Augmenting Reality Microsoft Special Event Meetup

Meetup Title:
Augmenting Reality HoloLens 2 Special Event with Microsoft

Abstract:
At this month’s Meetup, get hands-on with HoloLens 2, meet the Microsoft Mixed Reality team and find out Microsoft's perspective on The Metaverse!

We are pleased to announce the Keynote Speaker of this Meetup is Zaid Zaim, Mixed Reality Catalyst at Hololux. Zaid's Keynote "Mixed Reality for Cultural Heritage" begins with his personal journey of how he got into the Mixed Reality space and highlights his community engagement as a Microsoft MVP.

Through merging the past & present with his skills in Mixed Reality and bringing his personal experience in demonstrating the use of Mixed Reality and HoloLens 2 technology to bring history to life on the example of the ancient city of Palmyra in Syria (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

He demonstrates the virtual reconstruction of the destroyed monuments of Palmyra in their original form. Through different interaction possibilities and addressing different human senses with HoloLens 2, the user develops historical awareness and motivation to keep these monuments alive, and finally, the audience learns about the potential that can be achieved with Mixed Reality and HoloLens 2.

| 5:30pm Doors Open

| 6:00pm - 6:45 | Free Pizza, Drinks & Networking

| 6:45pm 7:00pm | Meetup Welcome & Latest News
(Steve Dann, Founder & CEO, Amplified Robot) |

| 7.00pm - 7.15pm | Navigating the Metaverse
(Alex Karim, Metaverse Lead, Microsoft UK) |

| 7.15pm - 7.45pm | Keynote: Mixed Reality for Cultural Heritage
(Zaid Zaim, Mixed Reality Catalyst, Hololux) |

| 7.45pm - 8.45pm | Live HoloLens 2 Demos, Drinks & Networking |

Speakers:
Steve Dann (Founder & CEO, Amplified Robot)
Zaid Zaim (Mixed Reality Catalyst, Hololux | Microsoft MVP | CODE VI | TEDx Speaker | Global Speaker)
Alex Karim (Metaverse Lead, Microsoft UK)