Agenda

Description

The Åland Islands, or Åland, is an autonomous region of Finland. Comprising around 6,700 islands, this Swedish-speaking archipelago is in the Baltic Sea. Many young people live across this region and find connecting to youth services and peer groups a challenge, especially in winter.

Barry Haughey (Founder HoloGen, Dublin Ireland) and Mia Hanstrom (Director of SKUNK youth service, Aland Island) partnered in working together to pilot a wide regional youth project using VR. The idea was to demonstrate that existing support for young people can be delivered using immersive technology, bringing the service to the participant. Historically, some young people have been unable to avail of creative, educational and social activities because they were unable to get to a physical environment, we aimed to demonstrate this was no longer the case.

For this pilot, we used the VR platform, Rec Room to create a private youth club and open a weekly meetup where participants, shared stories, played multiuser games and tournaments and even tried some mindfulness. All of these sessions were hosted by experienced youth workers from the Aland region.

In this Talk, we will hear from 2 young people, Kasper Dreyer and Julia Strand, who were participants in the VR pilot and will share some of their experiences, Mia Hanstrom (Director of SKUNK youth service, Aland Island) and Barry Haughey (Founder of HoloGen) who will discuss the growing potential of immersive technology within rural youth work and education.

Speakers

Kasper Dreyer

CEO and founder , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Mia Hanström

Operations Mgr. , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Julia Strand

Founding Partner , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Barry Haughey

Artist/Educator/Founder , Holo/Gen

Description

By replacing avatars with authentic humans, you can truly experience holographic collaboration. It enables deeper personal connections and trust building, specially for greater impact and engagement in employee training and onboarding. We discuss how a volumetric video cloud can help solving scalability and interoperability challenges of live volumetric video, for holograms are only as powerful as their flexibility and accessibility to be consumed on your PC, smartphone, or XR device. Real people, virtually anywhere.

Speakers

Javier Bello Ruiz

CXO & Co-Founder , IMVERSE

Brent Milliken

CEO , IMVERSE

Description

Bayer and Arthur Technologies have revolutionized collaboration across global sites by integrating virtual reality (VR) technology. Together, their efforts aim to create fully immersive collaboration opportunities on a global scale, bringing the Bayer community closer together, enhancing productivity in a hybrid setting, and validating potential use cases for Bayer.

Leveraging VR technology, Bayer, a multinational pharmaceutical, life sciences, and agrochemical company, is transforming employee collaboration. The partnership with Arthur Technologies has allowed Bayer to establish their groundbreaking initiative, the Metaverse Connection Hub. This virtual collaboration platform is designed to immerse employees in a
digital realm that transcends traditional ways of working.

During the presentation, a range of use cases covered in this Bayer Metaverse Experiment will be highlighted, including community events, immersive workshops, Bayer-specific HR training concepts, and productive VR sessions using the workstation. First impressions and feedback will be shared on the ongoing experiment, highlighting learnings. Additionally,
Best Practices in setting up an XR experience for enterprises will be shared.

The partnership between Arthur Technologies and Bayer represents a significant advancement in immersive collaboration across global sites. The Bayer Metaverse Connection Hub empowers employees to engage with the community in a dynamic and immersive manner, fostering collaboration and productivity.

Speakers

Ira Bangula

Digital Lead Corporate Office , Bayer AG

Christoph Fleischmann

Founder and CEO , Arthur Technologies

Description

Extended reality is going mainstream in Africa, benefiting more industries and sectors, including arts, culture and tourism, digital education, entertainment and healthcare services on the continent.
Join this presentation showing how Extended Reality (XR) supports many excellent small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing high-quality immersive experiences powered by software and hardware.
Discover unique use cases and adoption of XR in education, heritage digitization, media and marketing experiences across key regions in Africa and the prospects of the technology in building an inclusive Metaverse for the future.

Speakers

Arome Ibrahim

Executive Director , Immersive Tech Africa

Description

In the rapidly evolving educational landscape, extended reality (XR) is being explored as a frontier for medical training. Dr. Ruby Woodward, drawing from her interdisciplinary research at Cambridge University and hands-on experience with GigXR, will delve into the potential of these technologies, guiding listeners through the intersection of XR and medical education.

