NYVR - January 2024

NYVR is back with another great lineup of XR Content. Below is the list of speakers. Usual format with demos/networking 6-7pm, presentations 7-8pm and more demo/networking 8-9pm. We look forward to seeing you and please spread the word about the event.

Mark Steelman will present Transfr
(https://transfrinc.com/) Transfr is building classroom-to-career pathways for millions of workers who will be the future of every industry via hands-on training using immersive technologies and in partnership with schools, businesses, and governments.

Videsh Narine will present his webXR library navigation tool
As a charitable project, Videsh is building a webXR digital twin of his local community library. The project is intended to not only help with wayfinding but in the future become a virtual meeting place.

Carol Silverman will present Belongings
Objects are the storytellers in “Belongings,” an interactive 6DoF roomscale narrative virtual reality experience. Personal photos, documents, possessions, and original artworks reveal the biography of a singular woman. Her story began in Germany in 1928. At twelve, along with all of the other Jewish residents of the Baden region, she was deported to a Nazi internment camp. She was able to emigrate to the US, grow up, and try to leave the past behind. Viewers travel through Ellen’s life alongside her. The viewer controls their own interactions with her objects, but they cannot stop the passage of time.

Larry Confino will present video clips from his documentary called "Psychedelicized: The Electric Circus Story'

The Electric Circus nightclub was a drug-fueled, multicultural oasis of dance and creativity in late 1960’s East Village NYC frequented by icons like Jimi Hendrix, Timothy Leary, and Sly & the Family Stone. It was a groundbreaking venue where clubgoers were immersed in a steady stream of imagery presented on 270 degrees of projection surfaces and state of the art sound. One of the club's goals was to create a safe psychedelic experience through the use of multi-media. As one of their advertising taglines read, it was "The Ultimate Legal Entertainment Experience."

The event will also be broadcast via the following link. https://youtube.com/live/JqxKSuv5Xrk?feature=share