Über die Veranstaltung

Über die Veranstaltung

Marken sind Geschichten.

Welche Geschichten können Marken in einer Zeit erzählen, die von großer Unsicherheit und Veränderung geprägt ist? 

Wie können Marken eine sinnliche Erfahrung vermitteln, wenn viele der üblichen Kontaktwege gesperrt sind?

Was können Marken tun, um ihrem Publikum trotzdem die Chance zu geben, in ihre Welt einzutauchen?

Die IMMERSIVE X ist eine hybride Konferenz, die Entscheidungsträgerinnen und -träger in den Bereichen Marketing, Medien und Kommunikation zu einer interaktiven Entdeckungsreise einlädt.

Save the Date: Freitag, 6. November 2020

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Über den Veranstalter

vm-people ist eine Boutique-Agentur für immersive Branding®, die partizipative Markenerlebnisse entwickelt und Unternehmen dadurch zu neuem Wachstum verhilft.

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Entertainment

NOV 27, 2024
11:00 pm CET
04:00 pm CST

The Quantum Experience:
An Interactive Metaverse Game Show

Starseed Studios Presents… The Quantum Experience: An interactive metaverse game show. We aim to revolutionize traditional conference talks by transforming them into an immersive, game-driven experience. Imagine a 3D game environment where the host Fearless Tigress and a Guest engage in a quest that sparks conversations about Life and new media (AR, VR, XR) and it’s impact on society.

We invite you to join our revolution. Together let’s build a community that celebrates your most fearless avatar and embraces your bold, unapologetic ideas!

Starseed Studio is a branding and creative production powerhouse that fearlessly executes experimental formats and campaigns that leave audiences feeling truly WOW’ed. We blend our world-class creative minds, relentless work ethic, and devotion to making badass content with new media like Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Gaming.

App

Spatial

Location

My African Dream

Speaker:

Alexandra Stone
Founder and CEO at Starseed Studios

Alexandra Nicole Stone is a visionary marketer with 8+ years of experience in industries like AI, Blockchain, SaaS, and IT infrastructure who sees a future where technology helps us embrace a spirit of play and pushes the boundaries of what we’ve previously thought possible. As the host of Life is the Game, she explores the blurring edge between our physical and virtual worlds. Now, as the founder and CEO of Starseed Studios, she channels her love for gaming and emerging technologies into memorable experiences that resonate with audiences on a deeper level.

Reema Bhachandani
Co-Founder and CCO at Starseed Studios

With over 15 years of experience in media production and business development, Reema has been shaping innovative entertainment experiences for global audiences. Her journey includes producing more than 50 original international IPs, enhancing viewer engagement and driving revenue across premier platforms such as Netflix, MTV, Roku, YouTube, and Paramount. As the creative mind behind iconic shows like Fear Factor, Big Brother, and Next Top Model, Reema is now pioneering the use of AR, VR, and MR to create next-generation content that engages audiences worldwide.

Guest:

Jake Steinerman
Head of Community & Developer Relations at Spatial

Jake Steinerman is a visionary leader in the AR/VR industry With over a decade of experience in creating immersive and interactive experiences worldwide. As Head of Community & Developer Relations at Spatial, he leads the charge in empowering game designers, artists, and creators to transform their Unity scenes into live, multiplayer experiences across web, VR, and mobile with a single click. A dynamic speaker and active contributor to the AR/VR community, Jake is driving innovation and revolutionizing the way we connect and engage in the digital world.

Culture

NOV 25 2024
08:00 pm CET
01:00 pm CST

BurnerSphere
Cultivating Burning Man Principles in a Social VR Experience

BRCvr presents BurnerSphere is a new social VR application built for the global Burning Man community to explore, learn about, and practice the guiding principles of Burning Man—radical self-expression, communal effort, decommodification, and self-reliance—in an immersive virtual setting. Following the closure of AltspaceVR, the journey led Athena Demos and Doug Jacobson to recognize the need for a dedicated platform to support and amplify the Burner community’s values and ethos in VR. In this session, they will share their story of finding a new digital “home” and the collaborative effort behind creating BurnerSphere from the ground up, built with burners in mind.

