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Nov 10
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Description
The central location of the book "Ready Player One" is The OASIS, a fully embodied VR metaverse that began as a game, but was so compelling, so useful and fun, that everyone - every person, every business, every institution and even every game - had to have a presence there. Sort of like the formative Internet in the 90s. This is fiction, of course, Mark Zuckerberg says we will soon regard Facebook as a "metaverse company." Epic Games (maker of Fortnite), announced their most recent funding round of one billion dollars will be spent building a metaverse. But how shall we define it? Who else is building - or has built - a metaverse? What technology does a metaverse require? What might its terminal form be? On which platforms - AR, VR, Mobile - will these virtual, social spaces manifest, when, and how?
Speakers
Consultant, Columnist, Author, Adjunct
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Forbes
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AWE and Super Ventures
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09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
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Speakers
CEO and Founder
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Niantic, Inc.
Nov 9
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
Description
Science fiction writers, filmmakers and futurists have warned for years about the potential for a dystopian future where technology has created a dark, uninviting, hostile world. John Hanke, the Founder and CEO of Niantic, is here to tell you it doesn’t need to go that way. If the metaverse contemplates leading our lives inside of a computer network, the Real-World Metaverse will use technology to improve our experience of the real world, enriching it with fun and magic, and helping people lead richer, more fulfilling lives. But before you can enhance reality, you need to understand reality, and Hanke will outline Niantic’s vision of empowering developers and creators around the world with the Niantic Lightship platform. Learning lessons from technology transformations of the past, it’s incumbent on all of us to be more inclusive of different communities and more intentional about anticipating the downsides - as well as the upsides - of technology that will shape society and our lives over the coming decades.
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CEO and Founder
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Niantic, Inc.
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10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Description
The XR ecosystem continues to grow and expand as XR devices and services blur the lines between physical and digital. Join Hugo Swart, VP at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., as he talks about the exciting future of AR.
Speakers
VP & GM, XR
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Qualcomm