UCCVR + AsiaVR Meetup: Trends in China, Project Tango & Other VR/AR Stories

UPDATE: We're very fortunate to welcome Google's Project Tango lead Johnny Lee as a late-minute addition to our Meetup. Johnny is a human-computer interaction researcher who is known for his work on the Kinect and for extending functionality of the Wii Remote controller to the Wii video game console. (source: wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(computer_scientist))). Johnny will present the latest updates on Google's Tango initiative. You won't want to miss this!

MEETUP OVERVIEW

Virtual reality has been touted as the "next big thing" over the past few decades.

Our lineup of esteemed speakers will help VR/AR creators understand the potential behind the growing VR market and what is takes to navigate the growing China VR/AR market.

During this afternoon's session we'll hear from VR industry experts, VR game developers, education experts, VR hardware guide and industry experts.

• Allen Foo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/allenfoo), Founder & CEO, UCCVR

• Ender Jiang (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiangshutao), Chief Marketing Technologist, Hiverlab

• Justin Ng (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thatjustinng), Design + Business, Gattai Games

• Jiang Kuo (https://sg.linkedin.com/in/jiang-kuo-91587659), Founder, Vito Technologies

• Tee Jia Hen (https://sg.linkedin.com/in/wizztjh), CTO, VR Collab

• Carleel Zulkifli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carleel-zulkifli-6908a237), CTO, woobaVR®

Special Guest

Johnny Lee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lee_(computer_scientist)), Head of Project Tango at Google

Target Audience: VR/AR Creators and Developers

You'll also get some hands-on demo with HTC Vive at the event and see Google Tango in action.

Afternoon Rundown

1pm - Registration

1:30pm - Opening

1:35pm - Speakers Session kickoff

3:00pm - Tea Break + Networking + Demo

3:30pm - Speakers Session continue

4:30pm - Networking + Demo

5:15 pm - Johnny Lee presentation, Google Tango

6 pm - End

Our Speakers

Allen Foo, Founder & CEO, UCCVR

Allen has 20 years of experience in the IT industry, with extensive knowledge and experience in developing strategy for emerging markets and new product entry from his previous role as country manager of Unity China and Director at Microsoft. At UCCVR, Allen aspires to provide a VR/AR platform where consumers & developers can responsibly connect their virtual & reality worlds for social, entertainment & learning purposes.

Ender Jiang, Chief Marketing Technologist, Hiverlab

Since 2014, Ender has been working on Hiverlab, a local start-up founded by him which focuses on virtual reality storytelling experiences. As a pioneer VR content production team in Southeast Asia, Hiverlab has produced a series of VR stories, firmed up partnerships with Letv and Samsung, and is now aiming at continuously upgrading their technologies to create better futuristic storytelling experiences.

Justin Ng, Design + Business, Gattai Games

Justin is the co-founder and Design + Business Guy at Gattai Games, a Singapore-based game studio founded by Digipen Singapore graduates. Gattai Games' flagship title is Stifled; a VR and Microphone-enabled sound-based stealth thriller, where sound is the only way you see and the enemies hear your fear. Stifled is due for release on PC and major gaming consoles in late 2016.

Jiang Kuo, Founder, Vito Technologies

Education in VR is a topic that Jiang Kuo believes will be one of the key facets of Virtual Reality. Starting from Singapore before moving over to China to pursue the opportunities there, Vito Technologies is a Shanghai based VR studios that produce immersive educational Virtual Reality content.

Tee Jia Hen, CTO, VR Collab

Jia Hen believes that virtual reality holds the promise of allowing us to express what we mean rather than merely describing something with verbal approximations. With that, he decided to integrate the language of web development with virtual reality to create a collaborative environment for multiple VR user to discuss, express and create in this virtual world. He is also experienced in HTC Vive, SteamVR, VR and Unity development. He is a co-founder of AsiaVR Association and founder of VRcollab.

Carleel Zulkifli, CTO, woobaVR®

Carleel has been developing video games and interactive experiences for the past 4 years. Starting out as a 3D Artist and then taking up a Technical Artist role, he has been involved in developing Mobile Games, Massively Multiplayer Games, Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality Applications. woobaVR® is aiming to break new grounds on achieving hyper-realistic VR walkthroughs for Real Estate, and continues to discover new use cases for Virtual Reality.

Johnny Lee, Head of Project Tango at Google

Project Tango unleashes a new way for you to explore the world. With a few sensors and some computer vision software, your phone gets even smarter, and can start to see the world the way you do. Follow guided arrows to know which exit to take when you get off the subway, see how a sofa looks in your living room before you buy it, or watch zombies battle on your dining table. In this session, we explore the vision of Project Tango and how it will come to life with the launch of our first consumer phone, announced earlier this year. For more check out this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvgPrZNp4So).

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About the AsiaVR Association The AsiaVR Association is a non-profit association focused on promoting dialogue, debate, collaboration and investment in this rapidly evolving area of technology innovation.

Our members come from a wide variety of disciplines, including user interface and application development through to VR documentary filmmaking and branded content creation.

We welcome anyone interested in contributing to the discussion, or just wanting to come up to speed on this exciting new area, to join us.

Join in our discussion in our Facebook Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/asiavr/