More than a social VR space, BurnerSphere is a living documentary experience, weaving together digital worlds and real-world footage from Black Rock City. Join Athena and Doug as they explore the challenges of bringing Burning Man’s principles into a virtual realm and the opportunities for meaningful, principle-driven engagement in a VR environment. Attendees will gain insight into the development process, the obstacles and solutions in creating such an experience, and tools for fostering sustainable, value-aligned virtual communities for creative collaboration.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

VRChat

Location

Speaker:

Athena Demos
Co-founder and CEO at Big Rock Creative

Athena Demos is co-founder and CEO of Big Rock Creative (BRC), an award-winning XR experience company specialising in innovative Social VR and Metaverse projects. She produced BRCvr presents BurnerSphere, an official virtual Burning Man experience, and social impact VR projects such as Breonna’s Garden and Pride Has No Borders. With a focus on creative collaboration in the Metaverse, Athena speaks globally about its potential and continues to pioneer immersive storytelling formats.

Doug Jacobson
Co-founder of Big Rock Creative

Doug Jacobson is the co-founder of Big Rock Creative, an XR company specializing in immersive social VR events. He co-created BRCvr, a virtual Burning Man experience that was featured in Wired and won the Producer’s Guild Innovation Award. His projects include Breonna’s Garden (Auggie for Best Societal Impact) and Pride Has No Borders in partnership with Microsoft. Passionate about storytelling in the metaverse, Doug creates VR worlds, shoots 3D video and explores new forms of digital interaction.

Enterprises

NOV 25, 2024
09:00 pm CET
14:00 am CST

Explore RAUM:
Warm-up for the ENTERPRISES Track

Get ready for the ENTERPRISES track! In this interactive warm-up session, Sebastian Kühne and Michael Gairing from RAUM will guide you through the Social VR platform. Learn how to navigate, design your avatar and make the most of the immersive features. This is your chance to get hands-on experience and ensure a seamless start to the ENTERPRISES sessions. Whether you’re a first-time user or a seasoned pro, this session will help you prepare for an engaging and productive IMMERSIVE X journey.

App

RAUM

Location

Warm-Up

Enterprises

NOV 25, 2024
05:00 pm CET
10:00 am CST

Explore RAUM:
Warm-up for the ENTERPRISES Track

Get ready for the ENTERPRISES track! In this interactive warm-up session, Sebastian Kühne and Michael Gairing from RAUM will guide you through the Social VR platform. Learn how to navigate, design your avatar and make the most of the immersive features. This is your chance to get hands-on experience and ensure a seamless start to the ENTERPRISES sessions. Whether you’re a first-time user or a seasoned pro, this session will help you prepare for an engaging and productive IMMERSIVE X journey.

App

RAUM

Location

Warm-Up

Get-together

NOV 26, 2024
04:00 pm CET
09:00 am CST

The State of the Metvaverse in 2025

2024 delivered several inflection points in the journey to consumer mass adoption of immersive technology. This was the end of the beginning. It’s time to assess where we are in the hype cycle as we enter a new era where AI is powering content creation. We’re far along, but still have a way to go before the transformation of the virtual revolution is complete. This talk will explore the role of standards and interoperability in unlocking investment, workforce development, and human creativity as 3D becomes a required skill. Join Ben Erwin, creator of The Polys, board member of Metaverse Standards Forum, and president of Academy of Immersive Arts & Sciences for a deep dive into considerations for building the experiential economy.

This session will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/live/Q0U-qNfy4Co.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

Engage VR

Location

Speaker:

Ben Erwin
President of the Academy of Immersive Arts and Sciences, Creator of The Poly Awards

Ben Erwin is the Creator, Executive Producer and Writer of The Polys – WebXR Awards, WebXR Summit Series and MetaTr@versal. He is a prominent voice in the XR community, advocating for ethics, standards and interoperability. He recently co-founded the Academy of Immersive Arts and Sciences and serves on the board of the Metaverse Standards Forum. Ben Erwin has 35 years of experience in marketing and management as an entrepreneur. He founded his digital media consultancy, Powersimple, in 1997. He has worked on over 40 major brands for digital media agencies, including T-Brand Studio at The New York Times. For 13 years, he worked for the United Nations Office of the Secretary-General’s Special Representatives for Children in Armed Conflict and Sexual Violence Against Women. Known for his humorous and engaging talks, he’s spoken at events such as AWE and VRTO, and led innovative XR performances including “Why Open Wins”.

