AWE Nite Helsinki: XR Games Night

AWEvengers Assemble!

We’re excited to announce that on March 5th we will have the first-ever AWE Nite Helsinki at Arcade5 (Maria 01).

As the headline states, the theme is XR gaming.

The Venue is located at Arcade5 on the Maria01 campus. Production Costs are covered by Immersal and Grib. Live Streaming will be brought to you by XR Nation. Food & Beverages will be sponsored by Nordic XR Startups.

WE ARE NOW FULLY BOOKED!

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AGENDA
18:30-19:00: Doors Open & Networking

19:00-19:05 Welcome & Introductions

19:05-19:25 Panel Discussion, moderated by Maria Nova, panelists include Marjo Sutinen, CEO of Critical Charm
Youssef El Moumni, Founder of REXR
Jonathan Biz Medina, Partner & CPO of Zoan

19:25-19:30 And now a word from our sponsor...
Petri Rajahalme, Managing Director of Nordic XR Startups

19:35-19:45 HipFire Live Demo, presented by CEO Antti Sartanen

19:45-19:55 Grib Live Demo, presented by COO Miikka Miettinen

19:55-20:05 Critical Charm Live Demo, presented by CEO Marjo Sutinen

20:05-20:15 Immersal Live Demo, presented by Co-founder & CPO Mikko Karvonen

20:15-20:20 Announcements

20:20-21:30 Networking; Food & Beverages

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Meet the Sponsors:

Helsinki Games Capital is a non-profit association that supports the capital area game industry's community, operations and culture. With the goal of having as wide representation as possible of all the different organizations around the capital area ecosystem. https://helsinkigamescapital.fi/

XR Nation is an organization dedicated to using XR technology to solve problems. It does so by helping to orchestrate a business ecosystem that connects client projects to XR startups and small companies. https://www.xrnation.org/

Nordic XR Startups is a pre-seed investor and VR/AR accelerator based in Helsinki with a mission to contribute to and improve the competitiveness of the Nordic VR/AR ecosystem and accelerate the growth of their investment portfolio companies. http://nordicxrstartups.com/

Immersal develops its AR Cloud SDK, a visual positioning and mapping solution for markerless, persistent, battery-friendly, massively multi-user AR. It can be used for enabling immersive AR experiences like indoor navigation and multi-player AR games. https://immersal.com/

Grib is the world's first 3D modeling software for Augmented Reality. You can create and design in 3D within minutes. Grib3D is for educators, kids, hobbyists, and designers to create and showcase their 3D models in AR. https://grib3d.com/

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Meet More of the Companies

Hipfire, a team of passionate gamers and mad scientists of virtual reality that already have two games under their belt, 'Fail Space' and their latest 'Blast World'. https://www.hipfirevr.com/

Critical Charm, a female-led video game studio in Helsinki, Finland. Their first game is 'A Giant Problem' https://www.criticalcharm.com/

Zoan, an award-winning studio with an international team that focuses on user experience and creating unique content in AR, VR, and 3D. https://zoan.fi/

REXR, a Tallinn-based company with technology that allows any PC game to be played in VR for the 'ultimate gaming experience'. https://www.get.rexr.io/

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See you at the show!