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Berlin VR Meetup #18
21 March 2016 @ 19:00
FreeThe popularity of Virtual Reality is gaining strong momentum, and our next Meetup will provide the space to share the enthusiasm – this time in a new location that fits many more people! We are happy to announce that Viacom is offering its main hall for an amazing evening with the following program, starting at 7pm:
Simon Roth from HTC will present the consumer version of the HTC Vive, arguably the best Virtual Reality system currently on the market and winner of the CES 2016 Technology award. He will talk about the product and the content, and together with his team provide a demo station for everyone to try out their mindblowing technology. www.htcvive.com
Thorsten S. Wiedemann, founder and artistic director of the A MAZE. brand with festivals in Berlin and Johannesburg will talk about “Dis/connect” his world record experience of staying for over 48 hours in the HTC Vive, together with VR Shaman Sara Lisa Vogl from Lucid Trips who guided him through his hyper natural journey. Sara, a teacher for creative computing and member of the VR Nerds collective based in Hamburg will also demo the newest version of the fantastic Lucid Trips, a nominee at this year’s Unity Vision Summit! www.a-maze.netwww.lucidtrips.com
Robin Wenk, CEO and co-founder of Lightshape will present Holodeck, their wireless Virtualy Reality system, and talk about some use cases and experiences with this setup as well as the feedback from around 3.000 people who have been using it until today. Lightshape started out producing CG content for agencies, engineering and automotive clients and extended its portfolio with applications in the fields of web, Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality. www.lightshape.net
Everyone is welcome to showcase their demo, if you need help get in touch with us. Also just bring your headsets and any VR peripheral to the event – the more the merrier!
Please RSVP on this site and show your confirmation as a print or on your smartphone at the registration desk.
Where: Viacom Stralauer Allee 6 When: 21st of March 7pm
Looking forward to see you soon!