She will introduce attendees to HoloScenarios—an innovative application that leverages XR to produce hyperrealistic holographic simulations emulating high-risk acute medical scenarios. Moreover, she will discuss the integration of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) with teaching methods to enhance communication training for healthcare practitioners.

The talk will emphasize the importance of aligning such technological innovations with established medical principles and learning theories. By highlighting insights from collaborative endeavors with experts spanning academia, clinical practice, and technology, the discussion will underscore the multidisciplinary approach essential for guaranteeing the efficacy and integrity of XR in medical education. This presentation will elucidate the symbiosis of XR, AI, medicine, and pedagogy.

Join Dr. Woodward as she outlines the hurdles, breakthroughs, and innovative solutions driving the future of medical education in the XR domain.

Speakers

Ruby Woodward

Doctoral Researcher , University of Cambridge

Description

This talk explores the transformative potential of combining digital twins and augmented reality (AR) technologies to address the challenges of high training costs and facility management downtime. While these technologies are already extensively used in gaming and marketing, the crucial question is: can they go beyond their current applications, and more importantly, are these technologies ready for broader implementation? Attendees will gain valuable insights from successful case studies and practical strategies for effectively implementing these technologies across diverse industries.

Speakers

David Castaneda

Co-founder , Visionaries 777

Description

Chile is leading in Latam the process of transforming its energy matrix towards a more efficient and sustainable one. For the implementation of new H2V Green Hydrogen plants, it is key to have the support and understanding of the communities, in this presentation we will review the strategy that is being implemented for the development of the roadmap with intensive use in immersive experiences for both technical and communicational and educational uses.

Speakers

Rocío Moreno

CEO , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ricardo Lira

Venture Partner XR , Creative Cities

Description

This talk will share experiences gathered through out the design and implementation phase of a multilingual XR learning application that enables experiential learning of work safety related behaviors in forklift operations. The applications first explains important terms for forklift operation and makes them tangible and establishes the comprehension of forklift specific terms in a common target language (in this case German, but could be any other language as well. This makes instruction, training and safety training more understandable.

After the introduction to the terms, the forklift is put into operation virtually and the trainee is given work assignments that involve safety-critical situations. The trainee must act correctly in accordance with the theoretical training. If the trainee does not act correctly, a virtual accident occurs.

In order to properly address Kolb’s learning cycle appropriated feedback and after action review abilities are provided. We will report on experiences, challenges and solutions we developed throughout the user- and stakeholder-centered development of this application and the embedding into the existing curriculum of the BFI Austria, one of the largest vocational training providers in Austria.

Speakers

Kerstin Repolusk

Secretary , PRO-GE

Benjamin Roszipal

Ing. Benjamin Roszipal, BSc, MMS, RN , MINDCONSOLE

Description

Discover how the world's largest pump manufacturer, Grundfos, is using XR to drive value across sales, HR, and operations.

During this interactive session, you'll  learn how Grundfos, the world's leading pump and water systems manufacturer, is using the SynergyXR platform to drive organizational value by:

• Creating rapid 3D scans of customer sites to accelerate the sales cycle.
• Using virtual showrooms of facilities as environments to develop and boost recruiting and onboarding.  
• Providing virtual training and assistance to customers and technicians to reduce downtime.
• Experts from Grundfos and SynergyXR will share how their partnership is improving business processes and delivering measurable value to both internal and external customers.

They'll also highlight the tools, tips, and tricks your company can use to kickstart your own XR project.  

Speakers

Carlos Ebrahim Vendrell

Senior XR Engineer , Grundfos

Mads Troelsgaard

CEO and Co-Founder , SynergyXR

Description

Virtual Reality (VR) has the potential to revolutionise education. In this keynote, we will share how GoStudent transforms how students acquire foreign speaking abilities and gain confidence with VR. But how do you make sure that businesses are using nascent technologies for the right reasons? How do you make sure to distinguish hype from sustainable innovation with real impact? In this keynote Alex will also share how he applied processes and learnings stemming from 5 years in Google’s AR/VR unit (Daydream, now known as Google Labs) to guide product development at GoStudent.

