This month, 2112 has graciously offered to have us back. We also have some fantastic speakers - Matt Miesnieks of 6D.ai and Super Ventures to speak about ARKit and ARCore, and Nicole Lazzaro of XEODesign to speak about her VR game, Follow the White Rabbit.
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This month, 2112 has graciously offered to have us back. We also have some fantastic speakers - Matt Miesnieks of 6D.ai and Super Ventures to speak about ARKit and ARCore, and Nicole Lazzaro of XEODesign to speak about her VR game, Follow the White Rabbit.
We're going to try live streaming in 360 video from our Facebook Group again this month: ARCHI October Facebook Event (https://www.facebook.com/events/320068805128932)
Augmented Reality (AR) is changing the way we interact with the world. AR technology has come a long way and is now coming into its own. It is up to developers, designers, entrepreneurs, scientists, educators, investors, artists, marketers, hackers, journalists, and more to bring the augmented reality experience to the world in innovative and engaging ways. Join us at ARCHI to show off your work, network with the vibrant Chicago community, exchange ideas and hear what others in the AR space are doing around the globe.
Schedule:
5:30 - 5:45: Networking and refreshments
5:50 - 6:25: ARKit and ARCore Q&A - Matt Miesnieks of 6D.ai & Super Ventures
6:30 - 7:05: VR Gaming Design Insights - Nicole Lazarro of XEODesign
7:10 - 7:30: ARKit development overview - Patrick O'Shaughnessey of Patched Reality
7:30 - onward... Hands-on, Member announcements, and Networking
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
MATT MIESNIEKS OF SUPER VENTURES
Matt has a unique commercial and tech operational background which he brings to Super Ventures to help early stage startups find product market fit. He most recently led an AR R&D team at Samsung and previously was co-founder & CEO of Dekko, the company that invented 3D AR holograms on IOS. Prior to this Matt led worldwide customer development at Layar in Amsterdam, resulting in their AR browser being pre-loaded on the majority of Android smartphones & promoted in high profile marketing campaigns. Before that Matt led Asia based commercial and technical teams for Sylantro, Openwave, Ascend Communications and founded + sold an ISP. Matt has raised approximately $15m for AR companies in the last 5 years & served in public company VP level roles. He is a formal advisor to 3 fast growing startups (30Mhz (EU), Fantasmo (US) and Yuno Juno (UK)). He has 4 AR patents pending and an undergraduate degree in Computer Science from Wollongong University.
You can find Matt’s excellent and must-read writing on the augmented reality space here:
https://medium.com/@mattmiesnieks/latest
ABOUT SUPER VENTURES (http://www.superventures.com)
Super Ventures is the first early-stage fund dedicated to Augmented Reality. Super Ventures believes that Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are giving people real superpowers and are on a mission to invest in early stage startups that are using these superpowers to change the world. The Super Ventures team has over 36 years combined experience building the AR, VR and wearables ecosystem. They have founded, advised, and helped secure funding for early stage startups including ARToolworks, HIT Lab NZ, BuildAR, Ogmento, Meta, Blippar, InfinityAR, Fringefy, Puteko (Quiver), Augary, Augmate, Cimagine, Eyeway Vision, Kazooloo, Mindride, Fantasmo and CandyLab
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
Matt is a veteran in the augmented reality space, and has a unique perspective on the recent ARKit and ARCore releases, the history of how we arrived where we are, and where the industry is headed. His recent Medium articles have been widely shared and praised on social media and in print. Be sure to read his excellent articles here before the Meetup: https://medium.com/@mattmiesnieks/latest. Matt will lead a Q&A session to answer all your questions about ARKit and ARCore.
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NICOLE LAZARO OF XEODesign
Nicole Lazzaro, the founder (in 1992) and President of XEODesign, Inc., has twenty years expertise in Player Experience Design (PXD) for mass-market entertainment products. Widely recognized as one of the top women working in video games and a leading figure in mobile and social games, Fast Company considers Nicole one of the 100 most influential women in high tech, and Gamasutra voted her one of the Top 20 women working in video games. Nicole has spoken at the US State Department, and has been cited by Wired, Fast Company, ABC News, CNN, CNET, The Hollywood Reporter, and Red Herring. She has improved over 100 million player experiences and has worked with EA, Ubisoft, D.I.C.E., Lucas Arts, Disney, PlayFirst, The Cartoon Network, and Nickelodeon on such popular franchises as three of the Myst series, Diner Dash, Fusion Fall, Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing, Jeopardy Online, as well as creativity coaching for the designers of The Sims.
Nicole has an undergraduate degree in Psychology from Stanford University where she also studied film making and computer programming.
ABOUT XEODesign
XEODesign is the world's first player experience design (PXD) consulting company and leading researchers on emotion and the fun of games. We provide Player Experience Design (PXD) services for games and software. We help make products easier and more fun to use by targeting the emotions around interaction as well as usability.
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
To be announced
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PATRICK O'SHAUGHNESSEY - PATCHED REALITY
PRESENTATION DESCRIPTION
Patrick will provide a development overview of ARKit.
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(Note: we have instituted a $5 reservation fee that is refundable upon arrival at the event or cancellation at least 48 hours prior. This will help us to plan our venue accommodations. Money not refunded shall be contributed toward refreshments. Thanks for abiding this practice that will better serve our growing community.)
Looking forward to seeing you!
