Genji Glove & Myo Studios - Boston Homegrown Part 2

Join us for Boston Homegrown Part 2, the second in our meetup series featuring virtual realities created right here in Boston! This time we'll feature two more local companies doing great work in VR. As usual we'll also have lots of VR demos for you to experience, including some new ones. When you RSVP please read the section labelled "important" for details on reserving your spot.

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The Genji Glove is a wearable input device that lends itself especially well to virtual reality, sporting a few fabric-buttons and a joystick, the gloves can be a drop-in replacement for a traditional controller. However, with very detailed sensors for fine-motor control, gesture recognition, and EMG (muscle sensors) the Genji Glove can be applied in ways that vision systems and controllers can't provide. It's fast and accurate enough to translate American Sign Language in real time. It takes less than 2 minutes to train new gestures. It supports full avateering and it can feel the effort you put into your actions like nothing else. And it's made right here in Boston!

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Myo Studios (http://myostudios.com), a small creative content start-up located in Brookline, hot off the heels of their first project working with the Boston Society of Architects, will be undertaking their most ambitious project to date; capturing real world cuisine for the VR world! Currently underdevelopment, 'Perception Fixe' (tentative title) is being touted as the first ever VR food blog, featuring real dishes from Boston and its surrounding areas. Through magic of photogrammetry (a method of developing 3D models from photography) Oculus Rift users will be invited to sit down and experience the best that Boston has to offer, from local greasy spoon burgers to haute cuisine. It's sure to be a mouth watering experience!

IMPORTANT: Our venue, the Venture Cafe at the Cambridge Innovation Center, requires us to provide a guest list so people can check in at the security desk to get their access cards. Please bring a photo ID for check-in at the security desk. Your meetup.com account name must match the name on your ID; if you'd prefer not to use your real name please contact co-organizer Jeffrey Jacobson via private message so he can add you to the list.

Schedule

6 - Doors open, demos begin, pizza is served thanks to Genji Glove!

7 - 7:30 - Myo Studios Presentation

7:30 - 8 Genji Glove Presentation

8 - 8:15 - Demo intros & announcements

8:15 - 9:45 Demofest!!

9:45pm - Come with us to the afterparty at Firebrand Saints (http://firebrandsaints.com) (it's right downstairs!!)

Parking

If you're coming to the afterparty, Firebrand Saints (http://firebrandsaints.com) offers free validated parking for entry after 5pm.

Free parking after 5pm in the MIT Hayward Lot (http://web.mit.edu/mitdlbc/www/parking.htm).