October Nerd Therapy: In The Battle of Virtual & Augmented Reality, Who Wins?

Topic:

In the emerging world of virtual and augmented reality, who’s the winner?

Where do new technologies like mixed reality come into play?

What problems can these technologies solve for businesses and what’s the right place for each?

Please join us for an exclusive event as our guest panelists share their perspectives:

• John Hennessy — Chief Revenue Officer, Kantar Retail

• Aaqib Usman — Founder, Midwest Immersive

• Chip Sineni — Co-Founder, Phosphor Studios & Founder, Trixi Studios

• Gregg Walrod — Head of Software Engineering, The Nerdery Chicago

Our guest panelists will share how they are helping their companies, and others, find the reality in a virtual, augmented and mixed reality world. As always, attendees are encouraged to come prepared with questions.

Agenda:

5:30-6 p.m.: Food, networking, craft beer tasting and photo booth

6-7:30 p.m.: Nerd Therapy

7:30-8:30 p.m.: Craft beer, networking, photo booth and karaoke

Your host and Panelist:

Gregg Walrod — Head of Software Engineering, Chicago

Gregg is a proven business leader that focuses on the employee and client experiences. He works as the Head of Software Engineering where he leads and supports the Chicago-based team. He has worked in numerous leadership roles in his 12-year services business career, which includes leading Geek Squad in China. In his spare time, Gregg is an avid music lover and loves to travel abroad.

Featured Panelists:

John Hennessy — Chief Revenue Officer, Kantar Retail (http://www.kantarretail.com/)

John has over 25 years of success helping global brands improve sales through the use of innovative technology and data. Areas of expertise include: virtual reality, Internet of things, personalized marketing, loyalty marketing, and mobile technology.

Aaqib Usman — Founder, Midwest Immersive (http://mwimmersive.com/)

At the unique intersection of film, technology, and entrepreneurship, Aaqib is seeking to solve complex business problems using Virtual and Augmented Reality technologies. With a background in Cinema Arts & Sciences from Chicago’s Columbia College, Aaqib has worked on some of the world’s largest films and commercials in both Hollywood and Bollywood. In his previous role as VP of Product at Georama, the world's first real-time virtual travel platform, Aaqib had been an indispensable asset in shaping the company's technology and strategy. In his current role as founder of Midwest Immersive, Aaqib has become an active leader in the Immersive Reality community.

Chip Sineni — Co-Founder, Phosphor Studios (http://phos.ph/) & Founder, Trixi Studios (https://www.trixistudios.com/)

Chip Sineni has been involved for over 20 years in Mobile, Console, PC, VR, AR platforms. Two of mobile games he directed (The Dark Meadow, HORN) were nominated by the Academy of Interactive Sciences as Mobile Game of the Year . Millions of people were entertained by videos of people freaking out in VR to Phosphor’s “The Brookhaven Experiment”, and recently his AR company TRIXI gathered a lot of attention with their version of A-Ha’s classic song “Take On Me” in Augmented Reality.

About The Nerdery: (http://www.nerdery.com)

We are a custom software design and development company built on the belief that passionate nerds are the driving force behind business breakthroughs. Our vision is to be the best place in the world for Nerds to work; our purpose is to redefine what’s possible through technology.