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!

We have a fun winter warmer planned just in time for Christmas! Come down and join us for a VR gaming special!

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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!

We invite you to our second Immerse Sheffield event at Sheffield Tech Parks.

About this Event

Our second event welcomes speakers:

1. Ivan Phelan of Sheffield Hallam University to talk about his ”Virtual Reality: How engaging content can aid rehabilitation and reduce pain”.
2. Emma Cooper is an interactive producer at Cooperative Innovations and Executive Producer of Sheffield Doc/Fest’s Alternate Realties programme. Emma will be talking through what to expect from Doc/Fest Alternate Realities Programme this year.

We will also be haring 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!