Immersive Arts Lab 8 – 'Adventures in the Metaverse' a Virtual Conference.

Name: Immersive Arts Lab 8 – 'Adventures in the Metaverse' a Virtual Conference.
Start: 2021-02-11 15:45:00 +0000
End: 2021-02-11 22:30:00 +0000

Feb 11, 3:45PM to Feb 11, 10:30PM UTC

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Schedule

February 11, 2021 3:45pm 3:45PM– 3:55PM · Networking

Welcome and Networking

Welcome and maybe try some networking - the team will be on hand to answer any questions in the CHAT as well... Welcome!

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February 11, 2021 3:55pm 3:55PM– 4:00PM · Stage

Mark Ashmore Introduction and welcome

Founder of Future Artists Welcomes you to this Adventure in the Metaverse!

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February 11, 2021 4:00pm 4:00PM– 5:00PM · Stage

Keynote with Ian Forrester - BBC R+D on The Public Internet.

The fringe will become the mainstream but not as we knew it in the past. The next generation of the web promises this potential in an ethical and trusted way.

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February 11, 2021 5:00pm 5:00PM– 6:10PM · Stage

First Steps towards building the Metaverse

Ryan Gill (Crucible), Lee Mason (Metageist) and Amy Peck (EndeavourVR) in conversation about the future of the Metaverse.

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February 11, 2021 6:00pm 6:00PM– 6:30PM · Networking

Break or Networking, you choose

Join us for some networking, or have a break and soak it all in!

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February 11, 2021 6:15pm 6:15PM– 6:30PM · Stage

Google Killed Poly? - But a community of developers are making an open source version.

Google announced it was shutting it down Poly. But now, a small team of developers has decided to create an open-source version – find out more.

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February 11, 2021 6:30pm 6:30PM– 7:30PM · Stage

Side Quest – Empowering Indie Video Game Developers and VR Creatives to upload VR to the Oculus Quest headsets.

Side Quest is a developer led community who want to create for the Oculus Quest headset, With CEO Shane Harris and VR Rosie

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February 11, 2021 7:30pm 7:30PM– 8:30PM · Stage

Interaction in the Metaverse

For the Virtual to be real – we need to be able to interact with it beyond the game controller. With Luca (Mefistofiles) and Antonia (Unity)

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February 11, 2021 8:30pm 8:30PM– 9:30PM · Stage

History of the Future - Virtual Gigs and Art happenings inside the Metaverse, what can we learn from the past, to create the future?

FreepartyVR + Lost Horizons has a chat with Annabeth Robinson about early Metaverse spaces (second life and such) and what we can learn from the past.

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February 11, 2021 9:30pm 9:30PM–10:30PM · Networking

End or Networking - Optional (Virtual Pub)

Wind down and chat about everything you have learnt - maybe grab a wine, beer or soft drink from the fridge!

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Speakers

Mark Ashmore

Future Artists Founder

Rosie Summers

VR Artist and Performer

Shane Harris

SideQuest VR

Annabeth Robinson

Animation and Metaverse Expert

Lewis Hackett

FreepartyVR

Mike Nisbet

Open Brush

Lee Mason

XR Specialist

Ryan Gill

Crucible

Amy Peck

VR + Blockchain Expert

Antonia Forster

Unity Expert

Kaye Dunnings

Lost Horizon

Luca Mefisto

VR + DEV Expert

Ian Forrester

Senior Firestarter Producer BBC R+D

Rob Scott

VR Manchester Chair

The event is over

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Future Artists

'Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible' Future Artists An open arts collective, we founded the Immersive Arts Lab in 2017.

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