Khronos Group - OpenGL, WebGL, Vulkan, and OpenXR for AR/VR/Photogrammetry
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SoCal Meta + LA 360/VR/AR Meetup
With this meetup, we'll be kicking off our new event series focused on real skills you can use to create AR/VR/360 experiences. We want to create a community of content creators sharing their work and learning from each other.
Courtesy of our awesome sponsor, the Khronos Group, we'll have pizza and refreshments available to all. The Khronos Group is a non-profit member-funded industry consortium focused on the creation of open standard, royalty-free application programming interfaces like OpenGL, WebGL, Vulkan, and OpenXR. Learn more here: https://www.khronos.org/
EXPERIUS is a production company that is focused on creating hyper realistic, fully immersive VR/AR content. Recently, they traveled to Egypt to scan and shoot the Tomb of Queen Nefertari using Photogrammetry and 3D Laser Scanning to create an authentic, true to life VR experience. They'll be sharing an overview of their entire process along with specific tips, tricks, and tools you can use. Check them out : https://experius.com/
The experience is available for free to anyone with an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive headset. Download it if you'd like to ask specific questions at the meetup! https://store.steampowered.com/app/861400/Nefertari_Journey_to_Eternity/
LIFESCOPE is a platform implementing next-generation augmented reality and virtual reality experiences on the web using a free and open source standards. The platform team will show off how they create real-time experiences on the web with OpenGL, OpenXR, WebXR, Mozilla A-Frame and other Khronos tools. Find out more here: https://lifescope.io/
WE LOVE DEMOS! If you'd like to bring a demo to share, shoot me an email at mmccoythompson@gmail.com so we can make sure there's a space for you.
And finally, we'll be making a special announcement about the future of this group! This will be an exciting meetup and we hope to see you there!