OffPlanet VR #6

OffPlanet VR

<H3>Join OffPlanet VR for our 6th VR meetup in Downtown Berkeley!</H3>
Try out the latest virtual reality games and experiences on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Gear VR.
Connect with industry pioneers, developers, and immersive media explorers, talk shop, and have fun.
All skill levels welcome.
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<H3>TALKS:</H3>
<H2>BUILDING VIRTUAL COMMUNITIES </H2>
with <A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinsummers/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Erin Summers</A>, Software Engineer, Social VR at Facebook 
Erin Summers is the Co-founder of wogrammer, celebrating women engineers and breaking stereotypes one story at a time. 
Wogrammer has been featured in CNN, Foreign Policy Magazine, Quartz, the Huffington Post, Vice Magazine, NSPE magazine. Erin has interviewed over 100 women all over the world on every continent - even Antartica - sharing their stories of what they are proud of building. Wogrammer reaches over 200,000 people a month across Facebook, Instagram, Medium, and Twitter. <A HREF="http://wogrammer.org/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.wogrammer.org</A>
<H2>VR SUSTAINABLE CITIES</H2>
with <A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/statsuno/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sheridan Tatsuno LinkedIn" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Sheridan Tatsuno</A>, Founder, One Reality AB
Sheridan Tatsuno was trained as an urban planner at Harvard's Graduate School of Design and has worked on housing, energy, transit and regional revitalization projects. He has published <A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/statsuno/detail/recent-activity/posts/" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sheridan Tatsuno LinkedIn" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Linkedin articles</A> on virtual reality (VR) for smart sustainable city planning and design.
He has authored books on cities and innovation made for television documentaries: "The Technopolis Strategy", "Created in Japan", "In the Valley of Digital Dreams" and "<A HREF="https://www.amazon.com/Sheridan-Tatsuno/e/B001KJ1SRE" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="Sheridan Tatsuno Amazon" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Virtually San Francisco</A>." 
 
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<H3>FEATURED DEMOS:</H3>
<IMG ALT="Facebook Spaces" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/facebookspaces.png">
Explore Facebook Spaces on Oculus Rift!  Launched at F8 last April, Facebook's social VR plaform recently added live streaming to the app, which allows users to engage with viewers on Facebook from VR, and virtually hold comments - a simple but profound feature. Social VR is one of the leading paths to mass adoption of head mounted displays (HMDs), with Facebook's billion-strong network, Oculus tech, and now Spaces, VR is here to stay - and play. 
*demo spots limited arrive early to get on the demo list. 
 
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<IMG ALT="One Reality AB" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/onerealityab.png">
 
One Reality AB is a <A HREF="https://youtu.be/Lscy6Znkuoc" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="One Reality VR, NextSpace Berkeley" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">VR platform for Sustainable City</A> design, healthcare, energy, sports and tourism. Our mission is to reduce carbon emissions using Smart Cities tools. We're beginning in Sweden and California.
Our mission: "Healthy Cities for Healthy People."​
 
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<IMG ALT="Snow Angel VR" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/snowangel.png">
Renowned electric Sitar player, <A HREF="https://www.youtube.com/user/gabbyhappy" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Gabby La La</A> and her psychedelic-punk band, <A HREF="https://snowangel.bandcamp.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Snow Angel</A> take you on a rainbow-fueled VR trip, through four songs from their Kickstarter-funded, debut album. Bounce from Trampoline of Emotion into Big Group Hug, Fifteen, and We Love, the Oakland band’s first 360 music video, directed by Siciliana Trevino, and filmed by 360 cinematographer, <A HREF="http://www.kevinkunze.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Kevin Kunze</A>. 
The app features original album art from <A HREF="http://doyouknowbudsnow.net/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bud Snow.</A>
 