Speakers

Alexander Nick

Director Strategic Partnerships & Future Labs , GoStudent GmbH

Description

Having grown up in a digital informational world, the future workforce requires a more active and engaging approach to training. AR, MR, and VR combine real and virtual environments to provide the experiential learning workers need. Join Johannes Stettmeier as he maps out key benefits and important considerations for commercial immersive learning and training programs.

Speakers

Johannes Stettmeier

Business Development Manager EMEA AR/VR , Lenovo

Description

Using Virtual Reality can be highly effective when it comes to training. But how do you create such an immersive learning experience that is both engaging and leaves an impact?

In this talk, Warp VR CEO Thijs de Vries and Learning & Development specialist Nadine Steiger from Erste Bank share their unique vision on building interactive, immersive training scenarios with 360° video, storytelling and gamification. They will share what type of training topics Erste Bank is using VR for and how they have easily deployed and scaled this form of training to thousands of learners.

Join in to hear:
• Erste Bank's best practices on using VR for training
• How to combine gamification, storytelling and 360° video
• About Warp VR, the no-code platform that is used to create these VR training courses

Speakers

Thijs de Vries

Chief Executive Officer , Warp VR

Nadine Steiger

Learning & Development Specialist , Erste Bank

Description

By replacing avatars with authentic humans, you can truly experience holographic collaboration. It enables deeper personal connections and trust building, specially for greater impact and engagement in employee training and onboarding. We discuss how a volumetric video cloud can help solving scalability and interoperability challenges of live volumetric video, for holograms are only as powerful as their flexibility and accessibility to be consumed on your PC, smartphone, or XR device. Real people, virtually anywhere.

Speakers

Javier Bello Ruiz

CXO & Co-Founder , IMVERSE

Brent Milliken

CEO , IMVERSE

Description

The Åland Islands, or Åland, is an autonomous region of Finland. Comprising around 6,700 islands, this Swedish-speaking archipelago is in the Baltic Sea. Many young people live across this region and find connecting to youth services and peer groups a challenge, especially in winter.

Barry Haughey (Founder HoloGen, Dublin Ireland) and Mia Hanstrom (Director of SKUNK youth service, Aland Island) partnered in working together to pilot a wide regional youth project using VR. The idea was to demonstrate that existing support for young people can be delivered using immersive technology, bringing the service to the participant. Historically, some young people have been unable to avail of creative, educational and social activities because they were unable to get to a physical environment, we aimed to demonstrate this was no longer the case.

For this pilot, we used the VR platform, Rec Room to create a private youth club and open a weekly meetup where participants, shared stories, played multiuser games and tournaments and even tried some mindfulness. All of these sessions were hosted by experienced youth workers from the Aland region.

In this Talk, we will hear from 2 young people, Kasper Dreyer and Julia Strand, who were participants in the VR pilot and will share some of their experiences, Mia Hanstrom (Director of SKUNK youth service, Aland Island) and Barry Haughey (Founder of HoloGen) who will discuss the growing potential of immersive technology within rural youth work and education.

Speakers

Kasper Dreyer

CEO and founder , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Mia Hanström

Operations Mgr. , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Julia Strand

Founding Partner , SKUNK - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Barry Haughey

Artist/Educator/Founder , Holo/Gen

Description

Bayer and Arthur Technologies have revolutionized collaboration across global sites by integrating virtual reality (VR) technology. Together, their efforts aim to create fully immersive collaboration opportunities on a global scale, bringing the Bayer community closer together, enhancing productivity in a hybrid setting, and validating potential use cases for Bayer.

Leveraging VR technology, Bayer, a multinational pharmaceutical, life sciences, and agrochemical company, is transforming employee collaboration. The partnership with Arthur Technologies has allowed Bayer to establish their groundbreaking initiative, the Metaverse Connection Hub. This virtual collaboration platform is designed to immerse employees in a
digital realm that transcends traditional ways of working.

During the presentation, a range of use cases covered in this Bayer Metaverse Experiment will be highlighted, including community events, immersive workshops, Bayer-specific HR training concepts, and productive VR sessions using the workstation. First impressions and feedback will be shared on the ongoing experiment, highlighting learnings. Additionally,
Best Practices in setting up an XR experience for enterprises will be shared.