Get-together

NOV 25, 2024
07:00 pm CET
12:00 pm CST

Immersive X 2024 Warm-up:
Music in the Metaverse

Join us for an exciting kickoff session designed especially for newcomers who want to dive right into IMMERSIVE X 2024! Organizer and Programming Lead Thomas Zorbach will give a brief overview of what’s hot over the next three days, highlighting the can’t-miss moments and key experiences ahead.

But what would an overture be without music? We’re delighted to welcome Lauren Michelle, aka Metadiva, who has created the first opera house in the Metaverse, and Carlos J. Ochoa, founder and advisor at ONE Digital Consulting and the visionary behind the Vivaldi 3.0 VR experience. Together with Thomas, they’ll take us on a journey into the future of music in the Metaverse. Don’t miss this rocking start to an unforgettable event!

This session will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR8C4xySTXc.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

VRChat

Location

AREA X

Speaker:

Lauren Michelle
International Opera Singer | Pioneering Opera in the Metaverse

Lauren Michelle is a visionary opera singer and creative technologist, redefining the intersection of classical music and cutting-edge technology. Renowned for her rich, velvety soprano voice, Lauren has performed on some of the world’s most prestigious stages, including Vienna State Opera, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Milan’s La Scala. She’s collaborated with legendary orchestras such as the Berlin and New York Philharmonic, and graced celebrated venues like Carnegie Hall, Tokyo Bunkakai to name a few, all under the direction of renowned conductors including Plácido Domingo and Seiji Ozawa. 

A trailblazer beyond the stage, Lauren merges opera with digital innovation, creating immersive experiences that push the boundaries of performance art. Her sold-out VR theater transported audiences to an underwater opera house, blending AR, VR, and Web3 technologies to transform storytelling. She’s shared her groundbreaking vision at global events like NFTNY, NFTPARIS and ETH Denver, showing how opera can transcend into Spatial computing and Web3. 

Carlos J. Ochoa
Founder and Advisor of ONE Digital Consulting, and President of the VRAR Spain Chapter

Carlos J. Ochoa is a visionary in immersive technologies with a strong focus on the Metaverse, digital education and music experiences. As Founder and Advisor of ONE Digital Consulting and President of the VRAR Spain Chapter, he leads innovation in the XR space. He’s a member of the Metaverse Standards Forum, co-chairs the VR/AR Education Committee, and is a key figure in immersive learning and smart city initiatives. Carlos is also spearheading Vivaldi 3.0 VR, which combines technology and music to create a groundbreaking, immersive cultural experience.

Moderator:

Thomas Zorbach
Thomas Zorbach, Organizer and Programming Lead at IMMERSIVE X, Founder and CEO at vm-people

Thomas helps brands to find and tell better stories. Together with his team at vm-people he creates immersive experiences in order to transform attitudes and behaviors. Since the pandemic hit, Thomas has become a frequent traveler of the Metaverse. Equipped with a headset and controllers, he hosts conferences, gives lectures, runs theater courses, throws parties and assists others in exploring the potential of Virtual Reality and the Metaverse for their purposes.

Academia

NOV 27 2024
11:00 am CET
04:00 am CST

Learnings from the First 3 ½ Years of Uni Münster’s XRLab@MCM
Highlights, Lowlights, and What’s Missing to Make the Metaverse (Truly) Matter

In the midst of the pandemic’s first winter, Björn Ognibeni invited Thorsten Hennig-Thurau, marketing professor at University of Münster, to attend an X Night social gathering. Half a year later, the eXperimental Reality Lab at Uni Münster’s Marketing Center was up and running. Since then, the XRLab@MCM (xrlab-mcm.space) has conducted extensive scientific experiments of and in the metaverse, published influential articles, ran seminars and lectures in various virtual apps, contributed to various events in virtuality, and built two, not one virtual headquarters. In this session, Sean Keogh from headroom will look back with Thorsten and Björn and some special guests at the XRLab@MCM’s first 3 and ½ years, their greatest metaverse moments as well as their biggest disappointments, and what will have to happen to realize the metaverse’s potential. At the end, attendants are invited for a very special “first look” experience.

