There’s lots of VR news coming out of the 2016 Vision Summit VR Conference. Billed as the definitive event for innovators in VR/AR, the conference is sponsored by Unity Technologies. Unity wants VR developers to see its platform as the go-to solution for virtual reality content creation. But it’s not just a gaming conference. Unity has brought in speakers from Google, Oculus, Sony, and Valve with an interdisciplinary focus.
We hosted the live stream earlier today and the entire keynote is now available. The conference is in Hollywood, CA from February 10-11:
Vision VR/AR Summit is an all-new cross industry event for artists, engineers, programmers, designers, musicians, directors and producers, hardware manufacturers and researchers. It will be a unique event focused on furthering the knowledge base of anyone developing virtual and/or augmented reality content.
We’ll have a follow up on the conference and its implications for media and education shortly. In the meantime, we’ll continue to live tweet the news.
VR speaker lineup
Here’s a partial lineup of the speakers:
- Alex McDowell, Creative Director, 5D Global Studio
- Clay Bavor, Vice President of Virtual Reality, Google
- Gabe Newell, Valve
- Dr. Jeff Norris, Mission Operations Innovation Lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Joachim Ante, CTO of Unity Technologies
- John Riccitiello, CEO, Unity Technologies
- Palmer Luckey, Founder, Oculus
- Dr. Richard Marks, Director of the PlayStation Magic Lab, Sony Computer Entertainment
We’ll have a follow up on the conference and its implications for media and education shortly. In the meantime, we’ll continue to live tweet the news.
Vision Summit VR Conference
The conference expo includes a wide range of works in games, entertainment, art and education. Here’s the video of the awards ceremony and below, a list of the projects showcased.
Showcased VR Projects
Budget Cuts by Neat Corporation
Fantastic Contraption by Northway Games & Radial Games
Giant Geode of Pulpi by Estudiofuture
Rococo VR and Jake and Tess’s Finding Monsters Adventure by Black River Studios
Thunderbird: The Legend Begins by Innervision
Emory Craig is a writer, speaker, and consultant specializing in virtual reality (VR) and artificial intelligence (AI) with a rich background in art, new media, and higher education. A sought-after speaker at international conferences, he shares his unique insights on innovation and collaborates with universities, nonprofits, businesses, and international organizations to develop transformative initiatives in XR, AI, and digital ethics. Passionate about harnessing the potential of cutting-edge technologies, he explores the ethical ramifications of blending the real with the virtual, sparking meaningful conversations about the future of human experience in an increasingly interconnected world.