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2112 Immersive Tech Summit in partnership with VR/AR Association - Chicago

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2112 Immersive Tech Summit
In partnership with VR/AR Association

Supported by SlingStudio, VER, Shure, Swanson, Martin & Bell and Hellowater


The day-long Immersive Tech Summit will include Industry leaders and experts in immersive tech presenting cutting-edge case studies, workshops and demos exploring virtual, augmented and mixed reality conceptualization, production & post-production, branding & marketing case studies, trends, best practices & standards, and market adoption.

We will present "209 Ways Organizations are using VR/AR." The talk presented by Alan Smithson will touch on the myriad of ways Virtual, Mixed and Augmented Reality (XR) are being used outside of gaming and entertainment. Ranging from healthcare, construction, design and remote collaboration, and marketing and training, immersive technologies will revolutionize how we compute and communicate in business over the next 20 years.

2112 Immersive Tech Summit kicks off with Everyone Can Create Challenge, a hands-on workshop led by Apple on Friday, October 19, 12:30 - 3:30 pm. and continues with presentations, demos and workshops by industry leaders and experts presenting cutting-edge case studies, workshops and demos exploring virtual, augmented and mixed reality conceptualization, production & post-production, branding & marketing case studies, trends, best practices & standards, and market adoption. The summit will also include an Immersive Cinema Showcase Co-presented with the 54th Chicago International Film Festival. 

Confirmed speakers include Dekker Dreyer, a VR Pioneer who has directed live-action, animated and interactive immersive productions for Disney, Hallmark, Warner Bros, Syfy, Bose, Fox, Participant Media, and Digital Domain; Alexander Mejia, Emmy award-winning Creative Director at Human Interact; award-winning journalist, Cherie Hu,Tech Columnist at Billboard, among others.

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Earlier Event: October 18
AWE Europe 2018 - Munich