App

VRChat

Location

Campus Virtual Marketing Center Münster

Speaker:

Thorsten Hennig-Thurau
Professor of Marketing & Media at Univ of Münster and Academic Director at eXperimental Reality Lab XRLab@MCM

Prof. Dr. Thorsten Hennig-Thurau alias “ProfTHT” serves as Academic Director of the XRLab@MCM. He holds the Chair for Marketing & Media Research at the Marketing Center Münster and oversees the university’s M.B.A. in Marketing program. He is consistently ranked as one of Germany’s leading business scholar; the Stanford study in PLOS lists him among the Top 100 most impactful marketing scholars globally. Thorsten’s work studies the digital economy and has been honored with a number of awards, including a Lifetime Award for Published Scholarly Contributions from the UCLA and the JAMS Sheth Foundation Best Paper Award in both 2015 and 2018.

Björn Ognibeni
Practical Visionary and Strategic Director at XRLab@MCM

For over 20 years, Björn Ognibeni has been helping his clients navigate digital transformation through all trends & hypes. Always with the aim to provide practical visions & solutions instead of PowerPoint slides. That also counts for the Metaverse. He is instigator and curator of IMMERSIVE X.

Sean Keogh
Partner at headroom

Consultant for Digitalisation, previously VP eCommerce Swarovski and CPO mybet, co-founder and Partner of headroom, experts for Collaboration in VR.

Culture

NOV 28 2024
04:00 pm CET
09:00 am CST

The Making of ”You Destroy. We Create.”
A 360 Film about the War on Ukraine’s Culture

What does it mean to be a street artist, a musician, or a museum when your city is bombed, and your country is under attack? Felix Gaedtke and Gayatri Parameswaran present a behind-the-scenes look at their immersive VR experience “You Destroy. We Create”, exploring the impact of war on Ukraine’s cultural heritage. This session dives into their creative process, from research to the technical challenges of bringing real stories to life, blending storytelling, technology, and activism to protect endangered cultural landmarks.

This session will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/live/S0ziRf7zzpc.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

VRChat

Location

Speaker:

Felix Gaedtke
Co-Founder at NowHere Media

Felix Gaedtke is an Emmy®-nominated immersive creator and co-founder of NowHere Media. He has received multiple accolades, including a Peabody Award and the Storyscapes Award at the Tribeca Film Festival. Dedicated to amplifying underrepresented voices through VR and AR, his work has been showcased at venues like Venice Film Festival, SXSW, and the United Nations. Felix is also a Sundance New Frontier alumnus and a guest lecturer at the Zurich University of the Arts and HMKW.

Gayatri Parameswaran
Co-Founder at NowHere Media

Gayatri Parameswaran is an Emmy®-nominated, Peabody-winning writer, director, and producer from India. She co-founded NowHere Media in Berlin, where her work explores storytelling, technology, and societal impact. Her immersive pieces have been showcased at Venice, Tribeca, and SXSW. A Sundance New Frontier alumna, she has won the Tribeca Storyscapes and SXSW awards. Gayatri also lectures at FU Berlin, HMKW, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, and ZHdK.

Health

NOV 28 2024
11:00 am CET
04:00 am CST

Neuroinclusive VR:
Participatory Design in the UFO Project

This presentation dives into the UFO Project, which merges virtual reality and neurofeedback to provide neurodivergent individuals with tools for self-determined cognitive training. By translating real-time brain activity into visual and haptic feedback within immersive environments, the project empowers users to build emotional regulation and cognitive skills at their own pace.

A key focus is the use of participatory design, where autistic individuals collaborate as creators in shaping VR environments. Their input ensures that these digital spaces address sensory sensitivities, enhance comfort, and reflect their lived experiences, resulting in tools and experiences that are both practical and deeply inclusive.

Finally, the talk explores neuroinclusive VR world-building, imagining virtual environments as safe, accessible, and engaging spaces tailored for neurodivergent users. By prioritizing sensory balance, user comfort, and emotional well-being, these worlds demonstrate how VR can foster meaningful inclusion and bridge the gap between diverse needs and innovative technology.

App

VRChat

Location

AREA X

Speaker:

Marc Ristau
Senior IT Consultant and Neurodiversity Ambassador at Auticon

When not consulting companies or giving presentations about neuroinclusivity, Marc Ristau is a technology enthusiast passionate about user interface design and conceptual artistry. He has been an early adopter of 3D and web technology and is a seasoned systems developer with over 20 years of experience across many related fields. As a VR power user since the Quest 2, Marc now combines science, technology, and user perspectives in the UFO Project to create inclusive VR experiences focused on user-centered design, accessibility, and perceptual coherence.

