Agenda

Description

There are over 300 companies worldwide building VR training content and thousands of companies with
VR headsets, including over half of the Fortune 500. Immerse saw this as an opportunity to connect
creators and enterprise organizations looking to take advantage of the unique benefits of immersive
training. Allowing enterprises fast and easy access to all forms of content – from off the shelf to custom,
the Immerse Marketplace allows companies to quickly and cost-effectively offer immersive content to
their workforce, maximizing their VR investments and content providers benefit from new revenue streams.

The current VR landscape doesn’t make it easy – and we’ll look at the challenges and road ahead. But
this could be the key to unlocking a low cost, high impact VR vault that enterprise has long been looking
for.

Speakers

John Fecci

Partnerships Director , Immerse.io

Description

There are over 300 companies worldwide building VR training content and thousands of companies with
VR headsets, including over half of the Fortune 500. Immerse saw this as an opportunity to connect
creators and enterprise organizations looking to take advantage of the unique benefits of immersive
training. Allowing enterprises fast and easy access to all forms of content – from off the shelf to custom,
the Immerse Marketplace allows companies to quickly and cost-effectively offer immersive content to
their workforce, maximizing their VR investments and content providers benefit from new revenue streams.

The current VR landscape doesn’t make it easy – and we’ll look at the challenges and road ahead. But
this could be the key to unlocking a low cost, high impact VR vault that enterprise has long been looking
for.

Speakers

John Fecci

Partnerships Director , Immerse.io

Description

Augmented reality carries virtually limitless power as the final interface between the human world and the digital world. The arms race for the completely digital product lifecycle, or "digital thread" has begun, and the future will be decided based on two fundamental aspects: content, and data. In the human world, content is king. In the digital world, data is king. In 2021 Scope AR launched WorkLink Create, the world's fastest AR content authoring platform. It has since revolutionized workflows for training, manufacturing, and field service in augmented reality by expanding our customer's AR content catalog by orders of magnitude. In this presentation, we will announce our groundbreaking new technology for real-time data, and explore the incredible new use cases it unlocks.

Speakers

Scott Montgomerie

Co-founder and CEO , Scope AR

Description

Augmented reality carries virtually limitless power as the final interface between the human world and the digital world. The arms race for the completely digital product lifecycle, or "digital thread" has begun, and the future will be decided based on two fundamental aspects: content, and data. In the human world, content is king. In the digital world, data is king. In 2021 Scope AR launched WorkLink Create, the world's fastest AR content authoring platform. It has since revolutionized workflows for training, manufacturing, and field service in augmented reality by expanding our customer's AR content catalog by orders of magnitude. In this presentation, we will announce our groundbreaking new technology for real-time data, and explore the incredible new use cases it unlocks.

Speakers

Scott Montgomerie

Co-founder and CEO , Scope AR

Description

Where are we in the course of spatial computing’s lifecycle? Where are AR and VR having an impact today… and where aren’t they? What's the fate of Apple's market entrance? And will Meta's big metaverse bet pay off? We’ll tackle these and other burning questions with a multidisciplinary panel of industry thought leaders, innovators, and heavy hitters.

Speakers

Catherine D. Henry

SVP Growth, Metaverse & Innovation Strategy , Media.Monks

Ted Schilowitz

Futurist , Paramount

Mike Boland

Chief Analyst , ARtillery Intelligence

Charlie Fink

Consultant, Columnist, Author, Adjunct , Forbes

Alvin Graylin

Global VP of Corporate Development , HTC

Description

Where are we in the course of spatial computing’s lifecycle? Where are AR and VR having an impact today… and where aren’t they? What's the fate of Apple's market entrance? And will Meta's big metaverse bet pay off? We’ll tackle these and other burning questions with a multidisciplinary panel of industry thought leaders, innovators, and heavy hitters.

Speakers

Catherine D. Henry

SVP Growth, Metaverse & Innovation Strategy , Media.Monks

Ted Schilowitz

Futurist , Paramount

Mike Boland

Chief Analyst , ARtillery Intelligence

Charlie Fink

Consultant, Columnist, Author, Adjunct , Forbes

Alvin Graylin

Global VP of Corporate Development , HTC

Description

How does augmented reality overlap with the shift from web2 to web3?
Amy will moderate a panel of experts on the convergence of #AR with the growth in adoption of blockchain, NFT, and cryptocurrency.

