2017 Conference Archive
VRTO –Â VIRTUAL & AUGMENTED REALITY
A one-of-a-kind symposium for experiential media and technologies.
100 Speakers, Over 60 Exhibitors and Unique Interactive Installations
June 15th-18th
10am-6pm Daily.
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[/cth_countdown][cth_addtocalendar event_start=”2017-06-24 09:00:00″ event_end=”2017-06-26 18:00:00″ timezone=”America/Toronto” event_title=”VRTO Conference & Expo 2017″ location=”80 Gould St., Toronto, ON M5B 2M7″ organizer=”VRTO” organizer_email=”info@virtualreality.to”]VRTO (Virtual Reality, Toronto) organization hosts their Virtual and Augmented Reality Conference and Expo.
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[cth_featurebox icon=”earth-globe-streamline” title=”Why VRTO?”]VRTO aims to empower people to share their world, culture, knowledge and dreams with the assistance of emergent immersive technologies.
Recognized internationally for its high caliber, high-quality discussions, in-depth training, world-class presentations and top level speakers, VRTO brings together compelling discourse and bleeding-edge prototypes, demonstrations and innovative companies in carefully crafted schedules and environments.
VRTO is always an opportunity to build powerful and long-lasting business and personal relationships, with a very open-minded and inclusive community, unafraid to ask the big questions. Furthermore, the show provides many different tools to ensure attendees find their best matches towards meeting their goals at the show.
In 2016, VRTO hosted a town hall and summit to ratify a Code of Ethics for Human Augmentation led by inventor and Meta Chief Scientist Steve Mann. Read more about the Scientific paper and code that was written at Kurzweil AI
The VRTO conference is not a Toronto VR conference – it is an international conference that takes place in and leverages the tremendous R&D community of Toronto.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”computer-network-streamline” title=”Professional International Conference”]Featuring over 65 speakers and spanning three days, exploring the challenges of virtual, augmented and mixed reality conceptualization, research and development, production and postproduction, distribution and marketing, sales and metrics.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”arrow-streamline-target” title=”Structured, Vetted, Business Networking & Support”]VRTO works with companies around the world to create powerful matchmaking opportunities. Submit your company to meet with some of the world’s leading producers, distributors, investors, and consultants. We are also partnered with a mobile app that will facilitate matchmaking, communication and discovery for a registered participants.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”dashboard-speed-streamline” title=”Innovators’ Showcase”]Ranging from students and startups to established industry leaders, where you might find anything from Smart Devices, 3D Printing, IoT (Internet of Things), and meet some of the brightest young minds and companies pushing the envelope with the latest products, services, and demos.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”ibook-laptop” title=”VR Video Game & Experiences Showcase”]Try out the latest games, prototypes and experiential spaces from indie and AAA studios before anyone else! Meet face-to-face with the developers, artists and programmers from Secret Location, Postopian, IRIS VR, Globacore, BadFly Interactive and Dustin Freeman! Play wireless NES on a jumbo screen, or freeplay pinball on a real F-14 Tomcat table!
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[cth_featurebox icon=”camera-streamline-video” title=”VR Onboarding Workshop for Film & TV Pros”]Covering complete workflow from conceptualization, principal production through post-production, in a television studio, taught by real industry production teams. If you are curious or interested in producing 360-degree or “spherical” videos, drone footage, ambisonic audio or stitching techniques – and don’t want to be within 100 feet of computer code – this is for you![/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”speech-streamline-talk-user” title=”Intensive Training”]Educational rooms with tracks for both for seasoned V/A/MR developers, professionals looking to pivot effectively into this space and all interested in a crash course in advanced experiential media concepts and design.
