Mixed Reality Night @ Meta with Special Guests!

Meta is hosting us in San Mateo with a terrific panel on Mixed Reality. Networking and demos to follow. Come on down. RSVP/Tickets here!

GUEST SPEAKERS

KAREN KWON

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VP, Finance & Operations at Meta.

DAVID GENE OH

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David Gene Oh is the Head of Developer Relations at Meta. He also loves talking about XR (AR/VR), on their popular Dopamine podcast, with Tony Parisi.

Meta Bio:

Born in NYC and raised in Silicon Valley, Meta has been defining the field of augmented reality (AR) since the company’s inception in 2012. It exploded into the marketplace with the first see- through glasses that allowed wearers to move and manipulate 3D content intuitively, using natural hand interactions. With its new Meta 2 headset, Meta is once again setting the market standard and delivering a new generation of natural machines that will become a healthy, vital extension of who we are. Meta is found online at www.metavision.com (https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.metavision.com%2F&h=ATPgNsHocrInqlL3PhvOTkr3Vby_T2WpbHvIel27sFZ4dKM3IzrJwQSQSZq3HpJuaHMAeyL9_mBCuUSAXDNI8oWqljqOHwaG4nD2q1D3XOr7FbmMOykXdVZ2BwGgGyYZLSIX8u6lxBOzyyDX0jwAmOQaw7d1X7EccAs).

EVO HEYNING

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Evo is the CEO and Founder of Light Lodges, a mixed reality lab in Oakland, CA and Toyshoppe Systems, a special effects fabrication studio creating hardware in Los Angeles. Evo works at the integration of interactive and immersive media with AI, wearables and intelligent systems for everyday superheroes. After attending Singularity University in 2012 Evo has advised and helped to form a number of companies in education, connected toys and devices, AR and mixed reality. Evo's team works on creating future media networks and original mixed reality series and content that actively engage people from all walks of life in creating better worlds together.

DILLON MORRIS

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Dillon is Head of Technology at 360Profilms. He has a diverse background grounded in cinematography and film production, with 10+ years of commercial studio experience as an AC, Editor, DIT, DP, and all around film production resource. After a 4 year stint in advertising, he left to focus on cinema-quality spherical video production in 2015. He has continued working for global agencies and large commercial brands. He builds and operates his own 360° camera arrays, and is comfortable working with any purpose-built 360° camera solutions. He consults and often works for Chater Camera clients as a 360/VR Tech with the Nokia Ozo camera. He is committed to developing and utilizing spherical cinema as a unique 360/mixed reality storytelling medium, and contributing to the worldwide community of live action 360 content creators.

AZ BALABANIAN

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Az is Founder/Head Wizard at Azadux specializing in Mixed Reality Trailers, Aerial Cinematography, 3D Photogrammetry, and other creative endeavors. Brands he has worked with include, Google, Audi, CNN, Vive, IBM, 8i, The Washington Post, Virtually Live, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford, Udacity and many more. He’s also the host of the ResearchVR Podcast.

BRENNAN ANDERSON

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Brennan studied music production at Pyramind and after graduating quickly found a place at Disney Interactive where he developed both musically and technologically while working on titles such as Star Wars, Frozen, and TRON. Specializing in music and technology such as programming and implementation. This has allowed him to produce the highest quality work for each game/cinematic VR/MR experience. Brennan has now joined the team at Pyramind as a Senior Audio Producer to continue his audio journey.

SCHEDULE:

6:00 P.M - Doors Open - Networking

6:30 P.M - 8:00 P.M - Meta Presentation + Panel Discussion

8:00 P.M - 9:00 P.M - Demos and More Networking!

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See you at Meta in San Mateo!