Niko Lang
IT-Consultant and 3D-Artist at VRium

Niko Lang is an IT consultant, 3D artist and a long-time wanderer between different realities. The worlds he creates shape our understanding of the sphere that may one day make the metaverse a reality.

Get-Together

NOV 26 2024
01:00 am CET
06:00 pm CST

Metanaut Meet-up in AREA X
IMMERSIVE X Community

Enter the immersive world of AREA X and meet the creative minds of the IMMERSIVE X community! Join us for a Get-together where meaningful connections come to life in a vibrant virtual space designed for collaboration and inspiration by renowned worldbuilders Shu Shu and Niko of the VRium Creative Team. Whether you come to network, share ideas, or spark new collaborations, this is the place to meet pioneers and visionaries. Don’t miss out – let your ideas flow without limits!

App

VRChat

Location

AREA X

Culture

NOV 26 2024
05:00 pm CET
10:00 am CST

Cybersalon’s CyberiaXR Café
A Cultural Icon Recreated in the Metaverse

Step into CyberiaXR, a digital recreation of the iconic 39 Whitfield Street, London Cyberia internet café opened in 1994, and explore how this cultural institution has been reimagined in the Metaverse. From its role as the world’s first internet café to its rebirth in extended reality (XR), this session delves into the café’s cultural legacy and its persistent digital presence. After the presentation, browser participants and those with VR headsets will be invited to explore the CyberiaXR space in Spatial.io, interacting with its virtual elements and engaging in open discussion about Art and Culture in XR and the potential of extended reality for preserving cultural landmarks.

App

Spatial

Location

CyberiaXR

Speaker:

Caron-Jane Lyon
Theater Producer and Creative Technologist at PCM

Caron-Jane Lyon is a live performance theatre producer and creative technologist at PCM immersive staging. With a background in stage management and extended reality (XR), she brings a unique blend of theatre production and immersive technology to her projects. Caron has been at the forefront of creating dynamic virtual spaces, such as the CyberiaXR Café, blending cultural nostalgia with cutting-edge technology. Her work explores the intersection of art, storytelling, and digital innovation.

Brands

NOV 28, 2024
03:00 pm CET
08:00 am CST

Spatial Networking for Brands:
Unlock New Dimensions of Engagement

Join Andy Fidel, a pioneer in immersive tech and social engagement, as she explores how spatial networking is revolutionizing brand engagement.

  • What It Is: An overview of spatial networking.
  • Why It Matters: The importance for brands today.
  • Building Communities: How immersive tech fosters connections.
  • Real-World Examples: Practical applications for brands.
  • Future Opportunities: What’s next in brand engagement.


Unlock the potential of spatial networking and elevate your brand’s impact.

App

Foretell Reality

Location

Speaker:

Andy Fidel
Founder and Creative Lead at Spatial Networks

Andy Fidel creates digital events for remote teams and global networks.

With over 15 years of experience in social engagement and 9 years in immersive tech, Andy Fidel has built strong partnerships with teams worldwide. Renowned for her expertise in emerging tech, Andy drives innovation in remote workspaces, creator programs, and hybrid events. In 2016, she introduced the term “Spatial Networking” to highlight the impact of immersive reality on digital communication and collaboration.

“Social media shares information; spatial networks create shared experiences. In these moments, we build memories and foster community.” — Andy Fidel

Brands

NOV 28, 2024
02:00 pm CET
07:00 am CST

Designing the Metaverse: Trippy Trip

Creating immersive virtual worlds requires both vision and technical insight. In this session, renowned VR artists ShuShu and Niko Lang will share their expertise on how to “think VR” and bring a new VR experience to life. Starting with an introduction to their creative journey and achievements, the session will delve into the process of conceptualizing VR spaces, exploring the unique qualities of virtual environments and harnessing the potential of immersive experiences and AI.

Following the discussion, attendees will embark on a “Trippy Trip” of several visually stunning VR worlds designed by the VRium Creative Team. From branded event spaces to mystical environments, each world will showcase a different application of VR, highlighting its versatility and emotional impact. Join ShuShu, Niko Lang and moderator Anne Seubert (Brands & Places)) for an interactive exploration that will inspire new perspectives on designing for the metaverse.