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<IMG ALT="Kevin Kunze" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/kevin-kunze.png">
Kevin Kunze is an award-winning director with over a decade of experience in feature and commercial filmmaking. In 2014, Kunze's first documentary <A HREF="http://www.mobilizemovie.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">MOBILIZE</A> premiered at the Castro Theatre in San Francisco winning the Best Documentary Feature award at the California Independent Film Festival.
Kunze served as Director of Photography for the 2015 Singularity University <A HREF="http://singularityhub.com/2015/08/23/a-grand-unveiling-inside-the-big-ideas-hatched-at-the-2015-graduate-studies-program/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">GSP PROJECT VIDEOS</A>, featured on <A HREF="http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/17/aipoly-puts-machine-vision-in-the-hands-of-the-visually-impaired/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">TechCrunch.</A>
He teaches the Academy of Art's first-ever course on 360 filmmaking. 
 
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<H3><IMG ALT="Geopogo OffPlanet VR NextSpace Berkeley" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/geopogo.jpg"></H3>
Our team of architects, software engineers, and 3D animators from Pixar, DreamWorks, and Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is building virtual models of exterior and interior spaces to engage users in this immersive new way, at scales ranging from individual buildings to entire cities. We aim to be the platform of choice for people to explore the world, engage in e-commerce, and connect with others in virtual space.
 
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<IMG ALT="Virtual Bytes OffPlanet VR NextSpace Berkeley" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/07/virtualbytes.png">
 
Hack the brain-body connection. <A HREF="https://www.patreon.com/virtualbytes" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Virtual Bytes</A> is showcasing their interactive VR demos including, MindMoVR, an experience that expands your sense of self with movement: dance with a ballerina that will activate your mirror system and more!
 
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<IMG ALT="Navtive VR UTurn VR series OffPlanet VR NextSpace Berkeley" SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/u-turn.jpg">
<H4>What happens when a young female coder joins a male-dominated floundering startup that’s deep in an identity crisis?</H4>
With a comedic twist, UTURN is an immersive live-action VR series, by <A HREF="http://www.uturnvr.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Native VR,</A> where you get to experience both sides of the gender divide.
A 360 video Virtual Reality comedy series offering full immersion into the daily life of a woman working in tech. At any time during the story, the viewer chooses which point of view to follow: a female coder or her male boss. It’s like editing your own version of the story.
We aim to raise engagement towards gender diversity through this inclusive and fun VR experience. 
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<IMG SRC="https://quirkeley.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/more-equal-studios.jpeg">
With the power of VR, Project Aether places you in complete, immersive control over the elements. Become a god of the battlefield by wielding Earth, Fire, Water, and Air to devastate your foes. Fight in VR - use your motion controllers to perform complex martial arts gestures to summon massive tidal waves or unleash explosive fireballs. Compete against your friends though cross-platform compatibility with numerous VR headsets in 3v3 multiplayer battles. Don the masks and explore the hidden world of the Order. Are you prepared to discover the power within you?
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SCHEDULE:
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<H4>7pm VR demos in the Main Gallery </H4>
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<H4>7:30pm "Building Virtual Communities" with Erin Summers, Software Engineer, Social VR at Facebook</H4>
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<H4>8:00pm "VR Sustainable Cities" with Sheridan Tatsuno, Founder, One Reality AB</H4>
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<H4>8:30pm Talks end</H4>
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<H4>10pm Demos end</H4>
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Enjoy fresh, local bites, beer and wine. 
<H4><A HREF="http://nextspace.us/berkeley" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">NextSpace</A> is across the street from Downtown Berkeley Bart, <A HREF="https://www.google.com/search?q=downtown+berkeley+parking&rlz=1C1RUCY_enUS701US702&oq=downtown+berkeley+parking&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.8607j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#tbm=lcl&q=allston+way+garage&rlfi=hd:;si:9569868812509630056;mv:!1m3!1d237.09228752837046!2d-122.26933!3d37.869392999999995!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1500!2i925!4f13.1" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Allston Way Garage</A>, and one block north from the <A HREF="http://bikehub.com/bartbikestation/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">BART Bike Station</A>.</H4>
Peace. Love. VR.

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