DX Collective

DX Collective

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DX Collective is a Chicago group promoting the advancement of VR and AR technologies in Chicago-area companies. Formed out of 1871.

11/18/2016

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8-8:30am Networking/Breakfast

8:30-9am Welcome from Moderators (Genevieve Thiers/Jo Cattell)

9:00-9:45 Panel One AR and VR from the Producers (Fred Muram, Matthew Wren, Adam Wisniewski, Aaquib Usman) Kevin moderator

9:45-10:30 Panel Two AR and VR as Locational Drivers (Maggie Malone, Christine Hutchison, Ed LaHood) Jo moderator

10:30-11:15 Panel Three AR and VR as Arts Disruptors (Jo Cattell, Ellen Sandor, Tom Haigh) Gen moderator

11:15-11:45 Panel Four Best Practices: AR and VR for corporations (Kevin Shelhamer, Kunal Grover, Emeka Nnandi) Maggie moderator

12-12:45 Keynote/Lunch (Peter Wojtowicz)

12:45-1pm Closing Remarks (Genevieve Thiers/Jo Cattell)

*Throughout the day, a lab will be set up to test out/use Oculous Rift and similar VR and AR devices.

**There will be a quick tour of 1871 for 15 minutes at close of event for anyone interested!

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Wojtowicz is the Co-Founder and Lead Developer of Mass Realities, Inc., a cross reality development studio which creates interactive virtual and augmented reality experiences for the HTC Vive, Oculus, Playstation VR, GearVR, Google Daydream and Microsoft's Hololens.

Prior to co-creating Mass Realities, Inc. Peter co-founded and was the Director of Development at LCP360, a digital media company responsible for creating virtual experiences for Google, Starbucks, JLL, CBRE, Hilton, Live Nation and hundreds of other clients in a wide array of industries including, Education, Hospitality, Health Care, Real Estate, Travel and Entertainment.

Peter is a lifetime gamer, career programmer and amateur physicist with a deep rooted passion for emerging technologies, especially Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Brain Computer Interfaces.

11/18/2016

First inaugural conference went great this morning at 1871! Pics coming soon...

10/05/2016

More info coming soon. For now, we are excited to launch!

10/05/2016

Welcome to the DX Collective, the first group in Chicago dedicated to bringing corporate and arts companies into AR and VR technologies! *(augmented reality and virtual reality)

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Chicago, IL
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