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#lucasfilm #starwars #ilmxlab #vaderimmortal #carneyarena #virtualreality #hyperreality

Vicki Dobbs Beck has more than 30 years of broad-based management experience in the entertainment industry. Variety named her a “Digital Innovator to Watch in 2020”, and in 2019, the Advanced Imaging Society recognized Vicki with a Distinguished Leadership Award for being a significant “entertainment industry growth catalyst.” Currently, Vicki is the VP, Immersive Content Innovation of ILMxLAB, the award-winning division launched by Lucasfilm in 2015 to pioneer in the field of immersive storytelling. ILMxLAB wants to make it possible for people to ‘Step Inside Our Stories’ in ways never before possible. Using new technologies like virtual and augmented reality, ILMxLAB aspires to create connected experiences that transform places, spaces and our daily lives as we transition from story-telling to story-living.

Under Vicki’s leadership, ILMxLAB created the ground-breaking VR installation, Carne y Arena, which was the vision of Alejandro Iñárritu in association with Legendary Entertainment and Fondazione Prada. Carne y Arena was chosen as the first-ever VR Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival (2017) and was awarded a special Oscar by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, “in recognition of a visionary and powerful experience in storytelling.”  In addition to producing multiple promotional VR experiences supporting major film releases and experiments in “all shades of reality”, ILMxLAB has collaborated with the VOID to develop and produce the critically acclaimed hyper-reality experiences: Star Wars: Secrets of the Empire, Ralph Breaks VR and Avengers: Damage Control.  In 2019, ILMxLAB released Vader Immortal, a three-part original VR Story Series for the Oculus Quest and Rift / Rift S headsets. Episode I of Vader Immortal won the inaugural PGA Innovation Award in 2020, GDC Best VR/AR Game (2020), and ‘VR Experience of the Year’ from the London-based VR Awards (2019). Most recently, ILMxLAB launched Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge, a VR StoryLiving experience that extends the world of Black Spire Outpost at Disneyland and Walt Disney World.

Vicki is a member of the Television Academy; the Producers Guild of America; a BAFTA Associate Member; and has served on the BAFTA Immersive Entertainment Advisory Group.  She is also Chairman of AIXR’s VR Advisory Group and an Advisory Board member for the Los Angeles-based Infinity Festival. Vicki has spoken extensively at global industry events and in business forums including CNBC’s Squawk Alley, the BBC, Fortune Brainstorm Tech Conference, Bloomberg Design Conference, Vancouver Film Festival, Infinity Film Festival and YPO’s Global EDGE conference.  As a member of Lucasfilm’s Franchise Team, ILM’s Senior Staff and CG Operations Team, Vicki has received credits on more than 24 films.

Vicki received her MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business where she also completed her undergraduate studies, earning a BA with distinction in International Relations.

#3daudio #spatialaudio #ambisonic #immersiveaudio #virtualreality #asmr  

Martin Rieger specializes in cinematic virtual reality & 3D Spatial Audio productions, he is the founder of VRTONUNG that provides services & consulting for 3D immersive audio recording, & post-production.  Over the last five years, he has worked with various VR-video productions documentaries in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand, Belgium, Denmark, Bangladesh, and Kenya.  

Martin is also a speaker & has given a variety of workshops on 360° sound like the xr-creators-lab, co-authored at the VDT-Magazin and strives to create more awareness for virtual reality sound also by publishing dedicated information on his blog  

vrtonung.de/en 

https://www.vrtonung.de 

https://de.linkedin.com/in/martin-rieger

Klip VR is India’s premier fully Integrated Virtual Reality learning system, that compliments and empowers the existing educational practices, they are dedicated to bringing an experience that is unforgettable and develops the art of imagination in a learner. Founder Rishi Ahuja and Co-Founder Aditya Tuknait brings a universe of learnings to Classrooms with state-of-the-art immersive virtual reality (VR) technology. Klip VR’s world-class VR experiences bring another level of understanding, right inside the classroom for students and is an initiative to address existing learning gaps in Indian school education with the help of immersive experiences by Virtual Reality technology.

