Kirsty is Head of Production for VR Days Europe and also on the International Film Festival Rotterdam team as a producer for the narrative content programme (IFFR Pro x VR Days) that connects the two festivals .
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A graduate of Middlesex University London where she specialised in directing VR content, Emma worked with VR filmmaker Mathieu Pradat on The Roaming (VRHAM! / Venice 75) before joining DVgroup in 2018. As a producer of original content, Emma works directly with DV’s most ambitious narrative XR pieces, with the aim of developing the emerging medium of Immersive XR Theatre into a sustainable LBE format.
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We’re carrying on, even in lock down! Join us on Zoom to learn about the art of Storytelling in VR and AR
We have a number of speakers on hand to talk to you about their process and experiences with storytelling.
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Women in XR
Our first event of 2020 is Women in XR, featuring;
- XR Stories – What is XR Stories and how it is helping shape the future
- Rosie Summers – 3D Animator, #VR Artist & #TiltBrush live performer
- Storytelling through the medium of VR art. Live from inside VR and Tilt Brush I will delve into how I tell stories through the medium of Virtual Reality art. The techniques and processes I use to tell immersive stories with space as a canvas, and even some tips and tricks!
- Asha Easton – KTN Manager @ImmerseUK_
- Emma Cooper – Coopinnovations
- Spaceteam VR, is due out in spring, Emma will be talking about the creation of this collaborative game that’s a comedy of chaos, and she will attempt a live demo – what could possibly go wrong?
Venue: Sheffield Technology Park, Cooper Buildings, Sheffield Science Park, Arundel St, Sheffield S1 2NS
Time: 18:00-20:30
- 18:00 – Arrival & Drinks
- 18:30- Welcome
- 18:40 – Words from our Sponsor XR Stories
- 18:50 – Emma Cooper
- 19:10 – Asha Easton
- 19:30 – Rosie Summers
- 19:50 – News and Community
- 20:00 – Community pitching/networking.
Get your tickets here!
Our Women in XR event is sponsored by XR Stories.
“XR Stories is helping to shape the future of immersive storytelling across Yorkshire as part of the UK Creative Economy programme in partnership with Screen Yorkshire, the BFI and Game Republic. We have funded more than 18 projects to date across TV, games, theatre and heritage businesses in collaboration with academics from Leeds, Hull, Sheffield, Bradford and York. We are currently offering Strategic grants ranging from £5-100k for R&D projects that help creative XR businesses to grow and helping businesses to reach new markets.”
We will also be hearing the latest XR news and open the floor to you if you have anything you would like to share or help shape the direction of the meetup in the future. So please bring any ideas with you!
Immerse Sheffield – Christmas Gaming Special
We have a fun winter warmer planned just in time for Christmas! Come down and join us for a VR gaming special!
Continue reading “Immerse Sheffield – Christmas Gaming Special”Speaker profileRobin Williams
Since joining Twinkl Educational Publishing last year – one of the biggest education e-commerce platforms in the world – Robin has steered its Digital team into becoming a world-class educational App and Platform development team, establishing a 40+ strong internal agency structure.
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As the global property industry continues to value buildings only as tradable asset commodities to be bought and sold on the open bond markets, it continues to have scant regard for the end of line people who actually rent and use them. The wider benefit that could be delivered if buildings were actually provided to more purposefully deliver increased user delight and productivity outcomes is rarely entertained.
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We’ve got another exciting line up of speakers planned for our June event, including;
- Eddie Murphy – Ollio Consultancy – Eddie runs a buildings and architecture consultancy and has been using VR to help clients make better decisions
- Robin Williams – Twinkl – Robin will be talking about Twinkl’s use of AR and VR in edu-tech
- Mark Burkitt – Slanted Theory – Mark will be giving a talk on the benefits of Unity’s new Entity Component System which will squeeze every last bit of performance out of your VR projects
We will also be hearing the latest XR news and open the floor to you if you have anything you would like to share or help shape the direction of the meetup in the future. So please bring any ideas with you!
Also access to @Slantedtheory public ALAIRA VR data room! If you saw Laura Smith’s presentation at Sheffield Digital Festival this year, this is a great chance to have a go on an amazing immersive data platform that allows everyone to analyse data intuitively!
Spark AR workshop
Learn Facebook’s Spark AR to create Augmented Reality selfie camera effects
About this Event
We invite you to a special one off workshop by Immerse Sheffield sponsored/supported by Kollider, on getting started with Augmented Reality using SparkAR, Facebooks augmented reality platform. During this 45 minute workshop, Martin Alcock of Load Pixels will guide you through creating an augmented reality project using SparkAR designed by local Sheffield illustrator Sian Ellis. Bring your own laptop to follow along or take notes so you can explore this platform further in your own time, this not to be missed workshop will provide you with all you need to know about getting started with and creating augmented reality projects. The workshop is being held in the Kollider Eagle Labs, in the fantastic Castle House. We have 50 tickets available on a first come first served basis.
You can download the workshop demo file here
Speaker profileIvan Phelan
Ivan Phelan works at Sheffield Hallam University and will be speaking about his work in rehabilitation and reduction of pain in patients
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