Agenda

Description

With various companies announcing their support for WebXR, there is an acute need to understand its advantages and disadvantages. How does performance and visual fidelity compare? How do you monetize? Can you even build big projects on the web?

In their talk, Jonathan Hale, CEO & founder of Wonderland, and Lydia Berry, COO of “The Fitness Resort” will answer your pressing questions about VR, AR and MR on the web.

Speakers

Jonathan Hale

CEO & Founder , Wonderland Engine

Lydia Berry

Chief Operations Officer , The Fitness Resort

Description

Zheng Qin has since 2018 developed the cutting edge, wide FoV AR optics system called Mixed Waveguide, with the most advanced Crossfire solution that gives you a 120-degree FoV and is interchangeable between AR and VR. It’s even slimmer than most VR optics (including the Pancake solutions), so it could be the ultimate optical solution for AR & VR hybrid glasses. Zheng will walk you through the reasons why Crossfire is much better than its competitor Pancake +VST (video see-through) solution. Additionally, Zheng will introduce the whole family of Mixed Waveguide solutions, which has been adopted by many key clients around the world.

Speakers

Zheng Qin

Founder , Ant Reality

Description

AI is rapidly being adopted into game development, providing developers the ability to increase game quality and create new experiences for players, while dramatically reducing time and cost to market. This panel features leaders in the spaces of generative AI for game development, who are driving the next wave of AI technology that will transform how games are made moving forward. Verónica Orvalho, CEO & Founder of Didimo, an AI-based NPC and character generation platform, will lead a discussion on how their platform is helping game devs create thousands of unique, fully-animated characters for their worlds in a matter of hours. Emmanuel de Maistre, CEO and Co-Founder of Scenario, will share how his team is helping game titles generate high-quality assets at scale. And Kylan Gibbs, Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder of Inworld AI will detail how they can bring advanced NPC behavior & unscripted dialogue to games. These leaders will discuss their visions for how game studios can use innovative AI tools to both greatly enhance upcoming projects and cut costs at the same time.

Speakers

Emilie Joly

CEO , Zoe Immersive Inc

Emmanuel de Maistre

Co-founder & CEO , Scenario

Kylan Gibbs

CPO , Inworld AI

Veronica Orvalho

CEO and Founder , Didimo

Description

When people think of emerging technology such as AI, XR, and more, consumer activities and gaming tend to dominate the conversation. But with ongoing business disruptions, including persistent labor shortages and widening skills gaps, business applications could emerge on top for these technological developments in 2023. In fact, according to Deloitte, the U.S. manufacturing industry alone is expected to have 2.1 million unfilled jobs by 2030. There is a need for digital transformation.

From retailers to manufacturers, businesses are looking to the functionality of generative AI, XR and other enterprise technology to enhance operations, especially regarding training for high-risk, industrial jobs. High impact industries such as manufacturing and construction are just a couple of the real-world environments where employee mistakes can prove fatal.

While traditional classroom settings can bolster learning retention, most acquire 70% of the necessary skills from the type of experiential learning that XR training provides.

Additionally, in an age of social media and the internet, training manuals and long-form video or training sessions are no longer effective. The attention span of the average millennial is 8 seconds, and with millennials anticipated to make up 75% of the workforce by 2025, the need for an upgrade of existing training will never be higher. 

In the future, if new hires have access to intuitive and immersive training, not only will the process become more interactive, personalized and therefore more easily applied, but also workplace accidents could be reduced significantly – meaning more lives could be saved.

In this presentation, Jinhwan An, Senior Manager of New Business Development at LG Electronics and Entrepreneur in Residence at LG NOVA, LG Electronics’ North American Innovation Center, will discuss:

• An outlook of the future of training– including AI, XR, and remote learning
• How businesses can leverage smart technologies in workforce training, and the infrastructure needed to support the digital transformation
• Real-life companies and case studies who are developing this technology with large corporate partners

Speakers

Jinhwan An

Sr Mgr of Business Development , LG NOVA

Christoph Leuze

Founder & CEO , Nakamir

Ali Merchant

CEO , iQ3Connect

Description

In this presentation, we introduce the innovative PinTILT™ structure, which combines the best of traditional waveguides and birdbath structures, incorporating both pupil expansion and pupil forming functionalities.

Speakers

Jeong Hun HA

CTO , LetinAR

Description

Almalence presents a set of ISP techniques enabling high picture quality beyond optical hardware limitations in VR/AR head-mounted displays by dynamically compensating for the optical system deficiencies specific to the optical path at a given eye position.