Its first debut Virtual Eduventure “CHANDRAYAAN VR- Virtual Expedition to Moon” allows learners to be a part of the Space Mission and experience several events that aid the scientific learning of the subject. With accurate recreation of the lunar mission, the students are teleported to explore a virtual world, enabling them to become an Indian Space Scientist, Launch the rocket and Conduct Lunar Surface Experiments, etc.

Klip VR received the award of ‘The Rising VR Company of the Year 2020’ by AIXR, the first Indian company to get this award

https://in.linkedin.com/in/rishi-ahuja-49129233 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/adityatukati/ 

www.klipvr.com

#pwcUK Jeremy leads PwC's #virtualreality #augmentedreality team, helping clients understand, quantify, and implement immersive technologies' benefits, he is also the author of "Reality Check" - How Immersive technologies can transform your business.

He has worked with organizations across multiple industries and is a regular contributor of thought leadership in the space, giving talks all over the world, from Twitter’s headquarters in London to the SXSW technology festival in Austin, Texas. He has been featured in the media including the BBC, The Independent, The Guardian, and The Times.

As part of his mission to educate, connect and inspire, he has supported the VR/AR initiatives of the World Economic Forum and currently sits on the advisory board of ImmerseUK, a UK government-supported cross-sector network for businesses, research, and educational organizations that are engaged with immersive technologies.

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/jeremydalton 

https://realitycheckxr.com 

https://www.pwc.co.uk/contacts/j/jeremy-dalton.html 

https://twitter.com/jeremydaltonxr

#tiktok #augmentedreality #virtualreality #entertainment

Hamilton Tamayo is the creative lead and global business marketing at Tik Tok He is an award-winning creative director with 14+ years of experience creating engaging, multi-channel brand experiences and has been part of advertising agencies such as Digitas, Weber Shandwick, Havas Formula, and McCann health.

He has been part of the #excedrin #virtualreality campaign, which was designed to shine a light on the impact of migraines at work and foster greater empathy for sufferers in the workplace through real people stories and mobile-optimized 360 videos. non-sufferers could experience what it’s like to get a migraine and the experience won them  Gold Smarties – North America 360º Video Bronze Smarties – Global 360º Video Bronze Effie: Excedrin Works – Healthcare OTC

Excedrin saw a 41% lift in brand favorability in our target audience…a 38% increase in branded searches for Excedrin…375 million earned media impressions…and saw a 22% increase in sales year-over-year.

we spoke about the impact of #extendedreality on the media & entertainment industry, challenges and the opportunity.

http://hamiltontamayo.com 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/htamayo 

https://twitter.com/htamayo

#futureofwork #extendedreality #artificialintelligence #hybridwork #remotework #nomadxr #westernuniversity Brent Davis is in the final stretch of his doctorate in computer science and helped co-found Nomad XR as part of his vision for the future of computing. His time in academia gave him insight into the ways artificial intelligence is revolutionizing the world around us and is rising in tandem with incredible advances in the ways we perceive the world – enabled by virtual, augmented, and extra reality. He believes XR is the next step in enhancing human cognition and is here to do his part in making that vision a reality.

https://www.nomadxr.com 

https://ca.linkedin.com/in/brent-davis-ai 

https://twitter.com/brent_dv

#immersiveentertainment #virtualreality #adventurelab

Kim has a passion for working with genius artists and engineers to create things that have never been done before. Specializing in leadership and team development on creative innovation teams, she has deep experience in the entertainment, software, and hardware industries.    

Before co-founding Adventure Lab, Kim led a creative team at Facebook in developing the AR “Story Time” for Facebook’s Portal video device. Kim was the Head of Production and Executive Producer of the groundbreaking Wolves in the Walls at Emmy Award-winning Oculus Story Studio. Prior to that, Kim was part of the leadership team at Google Spotlight Stories, where she produced some of the first VR projects released world-wide.  From 2009-2013, Kim was a Producer at Pixar Animation Studios, where she led the creation of a new short film division, heading a team of 125 across two companies in two countries. She partnered with eight new directors, producing 13 Toy Story and Cars short films while shepherding the development of a multitude of additional Pixar short-format projects, including two television specials.   