This session will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/live/ELbqKDMWoMM.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

VRChat

Location

Agog House

Speaker:

Shu Shu
VR Artist at VRium

ShuShu’s greatest passion is art and the emotional experience it brings to our life. Throughout his career, he has gained professional experience in various fields of the arts. He decided to “immerse” himself in the Metaverse, where all the disciplines he has mastered come together in harmony. His vision is to create a new Akropolis of the Arts in the Metaverse. He has founded a team of artists – the VRium Creative Team. So far, his team has created VR experiences that have won awards at several film festivals.

Niko Lang
IT-Consultant and 3D-Artist at VRium

Niko Lang is an IT consultant, 3D artist and a long-time wanderer between different realities. The worlds he creates shape our understanding of the sphere that may one day make the metaverse a reality.

Moderator:

Anne Seubert
Managing Director at Brands & Places

Anne Seubert is founder of the strategy consultancy Brands & Places, mentor, moderator and since 2020 Program Director at the non-profit Common Purpose Deutschland GmbH. As an experienced leader, passionate incubator and accomplished process facilitator, Anne Seubert shapes change and builds communities. For 15 years, she has been supporting companies, organizations and networks to redefine their role in people’s lives in a new and relevant way, both digitally and analogously, and develops strategies, formats and platforms for this purpose – preferably immersive, participative and transformative.

Brands

NOV 28, 2024
01:00 pm CET
06:00 am CST

How Do We Make Companies Understand The Potential Of XR - A Discussion

XR is brimming with transformative potential, yet many executives remain cautious about its strategic value. In this interactive workshop, we’re bringing more questions than answers, inviting participants to co-create insights on how to reveal XR’s value across industries. Together, we’ll examine real-world cases, share diverse perspectives, and brainstorm ways to foster executive buy-in. Join us for a collaborative exploration aimed at unlocking XR’s potential and shaping actionable strategies to bring it to the forefront of business innovation.

App

Naer

Location

Speaker:

Sean Keogh
Partner at headroom

Consultant for Digitalisation, previously VP eCommerce Swarovski and CPO mybet, co-founder and Partner of headroom, experts for Collaboration in VR.

Björn Ognibeni
Practical Visionary and Strategic Director at XRLab@MCM

For over 20 years, Björn Ognibeni has been helping his clients navigate digital transformation through all trends & hypes. Always with the aim to provide practical visions & solutions instead of PowerPoint slides. That also counts for the Metaverse. He is instigator and curator of IMMERSIVE X.

Brands

NOV 28, 2024
12:00 pm CET
05:00 am CST

Spatial Branding
Transforming Brand Experiences through Immersive Technologies

In this eye-opening session, Kathrine Fremming, Arts and Sustainability Lead at Khora Virtual Reality, an award-winning XR studio based in Copenhagen, shares exclusive insights into the role of spatial branding in immersive technologies.

Discover how Extended Reality (XR), 360-degree storytelling and Augmented Reality (AR) transform brand interactions from passive to active. Find out how XR can create deeper emotional connections, boost brand loyalty and reshape the future of digital marketing.

App

VRChat

Location

AREA X

Speaker:

Kathrine Fremming
Arts and Sustainability Lead at Khora

Kathrine is Art and Sustainability Lead at the award-winning VR/AR production studio Khora. She blends a strong passion for the arts with a strategic focus on business development. With a keen eye on digital transformation, she leverages her expertise to create storytelling narratives powered by immersive media. Kathrine is dedicated to driving innovation at the intersection of art, business, and technology.

Arts

NOV 26 2024
06:00 pm CET
11:00 am CST

Inloco Open Storage
From the Streets to the Metaverse

Inloco Gallery offers a unique fusion of streetart and virtual exploration. Instead of traditional walls, the artworks are stored in a shipping container that visitors can interact with. This immersive experience allows you to step into the world of each artist. Both the physical and virtual gallery feature the same container – visitors can open its compartments to reveal the artists’ works. In the virtual space, accessible via VR headset, PC or smartphone, the experience goes a step further. As each compartment opens, the surrounding environment transforms, taking you deeper into the artist’s creative vision.

Join Anastasia Nesterova, Olga Kai and Elsa Kolesnikov on a journey where the streets of Dubai meet the endless possibilities of the Metaverse.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

Spatial

Location

Inloco Open Storage

Speaker:

Anastasia Nesterova
Creative Producer and Artistic Director at Inloco Gallery

Anastasia Nesterova is a creative producer, multimedia director, filmmaker and curator. She works across film, theatre, digital experiences, experimental projects and spatial design. Her experience includes performances, multimedia museums, art exhibitions, projection mapping and educational projects. Anastasia is also active in the Metaverse and frequently speaks at public events.