Optical hardware design constraints inherent to head-mounted displays compromise the image quality and visual experience in VR/AR. Even the latest-and-greatest devices retain the common flaws spoiling user experience: poor image detail, blur and color fringing outside of the small “sweet spot,” geometry distortion when moving the gaze direction, and low picture resolution of the outer world captured via pass-through cameras.

In the session, we will explore why dynamic optical aberrations correction, distortion correction, and super-resolution algorithms are indispensable to achieving high visual quality in head-mounted displays. We will also see examples of picture quality improvement those computational techniques produce on the highest-end VR displays from Pico, Varjo, and HP.

Speakers

Eugene Panich

CEO , Almalence

Description

Join us for a presentation of a new metaverse social platform where people can gather, communicate, and express themselves digitally.

Speakers

Michael Chong

CEO , Seerslab

Donghwa (Jerry) Jang

Corporate Development Manager , Seerslab

Description

By bringing together the learnings of hardware solutions from NuEyes Technologies with the user experience design from 302 Interactive's team of game designers, we've created NuLoupes - a solution that supports medical practitioners to leverage augmented reality in their training and operational practice.
Fraser Bowie (NuEyes) and Kyle Morrand (302) will be taking you through the journey of designing the ergonomics and UX needed for healthcare applications that work for both patients and practitioners and share their vision of what comes next.

Speakers

Fraser Bowie

CPO , NuEyes Technology, Inc.

Kyle Morrand

CEO , 302 Interactive

Description

A healthy creative ecosystem, with diverse technologists and artists working in a wide variety of modes and methodologies, is absolutely critical to our cultural climate. It also makes better art, and better products.

Interdisciplinarity requires flexibility to build collaborative trust and to merge or understand the possibilities of practical capabilities like technologies and instruments, and others' creative and technical expertise.

Limber connective tissue is needed for interdisciplinary practice and may take some warming up, or time to learn new creative language or workflows. Opportunity for creative frictions and cross-pollination can bring inspiration toward new pursuits, or nourish existing practice. Meaningful inclusivity takes thoughtfulness.

In this panel, we will discuss some challenges and strategies for functional creative and technical interdisciplinary collaboration.

Speakers

Ruthie Doyle

Director, Interdisciplinary Program , Sundance Institute

Valencia James

Director , Creator

Ellen Oh

Dir. of Interdisciplinary Arts Programs / Stanford Arts Incubator , Stanford University

Sarah Ellis

Director of Digital Development , Royal Shakespeare Company

Description

Craig will present an outlining of how Contact CI has come to define Multi-Force Ergonomic Haptics, sharing our approach and the story of building Maestro EP, all while providing examples and evidence for why MFE haptics are important and impactful in generating an immersive sense of touch for a range of VR/AR users.

Speakers

Craig Douglass

CEO , Contact CI

Description

Over the last two decades, 3D capture has become a core technology used in nearly every field from architecture and construction, to VFX and gaming. In 2022, a novel machine learning technique called NeRF (Neural Radiance Fields) became accessible and rapidly started shifting the way we approach 3D capture.

Originally introduced in a 2020 academic paper, NeRF first became accessible to creators when NVIDIA released their "Instant NGP" research tool two years later. In recent months, it has rapidly become a consumer-ready technology with platforms like Luma AI dramatically lowering the barrier of entry.

Using NeRF, anyone is now empowered to create stunningly detailed captures of scenes with unparalleled photorealism from simple photo or video input without requiring expensive specialized hardware. By leveraging emerging AI methodologies, it leapfrogs previous capture techniques while reducing the need for human labor resulting in a dramatic reduction in the cost of creating VFX-grade 3D scenes.

With its advanced capabilities and efficiency, NeRF is revolutionizing how industries think about 3D capture and enabling a future where anybody can capture truly immersive memories.

Speakers

Jonathan Klein

Managing Director , PropTech Consulting

Amit Jain

Founder , Luma AI

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2023. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Speakers

Gregory Tran

Co-Founder & CEO , Trace 3D

Darya Sesitskaya

Co-founder & CEO , Shader

Mike Noonen

CEO , Swave Photonics

David Gratton

General Manager and Product Lead , Strawberry Fields Interactive Inc.