Speakers

Olivia Forman

Unity Developer , Jadu

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

Amy LaMeyer

Managing Partner , WXR Fund

Eric Wagliardo

Founder / Executive Creative Director , &Pull

Leighton McDonald

Spatial Interaction Designer , LATE-FX

Description

How does augmented reality overlap with the shift from web2 to web3?
Amy will moderate a panel of experts on the convergence of #AR with the growth in adoption of blockchain, NFT, and cryptocurrency.

Speakers

Olivia Forman

Unity Developer , Jadu

Maddie Callander

VP Accelerator & Portfolio , BoostVC

Amy LaMeyer

Managing Partner , WXR Fund

Eric Wagliardo

Founder / Executive Creative Director , &Pull

Leighton McDonald

Spatial Interaction Designer , LATE-FX

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2022. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Judges for the Start-Up Pitch competition are Dave Haynes, Tipatat Chennavasin, Pearly Chen, and Kristina Serafim.

Speakers

Chaitanya Ravi

RLab Contact , SentioVR

Amber Hawkes

Co-Founder , Here LA

Ariella Lehrer

President , Legacy Games

Quentin Turner

Founder, CTO , Intrinsic XR

Pearly Chen

VP Business Dev. , HTC Vive

Giovanni Fantoni Modena Fantoni Fantoni

CCO , Vitruvian

David A. Smith

CTO, Founder , Croquet

Tipatat Chennavasin

General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Dave Haynes

Partner , FOV Ventures

Kristina Serafim

Managing Director , Verizon Ventures

Ofer Baharav

CEO , Villa

Alex Coulombe

CEO , Heavenue / Agile Lens

Sherry Chang

CEO , Neural Lab

Dominique Wu

Founder , XReality Academy

Description

Join us as startups pitch to our panel of judges for a chance to be named AWE's "Startup to Watch" for 2022. The winner will be announced at the Auggie Awards ceremony.

Judges for the Start-Up Pitch competition are Dave Haynes, Tipatat Chennavasin, Pearly Chen, and Kristina Serafim.

Speakers

Chaitanya Ravi

RLab Contact , SentioVR

Amber Hawkes

Co-Founder , Here LA

Ariella Lehrer

President , Legacy Games

Quentin Turner

Founder, CTO , Intrinsic XR

Pearly Chen

VP Business Dev. , HTC Vive

Giovanni Fantoni Modena Fantoni Fantoni

CCO , Vitruvian

David A. Smith

CTO, Founder , Croquet

Tipatat Chennavasin

General Partner , The Venture Reality Fund

Dave Haynes

Partner , FOV Ventures

Kristina Serafim

Managing Director , Verizon Ventures

Ofer Baharav

CEO , Villa

Alex Coulombe

CEO , Heavenue / Agile Lens

Sherry Chang

CEO , Neural Lab

Dominique Wu

Founder , XReality Academy

Description

Creating an incredible multiplayer experience with esports potential is no easy task, but our panel of developers discuss challenges, best practices, community-building, and lessons learned as they've paved the way for esports in a new medium.

Speakers

Dennis Nuis

Consultant | Community and Change Manager , Caveman Studio

Seth Luisi

Founder , Impulse Gear

Jan Goetgeluk

CEO , Virtuix Inc

Tim Mcguinness

Co-Founder & CEO , Virtex

Amy Stormant

Content Creator | Reporter , VR Community Builders

Description

Creating an incredible multiplayer experience with esports potential is no easy task, but our panel of developers discuss challenges, best practices, community-building, and lessons learned as they've paved the way for esports in a new medium.

Speakers

Dennis Nuis

Consultant | Community and Change Manager , Caveman Studio

Seth Luisi

Founder , Impulse Gear

Jan Goetgeluk

CEO , Virtuix Inc

Tim Mcguinness

Co-Founder & CEO , Virtex

Amy Stormant

Content Creator | Reporter , VR Community Builders

Description

2D E-commerce websites will soon become 3D Virtual Stores, with Virtual avatars and Virtual Inventory. We, at Metadome.ai, will be presenting our 3D Virtual Showroom Platform for E-commerce, which supports integrations with all major e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and others that will enable 1000’s e-commerce brands globally to create their own virtual store. Our Virtual store platform is supported with WebXR and content creation capabilities as well so that e-commerce brands can create personalized showroom experiences for their customers. Let us walk you through our journey of building an end-to-end, invite-only product for e-commerce that’s no-code and takes care of the entire workflow of content creation(3D), design, rendering and core tech, deployment, tracking, and maintenance in a single platform. We’ll present how its adoption is delivering returns on key business metrics, and how it can make the transition from a 2D website to a 3D Virtual Showroom easier.