The partnership between Arthur Technologies and Bayer represents a significant advancement in immersive collaboration across global sites. The Bayer Metaverse Connection Hub empowers employees to engage with the community in a dynamic and immersive manner, fostering collaboration and productivity.

Speakers

Ira Bangula

Digital Lead Corporate Office , Bayer AG

Christoph Fleischmann

Founder and CEO , Arthur Technologies

Description

Extended reality is going mainstream in Africa, benefiting more industries and sectors, including arts, culture and tourism, digital education, entertainment and healthcare services on the continent.
Join this presentation showing how Extended Reality (XR) supports many excellent small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing high-quality immersive experiences powered by software and hardware.
Discover unique use cases and adoption of XR in education, heritage digitization, media and marketing experiences across key regions in Africa and the prospects of the technology in building an inclusive Metaverse for the future.

Speakers

Arome Ibrahim

Executive Director , Immersive Tech Africa

Description

In the rapidly evolving educational landscape, extended reality (XR) is being explored as a frontier for medical training. Dr. Ruby Woodward, drawing from her interdisciplinary research at Cambridge University and hands-on experience with GigXR, will delve into the potential of these technologies, guiding listeners through the intersection of XR and medical education.

She will introduce attendees to HoloScenarios—an innovative application that leverages XR to produce hyperrealistic holographic simulations emulating high-risk acute medical scenarios. Moreover, she will discuss the integration of conversational artificial intelligence (AI) with teaching methods to enhance communication training for healthcare practitioners.

The talk will emphasize the importance of aligning such technological innovations with established medical principles and learning theories. By highlighting insights from collaborative endeavors with experts spanning academia, clinical practice, and technology, the discussion will underscore the multidisciplinary approach essential for guaranteeing the efficacy and integrity of XR in medical education. This presentation will elucidate the symbiosis of XR, AI, medicine, and pedagogy.

Join Dr. Woodward as she outlines the hurdles, breakthroughs, and innovative solutions driving the future of medical education in the XR domain.

Speakers

Ruby Woodward

Doctoral Researcher , University of Cambridge

Description

This talk explores the transformative potential of combining digital twins and augmented reality (AR) technologies to address the challenges of high training costs and facility management downtime. While these technologies are already extensively used in gaming and marketing, the crucial question is: can they go beyond their current applications, and more importantly, are these technologies ready for broader implementation? Attendees will gain valuable insights from successful case studies and practical strategies for effectively implementing these technologies across diverse industries.

Speakers

David Castaneda

Co-founder , Visionaries 777

Description

Chile is leading in Latam the process of transforming its energy matrix towards a more efficient and sustainable one. For the implementation of new H2V Green Hydrogen plants, it is key to have the support and understanding of the communities, in this presentation we will review the strategy that is being implemented for the development of the roadmap with intensive use in immersive experiences for both technical and communicational and educational uses.

Speakers

Rocío Moreno

CEO , Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Ricardo Lira

Venture Partner XR , Creative Cities

Description

This talk will share experiences gathered through out the design and implementation phase of a multilingual XR learning application that enables experiential learning of work safety related behaviors in forklift operations. The applications first explains important terms for forklift operation and makes them tangible and establishes the comprehension of forklift specific terms in a common target language (in this case German, but could be any other language as well. This makes instruction, training and safety training more understandable.

After the introduction to the terms, the forklift is put into operation virtually and the trainee is given work assignments that involve safety-critical situations. The trainee must act correctly in accordance with the theoretical training. If the trainee does not act correctly, a virtual accident occurs.

In order to properly address Kolb’s learning cycle appropriated feedback and after action review abilities are provided. We will report on experiences, challenges and solutions we developed throughout the user- and stakeholder-centered development of this application and the embedding into the existing curriculum of the BFI Austria, one of the largest vocational training providers in Austria.

Speakers

Kerstin Repolusk

Secretary , PRO-GE

Benjamin Roszipal

Ing. Benjamin Roszipal, BSc, MMS, RN , MINDCONSOLE