Sacramento Virtual Reality Meetup

SacVR #3

July 24 · 6:00 PM
Hacker Lab Rocklin

SacVR Meetup # 3

Pizza, and Soft Drinks will be provided. First come first serve.

Presenters:

Speaker #1 - Tuncay Cakmak - CEO & Founder at Cyberith

Tuncay is visiting from Austria in promotion of the Cyberith Virtualizer; an omni-directional slidemill for immersive Virtual Reality gaming.

The Virtualizer raised $361,452 on Kickstarter to exceed its $250,000 goal.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1259519125/cyberith-virtualizer-immersive-virtual-reality-gam/description

Tuncay is excited to share his experiences developing the Virtualizer, dominating his Kickstarter, and creating his new company.

Speaker #2 - Michael Lee - VP Software at Razer (http://www.razerzone.com/)

Michael is coordinating Razer's software contributions to the Open Source Virtual Reality (OSVR) initiative (http://www.razerzone.com/osvr).

Michael will be presenting the OSVR head-mounted display (HMD); an industry leading HMD that hopes to push the boundaries of VR-Gaming.

Speaker #3 - Oliver Kreylos (PhD) aka DocOk- Scientific Visualizations in VR Researcher at UC Davis
Oliver is a VR luminary building fully immersive virtual reality academic research applications at UC Davis.

Oliver will be speaking about some of the amazing tools and methods he uses for his research.

Demo Sessions:

OSVR will be showing their new open-source HMD.

We will also have multiple Oculus Rift DK2s, GearVRs, Google Cardboards with killer games, and a ton of cool local tech available for everyone to try out. There will also be various games and applications available for everyone to experience.

If you have something you would like to demo or have something you'd like to show off, by all means bring it! If anyone has a Rift they'd be willing to bring to demonstrate for those who've never experienced it, we would all be very appreciative if you would set it up at one of these Meetups and share it with the community.

Finally, for any Sacramento area locals that are interested in Virtual Reality and has something they would like to contribute or talk about for future Meetups please let us know and we can get you presentation time and exposure.

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George

Great job Matt!

1 · July 25
Brian B.

Had a great time last night and made some real good contacts. I am looking to start a into unity VR class very soon. Email me if you are interested @ [masked]

3 · July 25
- Kao S.
  
  It was really great to meet you Brian, you and Matthew put on a great show. I'm going to email you now
  
  0 · July 25
- Brian B.
  
  I had a bad hdmi cable on my oculus dk2 so next time i will have some really good stuff to show.
  
  1 · July 25
A former member

Very interesting, very informative and very fun

1 · July 25
Josh C.

My main reason for going was fulfilled: I wanted to try the Oculus Rift for the first time.

But I won't give the event a five star because I'm pretty casual when it comes to gaming and the talks were all directed to an audience that was pretty deep into the creation of games/virtual worlds

1 · July 24
Kao S.

I'm bringing a few friends with me, will they need to RSVP on Meetups as well in order to join us tonight?

0 · July 24
- Brian B.
  
  It would be helpful if they could but not the end of the world if they cannot.
  
  0 · July 24
- Kao S.
  
  Thanks for the quick reply Brian I'll get them to rsvp
  
  0 · July 24
steve

If anyone is going my way ... I need a lift back to Sac. (near Madison and Manzanita). Can pay $10 for gas/your trouble.

0 · July 11
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- Robert
  
  I'll be headed back to Rancho Cordova, don't mind the stop if its on the way, Let me know.
  
  0 · July 13
- steve
  
  Thanks Robert! I'll see you at the meet-up.
  
  0 · July 14
- Nic M.
  
  I'll be heading back to Madison and Garfield so if you still need a ride let me know.
  
  0 · July 14
- steve
  
  That's close Nic , just a few blocks away from here! Can I keep you as a back-up, in case my place isn't ("... on the way") from Robert's place? I already responded to Robert (above), so and I think he should get 1st dibbs at the gas money.
  
  0 · July 15
- steve
  
  BTW, Robert and/ or Nic ... I'm a white male in his early fifties and will be carring an old black library book bag over my shoulder evry where.
  
  0 · July 15
- steve
  
  everywhere
  
  0 · July 15
- Josh C.
  
  What part of Sac?
  
  0 · July 19
- Robert
  
  Thanks for the PM. I may not make it out to Rocklin after all so I'm tentative.
  
  0 · July 23
Josh C.

This will be my first time experiencing VR! Excited.

1 · July 19
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- steve
  
  The first time is a real mind blower Josh! I'm hoping Tuncay (creator of the Virtualizer) brings his ODT (omni-directional treadmill) machine!
  
  1 · July 20
- Brian B.
  
  Loading up some of the newest VR games / experiences available. Might also get some exclusive never before seen stuff on there also.
  
  1 · July 20
- Kao S.
  
  This will be my first time as well josh I've been waiting months for this
  
  1 · July 20
- Josh C.
  
  I've just heard so much about both VR and AR. I want to see if the hype has any basis. :)
  
  0 · July 23
Josh C.

Also, anyone want to carpool from downtown Sac?

0 · July 19
- Jack B.
  
  Maybe. Pm me
  
  0 · July 20
- Josh C.
  
  Thx, just did.
  
  0 · July 23
Bree

Looking forward to this!

3 · July 9
- Matt C.
  
  Hey Bree! Thanks for the enthusiasm! Sorry it took so long... See ya there!
  
  1 · July 23
Charlie F.

I won't be able to make it until 6:30 or so, is this something I need a hacker lab membership for? I've wanted to check it out but haven't had the chance.

0 · July 21
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- Brian B.
  
  No membership is required
  
  0 · July 21
- Charlie F.
  
  cool, might sign up anyways.. bit of a maker myself..
  
  0 · July 21
- Charlie F.
  
  also might bring my Gear VR, even if i don't have much installed on it right now.
  
  0 · July 21
- Sebastian
  
  I would highly recommend that you consider the membership. I've been a member since the Rocklin location opened. It's a great place!
  
  1 · July 21
- Charlie F.
  
  I'm thinking about it, I live a bit far away, but moving closer soon.
  
  0 · July 21
Sebastian

Super excited for this! It'll be my first time experiencing VR

1 · July 20
Jerry J. W.

Thanks for doing this one in Rocklin. Can't wait to see all the cool new demos!

4 · July 7