Speakers

Kanav Singla

Founder & CEO , Metadome

Description

2D E-commerce websites will soon become 3D Virtual Stores, with Virtual avatars and Virtual Inventory. We, at Metadome.ai, will be presenting our 3D Virtual Showroom Platform for E-commerce, which supports integrations with all major e-commerce platforms such as Shopify and others that will enable 1000’s e-commerce brands globally to create their own virtual store. Our Virtual store platform is supported with WebXR and content creation capabilities as well so that e-commerce brands can create personalized showroom experiences for their customers. Let us walk you through our journey of building an end-to-end, invite-only product for e-commerce that’s no-code and takes care of the entire workflow of content creation(3D), design, rendering and core tech, deployment, tracking, and maintenance in a single platform. We’ll present how its adoption is delivering returns on key business metrics, and how it can make the transition from a 2D website to a 3D Virtual Showroom easier.

Speakers

Kanav Singla

Founder & CEO , Metadome

Description

Schools of Medicine and hospital-based learning and development teams do not have sufficient physical Simulation Labs to train medical professionals, while the short supply of qualified instructors and the high cost of building SIM Labs are making it extremely difficult to meet the high demand for qualified healthcare workers. See how Xennial Digital is collaborating with the University of Miami and other leading organizations to address these challenges, by transforming physical medical simulation environments into an immersive, scalable and data-driven “Medical Verse”.

Speakers

Douglas Fajardo

CEO , Xennial Digital

Greta Mitzova-Vladinov

Director DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program , University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.

Description

Schools of Medicine and hospital-based learning and development teams do not have sufficient physical Simulation Labs to train medical professionals, while the short supply of qualified instructors and the high cost of building SIM Labs are making it extremely difficult to meet the high demand for qualified healthcare workers. See how Xennial Digital is collaborating with the University of Miami and other leading organizations to address these challenges, by transforming physical medical simulation environments into an immersive, scalable and data-driven “Medical Verse”.

Speakers

Douglas Fajardo

CEO , Xennial Digital

Greta Mitzova-Vladinov

Director DNP Nurse Anesthesia Program , University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies.

Description

The focus on increasing brand loyalty and creating value out of long-term relationships is leading many of the world’s most innovative brands straight to humanized AI. Digital People possess the emotional intelligence to deliver a more empathetic customer service experience, generate enriching digital content, and unlock elements of scale — all through a visual interface that reacts appropriately and interacts collaboratively. Check out this session and learn how Digital People can provide data on your customer needs, preferences, and emotional states which then becomes a competitive advantage and value for your business.

Speakers

David Armano

Senior Director, CX Strategy , Soul Machines

Description

The focus on increasing brand loyalty and creating value out of long-term relationships is leading many of the world’s most innovative brands straight to humanized AI. Digital People possess the emotional intelligence to deliver a more empathetic customer service experience, generate enriching digital content, and unlock elements of scale — all through a visual interface that reacts appropriately and interacts collaboratively. Check out this session and learn how Digital People can provide data on your customer needs, preferences, and emotional states which then becomes a competitive advantage and value for your business.

Speakers

David Armano

Senior Director, CX Strategy , Soul Machines

Description

Using VR in training and simulation is now more than a stopgap during the pandemic or a fad in the hype of the metaverse. Visionary Training Resources (VTR) and Tobii will share their experience of how VR and eye-tracking technologies convince major airlines to adopt this efficient and cost-effective pilot training approach. With Tobii eye tracking and scalable equipment of VR headsets, training and simulation are empowered by data insights for validation and evaluation. This will meet the needs of more strict and critical training and lead to a truly informed and adaptive approach. Other industries can also learn from this case and get their first movers' advantage.

Speakers

Rick Parker

CTO , Visionary Training Resources

Johan Bouvin

Senior Director of Sales and Business Development , Tobii

Description

Using VR in training and simulation is now more than a stopgap during the pandemic or a fad in the hype of the metaverse. Visionary Training Resources (VTR) and Tobii will share their experience of how VR and eye-tracking technologies convince major airlines to adopt this efficient and cost-effective pilot training approach. With Tobii eye tracking and scalable equipment of VR headsets, training and simulation are empowered by data insights for validation and evaluation. This will meet the needs of more strict and critical training and lead to a truly informed and adaptive approach. Other industries can also learn from this case and get their first movers' advantage.

Speakers

Rick Parker

CTO , Visionary Training Resources

Johan Bouvin

Senior Director of Sales and Business Development , Tobii