[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”magic-magic-wand-streamline” title=”Multimodal Sensory Pavilion”]Featuring state-of-the-art prototypes and installations from around the world showcasing the possibilities for somatosensory system interactions: haptics, holograms, networked devices and virtual media designed to stimulate the imagination. Among the offerings on display – the perceptual boundaries of the human mind are explored in a collection of mind-expanding artworks that illustrate the magic that inspire and influence all things VR: 3D imagery pioneer Willy Le Maitre, Inventor and professor of Holography, Michael Page, and Augmented Reality art innovator Alex Mayhew show how 2D images can dazzle and awe.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”headset-sound-streamline” title=”WebVR, Augmented Reality & Spatialized 3D Audio Zones”]Dedicated rooms, workshops, training with professors, inventors, modders, hackers: A deep dive into design, principal and production, applications, possibilities and opportunities from global industry leaders. Janus Camp and the creators of JanusVR – James McRae and Dr. Karan Singh will be on hand to discuss the engine and its culture in two highly interactive rooms dedicated to understand the future of mobile web VR. A dedicated Augmented Art Gallery will be accompanied by a track of talks by leading AR developers. The Spatialized Audio pavilion features new and innovative approaches to using sound as a texture, a tool and guide.[/cth_featurebox][cth_featurebox icon=”diving-leisure-sea-sport-streamline” title=”Health Applications for VR, including Wearables”]From personal wearable health tech, to CBT and NLP, to surgery and pain mitigation, to mindfulness and transcendentalism. Featuring talks by Walter Greenleaf PhD Stanford, Peggy Wu (Associate Director of Human Machine Interaction Research United Technologies Research Center) and Stephane Bouchard![/cth_featurebox]
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Note: A Special Exhibits ticket or MultiPass is required to attend this pavilion in order to avoid wait times and ensure a comfortable viewing experience.[/cth_featurebox]
The 2017 Conference Speakers, Presenters & Panelists
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[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”James Jensen ” speakerjob=”Chief Visionary Officer and Co-Founder (Utah, USA)” speakeravatar=”3687″]THE VOID[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Todd Makurath” speakerjob=”CEO (Los Angeles)” speakeravatar=”3518″]Bullitt[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Dr. Maria Karam ” speakerjob=”CEO, Inventor (Toronto/London UK)” speakeravatar=”3124″]TADs Inc.[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Eduardo Cuervo” speakerjob=”Researcher (Redmond, WA)” speakeravatar=”3246″]Microsoft Research[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”James McCrae” speakerjob=”Co-Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3790″]JanusVR[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Roy Taylor” speakerjob=”Corporate Vice President – Studio Alliances, Content & VR (Los Angeles)” speakeravatar=”3768″]AMD[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Heather Phenix” speakerjob=”Executive Producer (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3818″] Jam3[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Eyal Kleiner” speakerjob=”Vice President Virtual Reality (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3751″]IMAXÂ [/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Dr. Karan Singh” speakerjob=”Co-Founder & CTO (Toronto, SF)” speakeravatar=”3145″]JanusVR[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Dr. Steve Mann” speakerjob=”CTO (Toronto, SF)” speakeravatar=”3805″]Eyetap, Meta[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Charlie FInk” speakerjob=”Contributor (VA)” speakeravatar=”3191″]Forbes[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Tim Merel” speakerjob=”Founder, CEO (Menlo Park, CA)” speakeravatar=”3904″]Digi-Capital[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Ana Serrano” speakerjob=”CTO (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”2189″]Canadian Film Centre[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Graeme Moffat” speakerjob=”VP Research & Regulatory Affairs (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”2694″]Interaxon (Muse)[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Kevin Millar” speakerjob=”VP of Creative and Medical Science (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3935″]Invivo Communications[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Jai Krishnan” speakerjob=”Chrome Media Product Manager (Mountain View, CA)” speakeravatar=”3183″]Google[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Alex Mayhew” speakerjob=”Co-Founder {Toronto}” speakeravatar=”3890″]Impossible Things[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Samantha Matthews” speakerjob=”Co-Founder/CEO (Los Angeles)” speakeravatar=”2037″]venn.agency
[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Paul Darvasi” speakerjob=”Educator/Researcher (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3464″]Ludic Learning[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Michael Page” speakerjob=”Artist, Professor (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3896″]OCAD
[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Ross Shain” speakerjob=”Chief Product Officer” speakeravatar=”3417″]Boris FX / Imagineer Systems [/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Steve Cohen ” speakerjob=”Senior Intellectual Property Counsel (Boston, MA)” speakeravatar=”3128″]Open Text Corporation[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Austin Hitchcock” speakerjob=” Co-Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3773″]Junction Box 360
