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Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”

In this multi-part series, we gather the top thought leaders of VR/AR to discuss how VR/AR is a driving force powering this incredible period of digital transformation.

How are founders, researchers, and creators solving the challenges of today with VR/AR?

How have their companies adapted in 2020 and 2021, and what does their roadmap now look like?

What are their predictions for the decade ahead and the arc of how VR/AR will transform their industry?

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Join us for Event Three of the series "XR Steps Up". Brought to you by Microsoft and VRARA San Francisco Chapter.

Join us for a gathering of inspiring leaders with vastly different backgrounds within the education and workplace tech industries; Department heads of the largest global tech companies, teachers implementing XR in classrooms, CEO’s of XR software firms, and leading XR researchers.

They will together examine:

• What fundamental advantages does XR provide to learning and collaboration?

• What is the current stage of adoption, and what are the main barriers to growth?

• Does XR have the capacity to transform Education and Work in the next 5 years, and what role will it play?

AGENDA:

• Opening keynote from Dan Ayoub, GM Education, Microsoft.

• Interview with Daniel Guenther, Managing Director, Accenture Interactive

• Storytelling with Dr. Claudi Krebs, Faculty of Medicine, UBC, on her research in spatial learning and experience implementing XR in the classroom.

• Case-Study with Bharani Rajakumar, CEO, TransfrVR.

• Interview with Jacob Lowenstein, Head of Business, Spatial.

• Panel with all speakers, moderated by Dan Ayoub, on the future arc of XR within the Education and Work space.
  

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Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”

In this multi-part series, we gather the top thought leaders of XR within academia and business to discuss how XR is a driving force in powering this incredible period of digital transformation.

How are VR and AR founders and researchers shaping the future by solving the challenges of today? How have they adapted their companies and focuses in 2020, and what does their roadmap now look like?

What are their predictions for the decade ahead – and the arc of how XR will transform their industry?

"How XR is transforming Healthcare and Mental Wellness"

Join us for a gathering of inspiring leaders in the space with vastly different backgrounds; doctors who have implemented XR in COVID wards and saved lives; authors of books on XR in medicine; CEO’s of XR companies; and thought leaders on the future of technology in Healthcare.

These various perspectives will together help examine how the medical world is transforming with the adoption of new technologies. XR is a nascent force in healthcare and mental wellness, but the benefits even at this stage are apparent, and XR is predicted to play an exponentially more important role in the years to come.

AGENDA:

• Opening keynotes from Dr. Brennan Spiegel, author of a recently released book on XR in Medicine, and from Dr. Daniel Kraft, thought leader and expert in the intersection of technology and healthcare.

• Interview with Dr. James Kinross on his incredible iterative deployment of XR during the pandemic.

• Interview with Dr. Walter Greenleaf and Xavier Palomer, Psious CEO, on their work in 2020 in academia and business respectively.

• Panel with all speakers, moderated by Dr. Spiegel, on the future arc of XR within the Healthcare and Mental Wellness space.
  

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Bill Gates recently predicted of our immediate future; “At least ten years of progress in forcing people to do things in a digital way will happen in a two-year period.”

In this multi-part series, we will examine how the XR industry is a driving force powering this digital transformation; how XR founders and thought leaders are solving the challenges brought about by COVID and leading their industries in this period of rapid change and into the future.

Over the past six months, how have they adapted their companies and products to the new landscape? What does their roadmap look like, during and post pandemic?

Further, what is the broader direction of how XR will play a role in their respective industries in the years to come?

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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.

Please join us Wednesday, August 22nd for the next VRARA SF Chapter Meet-up. 

Taking place at WeWork Mid-Market in San Francisco, you'll get a chance to meet the new chapter leadership, followed by a fireside chat with Matt Miesnieks, CEO and Co-Founder of 6D.ai, investor, and influential technology writer.

The San Francisco VR/AR Association's membership has grown significantly over the last three years, and to keep up with that pace, we've recently added significantly to our chapter leadership team to include some of the brightest stars in the ecosystem. The first part of the evening will include a panel discussion with our growing team: Annisa Kau, Sony Green, Alia LeCam, and Jeff Meador about the goals for the VRARA SF Chapter's coming year, and we will also get a sneak-peak at community member's answers to the question, "What makes San Francisco the best city for XR?" from our soon-to-be-published VRARA SF Ecosystem Report. 

We will then be joined by Matt Miesnieks for a fireside chat to reflect on this past year since ARKit and ARCore released, and talk about the influence of ARCloud on the evolving augmented reality landscape. We will also get a chance to talk with Matt about 6D.ai's approach to solving for the foundational technology to usher in the next age of spatial computing. The 6D.ai SDK (now in BETA), uses standard built-in smartphone cameras to build a real-time 3D semantic, crowd sourced map of the world, all in the background without a depth camera. This means that spatial computing apps that were only possible to build on expensive HMD's are now possible on ARCore and ARKit smartphones. We will get a chance to hear from Matt personally about how their AI neural-networks will help developer's applications understand the world in 3D.

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What a year it's been for VR & AR. As we enter 2018, VR/AR Association SF is assembling the best minds for an open forum on the industry's biggest challenges and opportunities.

join us in San Francisco on Wednesday December 8 for an evening of networking, food & drinks and elite speakers from VRARA's SF member base (additional details here).

There will be much to discuss and define as we enter the new year: What did we learn in 2017? What does 2018 have in store? And what does it mean for you? 

Act fast because this will be a smaller and more intimate gathering than our normal event series. VRARA members interested in speaking, please contact us.