advisors’ new report, “Smartglasses Roadmap – the 20's.” Join us as we host an online fireside chat to explore the findings and takeaways from Ben’s research, including:

• Research methodology

• Defining smartglasses, their functionality, use-cases, killer apps, and when they’ll be available

• How smartglasses will differ from today’s AR glasses?

• Technology trends that will enable smartglasses

• Will everyone want to wear smartglasses?

• Market sizing, pricing

• The smartglasses ecosystem; hardware/software winners and losers

• How you and your company can prepare for the upcoming smartglasses revolution

• How will COVID-19 impact the report’s findings and the AR/VR industry in general?

Guest and Moderator:

• Ben Delaney, CEO, ImmersivEdge Advisors

• Dirk Schart, CMO & President, RE'FLEKT Inc.

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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

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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.

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The VR/AR Association (VRARA) and 8th Wall invite you to join us for discussions and demos on WebXR

About this Event

Join us for interactive discussions and demos covering Web-based VR/AR, how they are being used, and implications for the VR/AR ecosystems. The event includes a panel discussion by industry experts covering all things WebXR. The event will be held at 8th Wall’s office in Palo Alto*. 8th Wall is a key company driving WebAR development.

Panelists

To be announced - please check back for updates

Agenda

6:00PM – 7:00PM: Check-in, networking, light food and drinks served

7:00PM – 7:15PM: Introductions

7:15PM – 8:15PM: Presentations, demos, and panel discussion

8:15PM – 9:00PM: Networking, meet the speakers

*8th Wall's office is a 5 minute walk from the California Avenue Caltrain Station in Palo Alto, and there is plenty of nearby street and garage parking.

Get involved! Help shape the VR/AR industry and share your point of view

• Call for speakers: if you are working on WebXR applications and would like to participate in this event

• Sponsors: if you would like to sponsor this event or future events

• Volunteers: join the VRARA Silicon Valley Chapter team to plan and run events

Email us at: sv@thevrara.com