Chris Rojas

Co-Founder & CTO , Shader

Ohto Pentikäinen

CEO , Doublepoint

Gregory Castle

Managing Partner , Anorak Ventures

Cory Heizenrader

CEO , EducationXR

Marco DeMiroz

Co-founder & General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

Alex Azzi

Co Founder / CEO , XR Workout

April Swando Hu

Co Founder & COO , VRWorkout

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2023. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Speakers

Jacob Segil

CEO , Afference

Anzen Kennedy

Co-Founder & COO , Augmented Fantasy

Annabell Vacano

Co-Founder , Atopia

Gregory Castle

Managing Partner , Anorak Ventures

Patrick Kennedy

Co-Founder & CEO , Augmented Fantasy

Paul Miller

CEO , Lemur.ai

Patrick Burton

Co-founder , Benvision

Dan Lowenthal

Founder and CEO , SparX

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

Amir Baradaran

Founder & CEO , ABXR Studio

Soobin Ha

Audio Designer | Team Benvision , Velan Studios

Marco DeMiroz

Co-founder & General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Description

We will delve into the common pitfalls and drawbacks of using augmented reality in advertising. We will explore how brands and marketers can make AR campaigns more effective and user-friendly, and discuss the importance of considering the target audience and brand message when implementing AR technology. Join us to learn how these lessons can be applied to new ways of advertising and to the emerging field of AR books and education, and discover how to create engaging and meaningful experiences for users.

Speakers

Ioana Carp

Brand Strategist , SQUARS

Description

Having energy utilities workers well trained and prepared for any emergency or outage helps to keep our homes safe and warm, our businesses operating and our infrastructure flowing. Preventing the outages or leaks with more effective training is even better. Learn how Local Gas Distribution Companies and Nuclear facilities are incorporating fully immersive Virtual Reality (VR) training courses into their overall training programs to improve day-to-day operations, reinforce preventative measures, and enable personnel to safely experience and resolve emergency situations. Learn how VR training is being used to keep workers safe as the learn how to work more effectively and safely in the plant and in your neighborhoods.

Speakers

Scott Allen

CIO/CTO , Oberon Technologies

Description

Tilt Five, the winner of last year's AWE Auggie Award in gaming, is also the ideal device for collaborating with colleagues on a '3D problem' in the workplace. In fact, the same factors that make Tilt Five such an award-winning platform for entertainment are what make the system an indispensable tool for companies. Find out how Tilt Five delivers the only augmented reality solution that checks all the boxes: collaborative, comfortable, adaptable, affordable and easy to use. Hear what other companies have discovered by embracing the Tilt Five system for enterprise needs.

Speakers

Hans ten Cate

Chief Operating Officer , Tilt Five

Description

The DPT pixel is a single microLED emitter whose emission wavelength can be tuned all the way from red to blue and beyond, including white light. This removes the need for ‘RGB’ sub-pixels made from different material systems, and no further colour conversion/filtering or complex stacking architectures are required. DPT enables colour uniformity, eliminates complex fabrication processes, simplifies system design to deliver high-performance microLED displays and optical solutions, offers the most advanced approach to full-colour microLED displays, and brings these advantages to the whole display industry.

Speakers

Tongtong Zhu

CEO , Porotech

Description

Jason McGuigan, Lenovo’s Head of Virtual Reality, will discuss how the current avalanche of AI powered services are acting as a major force multiplier for XR developers. With the launch of the Lenovo ThinkReality VRX, Jason will discuss how some of Lenovo’s software partners are adopting these technologies to enhance their products and deliver profound new experiences to their customers.

He will share examples of these tools in action and discuss how the adoption of GAI will allow smaller teams to do more, reduce the costs of development, and speed the time to market. The results of these advances will be nothing short of revolutionary as enterprise organizations will be able to solve for a greater variety of use cases in higher quality, more cost-effective VR solutions.

Speakers

Jason McGuigan

Head of Virtual Reality , Lenovo

Description

Shared AR is a foundational service for our AR future and opens up new social opportunities today. Learn more about how Niantic can enable you to create shared experiences with 8th Wall (WebAR) and Lightship ARDK (Unity).

Speakers

Ria Bhatia

Sr. Product Manager , Niantic, Inc.

Description

With no end in sight to the labor shortages and the expected retirement of the boomer generation over the next seven years, workforce challenges are hitting organizations large and small around the globe. There aren’t enough people to fill the open jobs, and the people that are there need to be capable of doing more things - often with less time for traditional training or upskilling programs. What if you could create instant experts and transfer organizational knowledge with ease? What if you could create instant experts and save millions of dollars in training costs and make your employees more engaged and productive?

In this fireside chat inspired presentation, Michael Hinckley, Sector Manager of Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Northrop Grumman, and Scott Montgomerie, Founder & CEO of Scope AR will talk about how Northrop Grumman created instant experts on their manufacturing floor for assembling some of the world’s most advanced products. Powered by augmented reality, these instant experts accelerated process times by up to 66%, eliminated errors and are creating the next generation of shop floor enablement. Join Scott and Michael to hear real stories of how Northrup Grumman adopted AR, how it went, how it’s going and what is in the future.

Speakers

Scott Montgomerie

Co-founder and CEO , Scope AR

Michael Hinckley

Senior Systems Engineering Mgr (AMT) , Northrop Grumman