Olga Kai
Metaverse Strategist and Ambassador at Inloco Gallery

Olga Kai is a marketing professional with over a decade of experience, currently working in the field of immersive technologies. She joined the Inloco Gallery in 2023 as a metaverse strategist. Based in Prague, Olga consults companies, sharing her expertise in this rapidly evolving industry.

Elsa Kolesnikov
Metaverse Artist and Ambassador at Inloco Gallery

Elsa is a metaverse enthusiast, Inloco Gallery ambassador, creator and Roblox teacher.

Arts

NOV 26 2024
02:00 am CET
07:00 pm CST

Dragon Magic | Freedom Giants
A Virtual Theme Park

Juliana Loh invites you to embark on a journey of awe and wonder into the jaws of a dragon within her award-winning VR project, Dragon Magic: Freedom Giants. Meticulously hand-painted and optimized on the Engage VR platform, each facet of the world offers a truly distinctive perspective on VR design possibilities. Like layers of an onion, the story unfolds, celebrating diverse cultures and inspiring you to dream bigger.

Featured on prestigious platforms such as Raindance Immersive, Fivars, and Viff Signals, including the 2023 Passive Immersive Prize at AUSTXR Festival, Dragon Magic | Freedom Giants aims to mesmerize and inspire. Join this session and immerse yourself in this visionary world.

App

Engage VR

Location

Dragon Magic | Freedom Giants

Speaker:

Juliana Loh
Creative Technologist

Juliana is a creative technologist who is passionate about imagining meaningful and playful scenarios. Since 2020, she has been recognized for vision, excellence in creativity and design as a nominee in various global XR Film Festivals and XR Creator Lists. In 2023, she was honored to have been awarded the Passive Immersive Award granted by AUSTXR Festival for her team’s 2023 VR experience entitled: Dragon Magic, Freedom Giants. Her works have also been included in various performances including live painting at the The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Science World Vancouver (Creative Technology Gallery) and public art exhibitions. She has been a member of the Siggraph jury since 2022 and is currently experimenting with AI as an agent of positive change as well as embarking on experiential projects such as Spark and Sound 2024 XR choreographed performance.

Arts

NOV 28 2024
08:00 pm CET
01:00 pm CST

Banksy in VR
How to Preserve Ephemeral Art

Street Art is impermanent. Great work is painted over. Buildings are demolished. Sometimes, with luck or the right karma, street art is recorded and saved in the eternal Street View database. From there it can be mapped to a sphere in Unity and resurrected in virtual worlds.

Join us for an exhibition of eight works by Banksy on-location from different parts of England, including several from Bristol, where he grew up. The program will include a hosted discussion of Banksy’s art, private property, and changing the world.

App

VRChat

Location

Banksy-England1

Speaker:

Tom Nickel
Teacher and Digital Media Explorer

Tom Nickel, Ph.D. is a teacher and digital media explorer.

He began his media career as a writer at WGBH-TV and was part of the early years of independent video. Later he was a pioneer in online teaching and learning and received a PhD in Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences from Utah State University.

He has led educational and personal growth events in Virtual Reality since 2018. His workshops have been offered through Educators in VR and his work is featured on the Tripp meditation app. He has hosted weekly sessions in the metaverse on death and loss since early 2020.

He is also a Founding Board member of the Africa VR Campus & Center, in Nairobi, Kenya; and an Advisory Board Member for the Khmer Magic Music Bus, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Academia

NOV 28 2024
07:00 pm CET
12:00 pm CST

Niko's Exoplanet Journey
A Chillout Experience Outside Our Solar System

Embark on a serene and awe-inspiring journey to five extraordinary planets created by Niko Lang, aka “The King of Shaders”. From exploring rugged terrain to witnessing the raw power of an ocean planet, this chillout experience featured by VRChat in your homespace will let you marvel at the universe as you have never seen it before.Niko Lang, an IT consultant and visionary 3D artist, guides you through these breathtaking worlds that not only help shape our understanding of the universe, but also allow you to calm down after a long day in the Metaverse.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

VRChat

Location

Niko's Exoplanet Journey

Speaker:

Niko Lang
IT-Consultant and 3D-Artist at VRium

Niko Lang is an IT consultant, 3D artist and a long-time wanderer between different realities. The worlds he creates shape our understanding of the sphere that may one day make the metaverse a reality.

