Agenda

Description

Producing VR content is a hard problem to solve. Studios invest in multi-year efforts to produce one title. The technical requirements, new design paradigms and a relatively small market size make it difficult to scale content production for VR. With headsets on the rise, now is the time to scale content and the solution is VR tools that leverage the power of the medium itself.

Topics led by panelists to explore include:
• Insights from the companies who build these tools and their stories about working with the next generation of content creators.
• What can businesses and industries do to adopt VR creation?
• How do we get “YouTube” level content creation by enabling at-home creators?

Speakers

Inga Petryaevskaya

Founder and CEO , ShapesXR

Johan Hanegraaf

Co-Founder & Head of Product , Arkio

Kiira Benzing

Executive Creative Director , Double Eye Studios

Lesley Klassen

CEO and Co-Founder , Flipside XR

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

This presentation will discuss the tools and strategies we developed to bridge the “Valley of Death” point, which many optics developers struggle with, using the example of the world’s first pocket-sized AR device development by our customer and partner.

The developers - Bobak Tavangar, the CEO of Brilliant Labs and Olga Resnik, a co-founder of Joya Team - will share the process insights and show how by use of extensive experience and expertise in AR systems we create a unique holistic development process that helps to define and reach development goals. They'll discuss calculated trade-offs, how to optimize for most important marketing parameters, use of engineering tools to create “virtual prototypes” and finally discuss the manufacture of “quick and valuable” prototypes in a well-established way to reach an affordable, manufacturable and use-case optimal product ready for market adoption.

Speakers

Olga Resnik

Chief Architect & Integration , Joya Team

Bobak Tavangar

CEO , Brilliant Labs

Description

How will the evolution to video conferencing look like - and why is bringing people 'together' in virtual spaces not enough? Founder and CEO of Beem, Janosch Amstutz, dives into the technical and psychological factors involved in creating a new communications medium.

Speakers

Janosch Amstutz

Founder & Chief Executive , Beem

Description

Please join us for Happy Hour from 5:30 – 6:45 pm in the Mission City Ballroom (Main Stage), Lobby & Patio Area.

Network and enjoy the spectacular experiences provided by some AWE-some XR companies. Enjoy a cocktail and some light snacks too.

Description

The annual Auggie Awards have been the most recognized industry AR & VR awards show in the world since 2010. Now in its 14th year, the Auggies continue to showcase the best of the best in augmented and virtual reality. Winners will be presented with a prestigious Auggie Award live on stage.

Speakers

Ori Inbar

Co-Founder , AWE and Super Ventures

Description

Join us at the official eco-friendly, tailgate style AWE Afterparty at the Hilton Hotel Santa Clara, directly across the street from the convention center.

Discover your potential as we delve into the world of tomorrow, brought to you by the visionary Immersive producer, Michael Ronen. Network with fellow attendees, as you envision where your company, product, and career might be in just a few years.

Raise a toast to the future and groove to the beat . Unleash your imagination and build meaningful connections as you explore the endless possibilities that await.

Open to all AWE participants with an AWE badge.