IVR Meetup #3 - VR and the academy

IVR meetup #3 is coming with great talks and awesome demo stations.

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Agenda:

• 19:00-19:30 - Gathering, Snacks, Beer and VR demos!

• 19:30-20:00 - Welcome note - News from the VR world.

• 20:00-20:30 - Virtual Worlds on the Internet - Dr. Victor Shenkar, CEO of GeoSim.

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• 20:30-20:45 -Ben-Gurion University new AR/VR lab, research in social-spatial systems - Dr. Eran Ben-Elia.

• 20:45-21:00 - VR in Education - Erez Simon and Tal Hatucka from MindCet.

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• 21:00-21:30 - Jump into developing web VR applications with Three.js by Omri Berg.

• 21:30 - Until no more beers - Mingling, Connecting & Playing with gadgets!

As usual, we'll have a show-off session where you guys will be able to show-off your VR toys, hardware, software and thoughts!

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Parking:

Unfortunately there's no guest parking yet in Autodesk Israel. Therefore, closet parking lots (10 NIS for the night) are Rotchild & Psagot Building.

Entrance from either Ahad Ha'Am 14 (http://www.centralpark.co.il/%D7%9E%D7%A4%D7%AA-%D7%97%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%AA%D7%9C-%D7%90%D7%91%D7%99%D7%91/%D7%91%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%A4%D7%A1%D7%92%D7%95%D7%AA/) or Rotchild the corner of Hertsel (http://www.ahuzot.co.il/Projects/ProjectDetails/?ID=26). Just put "חניון רוטשילד" in waze.

• If you intend to bring hardware with you, contact us before the meetup and we'll check how we can assist.

Social Networks:

Like our official Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/IsraelVirtualReality) And join our official LinkedIn group (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Israel-Virtual-Reality-8139225?gid=8139225).