Academia

NOV 27 2024
08:00 pm CET
01:00 pm CST

Open VR Classroom
Experience the Africa VR Campus and Center

Embark on an immersive journey through the Africa VR Campus and Centre with our interactive Open VR Classroom experience. This session provides insights into how Virtual Reality is transforming education and creating new opportunities in Africa. Attendees will begin in a 360-degree video room to familiarize themselves with the Africa VR Campus, followed by an exploration of the immersive campus world through a captivating 360-degree photosphere. Experience the innovative “Metaverse Soko”, a pioneering Web3-based business concept designed to support the campus’ fundraising efforts. Participants will see first-hand how this platform empowers students to engage in Web3 commerce.

This session will be live-streamed at www.youtube.com/live/AIKN3gVclwY.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.

App

Engage VR

Location

Africa VR Campus and Center

Speaker:

Diana Njeri
Founder at Africa VR Campus and Center

Diana Njeri is the Associate Director of the Africa VR Campus and Center and the director of XR Girls Africa, a socio-economic digital young women empowerment program of The Africa VR Campus and Center. She is committed to using immersive technologies to drive positive change and empower young women and girls across Africa. As Director of XR Girls Africa, Diana leads a dynamic team focused on closing the gender gap in XR technology. Her mission is to inspire and equip young women to explore XR technologies, develop their skills, and contribute to groundbreaking projects.

Paul Simon Waiyaki
Founder at Africa VR Campus and Center

Paul Simon Waiyaki’s journey began with VOFCIN in 2012, addressing challenges for African children. In 2014, he entered real estate to boost African growth. In 2016 he became the first African in VR and pioneered the technology by founding the The Africa VR Campus and Center. In 2019, he hosted mainstream MetaVerse event hosted live from Africa. In 2022, he launched VR & Space programs customized for the African Learner.

Transformation

NOV 28, 2024
09:00 pm CET
02:00 pm CST

The Elements of Humanity

VenusSX shares virtual reality experiences that lead to changes in our awareness, our attitude and our engagement with Life. Immersive media creates a shift in perception of what is possible and allows us to connect more viscerally with powerful personal growth.

Join us on a sensational tingling quest to discover and unlock the five elements of humanity within a famous virtual world that celebrates the boundless potential of technology in art.

Breathe. Listen. Open all your eyes and ears… The elements of humanity are the gifts that are always here, in all dimensions, as the basic building blocks of joyous human experience. With courage and imagination, we seek to touch them and return to true alignment and balance in all our aspects.

Together we consider how to have a proper attitude and approach to deal with any life situation, so that we increase our measure of self-deservement and… along the way… gain the gift of Humour.

World Design by Niko* Lang

App

VRChat

Location

Niko’s Magic AI Art Dimensions

Speaker:

VenusSX
Virtual Sensory Designer at PlayRoomSX

Meet Venus – she, who comes from the Empire of Love. She is a thought leader providing immersive experiences with unique content that opens your imagination and results in a shift in awareness about what is possible in how we engage with each other.
A pleasure advocate, a therapist and coach, VenusSX is on a mission to unlock human potential; to be stimulated and invigorated with simple conversations and immersive events so that we are enlightened about what connects us and pleasures us.

VenusSX is the founder of PlayRoomSX, a creative team who assumes the responsibility to help shape the future of immersive media and healthy human relationships.

Together, we become a strong ethical voice in creating a sex-positive community, and increasing accessibility to self-development that transcends physical location and limitations.

Transformation

NOV 26, 2024
04:00 am CET
09:00 pm CST

Creative Calls for Sustainable Transformation

Explore how creative communities leverage immersive technologies to shape a sustainable future for museums, cities and communities. Led by Paige Dansinger, this session explores innovative projects using XR and spatial computing to foster community empowerment and smart city solutions. Learn how the Better World Museum and other initiatives inspire change by using digital tools to create interactive and inclusive experiences. Discover the transformative power of creative collaboration for building more sustainable spaces and the role of immersive technology in this journey.

Note: Parts of this event will be video recorded, potentially capturing individual voices and usernames. Please take this into consideration when joining the session, and let us know if you have any concerns.