[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Rafael Brown” speakerjob=”Creative Director/Co-Founder (Bay Area, CA)” speakeravatar=”3256″]Digital Myths[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Dmitri Ignakov Ph.D.” speakerjob=” Co-Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3894″]Taiga Robotics[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Michael Haminem” speakerjob=”Creative Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3939″]Google Canada[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Maiko Tanaka” speakerjob=”Executive Director (Buffalo, New York)” speakeravatar=”3459″]Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Jeremy Friedberg” speakerjob=”Co-Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3524″]Spongelab Interactive[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Dr. Lora Appel” speakerjob=”Project Lead (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3942″]UHN OpenLab[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Greg Woodbury” speakerjob=”Co-Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3540″]Charles Street Video[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Thomas J Overly” speakerjob=”Co-Founder ” speakeravatar=”3934″]PROMENA VR [/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Lucie LaLumiere” speakerjob=”Founder & Principal (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”2139″]Lalumiere Media[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Ed Callway” speakerjob=”Entertainment Architect (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3688″]AMD[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Ahmad Ismail” speakerjob=”Head of New Business Development (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3482″]Redlab Digital[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Christine Clark ” speakerjob=”Associate Director of Production (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3515″]ThinkingBox[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Tom Westerlin” speakerjob=”Creative Director (Toronto, SF)” speakeravatar=”3435″]Nice Shoes
[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Changyin (CY) Zhou” speakerjob=”CEO & Co-Founder ” speakeravatar=”3914″]Visbit[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Sonata Taman” speakerjob=”CSO (Los Angeles)” speakeravatar=”3593″]VRtuality[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Nick Harauz” speakerjob=”Avid, Apple and Adobe Certified Instructor (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3827″]Creative One Eleven[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Tom C. Hall” speakerjob=”Technical Producer, 360 Supervisor (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3484″]Redlab Digital[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Laura Mingail” speakerjob=”Director, Marketing & Promotion (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3231″]Entertainment One[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Matt Whelan” speakerjob=”Owner (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3550″]GoodTH.Inc[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Angela Bowen ” speakerjob=”Executive Producer (Toronto, SF)” speakeravatar=”3433″]Nice Shoes[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Craig Alguire” speakerjob=”CTO (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”2134″]Quantum Capture[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Joel Zika” speakerjob=”Founder (Melbourne, Australia)” speakeravatar=”3557″]The Dark Ride Project[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Shachar Weis” speakerjob=”Founder and CTO (London, Ontario)” speakeravatar=”3126″]Packet39[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”James Hackett” speakerjob=”Creative Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3870″]Spongelab Interactive[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”David Plant” speakerjob=”Executive Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3454″]Trinity Square Video[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Mike Sevigny ” speakerjob=”Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3168″]CANVAS 360™ Pro
[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Claire Brunet” speakerjob=”Professor (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3510″]Ontario College of Art and Design[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Bill Perry ” speakerjob=”Artist, Publisher (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3129″]Wm. Perry: Digital Text Services[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Joseph Wilson” speakerjob=”Director of Business Development (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3526″]Spongelab Interactive[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”David Dexter ” speakerjob=”Senior Business Development Manager (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3825″]Screen Industries Research & Training Centre (SIRT)[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Joel McConvey” speakerjob=”Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3385″]Digital for SESQUI[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Liam Ferris” speakerjob=”Software Engineer (Belfast, N. Ireland)” speakeravatar=”3836″]Kainos[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Jennie Robinson Faber” speakerjob=”Executive Director (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3456″]Dames Making Games[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Elli Raynai” speakerjob=”Founder & Head Content Creator (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3131″]CineHackers[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Ryan Schmidt ” speakerjob=”Founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3469″]gradientspace[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Tanya Kelen” speakerjob=”Co-Founder ” speakeravatar=”3933″]PROMENA VR[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Morgan Young” speakerjob=”CEO (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”2137″]Quantum Capture[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Jonathan Corbin” speakerjob=”Founder” speakeravatar=”3782″]Corbin Visual[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Henry Faber” speakerjob=”Co-founder (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3461″]Gamma Space Collaborative Studio[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Marc-Olivier LePage” speakerjob=”Co-founder (Montreal)” speakeravatar=”3947″]Vrvana[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Priam Givord” speakerjob=”Interactive Artist/Designer (Toronto)” speakeravatar=”3148″]Priam Givord Inc.[/cth_speakers_item][cth_speakers_item speakername=”Keram Malicki-Sanchez” speakerjob=”Founder, Executive Director (Toronto, Los Angeles)” speakeravatar=”3364″]FIVARS, Transportive.Technology[/cth_speakers_item][/cth_speakers]
2017 Gold Sponsors
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Premier Sponsors
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2017 MEDIA PARTNERS
VRTOC2017 is very grateful to our media partners and friends for helping to connect the communities together. If you are interested in helping to spread the word about the VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & EXPO 2017, and reaching the heart of the Canadian entertainment and tech industry, please see the contact section below.