Previous to Pixar, Kim served as a visual effects producer on several feature films including Apocalypto, where she was on location in the jungles of Mexico for seven months. She also worked at Asylum Visual Effects on films such as Master and Commander, which was nominated for an Oscar for visual effects.   Kim is a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, The Television Academy, The Producers Guild of America, and Women in Animation. Kim has spoken across the globe at conferences and universities on the topics of virtual reality and diversity.   Kim’s biggest adventures to date are: filming on location in the jungles of Mexico while dodging poisonous snakes and spiders, Motherhood, and co-founding a start-up!

https://www.adventurelab.fun/ 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-adams123

Abhinav Chokhavatia is the Founder and C.E.O of Zatun, game development and external production studio based out of India. He is also the Co-Lead for Asia Pacific for the VRARA which is one of the leading VR/AR associations globally. As an entrepreneur, Abhinav has rapidly and sustainably brought companies to market while bringing world-class creativity to his enterprise for more than a decade. Today, he runs Zatun, which he grew into a world-renowned brand in the video game industry. Zatun develops its IP’s as well as does work-for-hire. Zatun offers premium quality game art and game development to publishers and game developers worldwide. Staffed by a multi-talented and diverse team, they are experienced in production across different genres and game platforms, including console, PC, mobile (iOS and Android), and PC VR. Zatun has collaborated on more than 200 leading game titles with over 300 clients, ranging from big AAA developers to small indie studios. Games made by Zatun have won numerous awards and rave reviews globally. They are enjoyed by millions of players worldwide. Starting with their first game “The Legend of Vraz” for PC in 2010 to their last game “Sniper Rust VR” for VR, they have developed 15+ games for various platforms.  Zatun's clients include 2K, Wargaming, Slitherine, Playwing, Leapfrog, NECA, Ubisoft, Disney to name a few.

https://zatun.com 

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#immersive #entertainment #experiential #content #virtualreality #merakivr #vr #ar #podcast #xrom  In this episode of the XROM Podcast, we have Sairam Sagiraju. He is the Co-Founder/Chief creative officer at Meraki and a film writer and director, who is best known for directing the music videos for the Grammy award-winning album, Winds of Samsara.   With a keen interest in visual storytelling, he studied at Mumbai’s XIC, where his diploma film ‘A Blessing in Death’ won the ‘Hrishikesh Mukherjee Memorial Award for Best Social Documentary’. He has since directed various films for the Government, Corporates and NGOs.  Sairam has previously worked with Prime Focus Technologies where he developed a film data model and Housing.com as head of the content production. In 2012, he was honored as one of Bangalore’s youth icons by ‘This Week Bangalore’.  Meraki is one of India's first and finest Virtual Reality content studios. their expertise is in creating Cinematic and Interactive VR Experiences using a unique approach to the art of storytelling & produce 360-degree Videos and Films for Events, Concerts, Ads, Tourism, News, Fiction, Sports, and Adventure Sports.  ‘Meraki’ means 'to do something with soul, creativity, or love; when you leave a piece of yourself in your work.  For more on Meraki, visit: https://in.linkedin.com/company/meraki-vr http://merakivr.com/projects/ https://in.linkedin.com/in/sairam-sagiraju-1589661b  The podcast is brought to you by XROM Podcast - Home of eXtended Reality

Pushpak Kypuram is the Founder-Director of NextMeet, an immersive platform that enables real-time virtual conferencing and networking in an avatar-based 3D environment. Kypuram has been operating in the visual media domain for the last 23 years, with a special focus on interpreting technological trends for broad-based applications. NextMeet is his third venture, preceded by AffinityVR and ArchiMaze. A skilled writer and speaker, Kypuram has a natural knack for simplifying complex concepts of data and design for mass audiences, a skill he regularly puts to use by writing and presenting about VR/AR at trade expos and conventions in India and Dubai.