2017 Strategic Partners
VRTOC2017 is very grateful to our community partners for supporting us in building an important platform for the Experiential Technologies industry domestically and abroad. If you are interested in helping to spread the word about the VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & EXPO 2017, and reaching the international Spatial Media industry through the heart of the Canadian entertainment and tech industry, please see the contact section below.
2017Â Exhibitors
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VRTO 2017 Venue and Neighbourhood
VRTOC2017 takes over Ryerson University’s Rogers Communications Centre in the dead centre of downtown Toronto – North America’s 4th largest city. The show will encompass over 15 rooms and the central, 3-story atrium, including two complete TV studios over the course of three days.
Rogers Communications Centre
Where to stay/eat
Finding a good hotel can be tricky. Fortunately, there are many hotels and restaurants located near the event. Be sure to reserve early however, as Toronto is a very busy city in the summer months!
The cost of the hotel accommodation and travel is not included in the event fee. For corporate accommodation rate, please contact us directly.
Some options (VRTO does not specifically endorse nor holds commercial affiliation with any of the following options. They are presented here strictly for your convenience):
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The Complete Conference Speakers, Presenters & Panelists, Schedule, Exhibitor, Sponsor Archives
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LEGAL DISCLAIMER:
The VRTO Conference and Expo is for all ages over 13, though some demos may not accommodate minors. Tickets are non-refundable. VRTO attendance does not guarantee access to any particular demo, but rather the event as a whole.
By attending Virtual Reality Toronto Conference and Expo 2017 (aka “VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference and Expo,” “VRTO Con,” or “VRTOC”) at [location to be determined] (“the Location”) on June 24th – 26th, 2017, you release VRTO Conference and Expo, the Location, all of the event’s organizers, volunteers, employees, exhibitors, vendors and contractors from any and all liability – financial or otherwise – that may arise from my attendance at the above mentioned event. You are hereby aware that some people experience nausea, disorientation, motion sickness, general discomfort, headaches or other health issues when experiencing virtual reality.
Your entry signals your agreement to take full responsibility for these or any other consequences that may arise from attendance at VRTO Conference and Expo. Be aware that some content being exhibited is in an unfinished, prototype state, and may heighten the above sensations. Demo experiences are explicitly not intended for users under 13 years of age, and your entry signals your agreement to take full responsibility for any use of virtual reality or any other technologies exhibited at VRTO Conference and Expo by any minors in your care. By remaining on the premises you agree you will not pursue legal action against VRTO Conference and Expo, the Location, any of the event’s organizers, volunteers, employees, exhibitors, vendors, or contractors for any damages – real or perceived – arising from attendance at VRTO Conference and Expo. If you do not wish to be subject to the foregoing, please do not attend VRTO Conference and Expo.
Your attendance signals your irrevocable consent to, and authorization without compensation for VRTO, its successors, assigns, contractors and other film crews permitted by the VRTO to film at VRTO Conference and Expo, to use your likeness, voice, and to make video and audio recordings of your attendance at VRTO Conference and Expo. You are hereby aware of such recording, and relinquish your rights to any compensation for any release of these recordings in any media now extant or to be devised in the future. If you do not wish to be subject to the foregoing, please do not attend VRTO Conference and Expo.
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