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Where Fresh Ideas Are Born

July 20 - 21st, 2022 - Toronto, Canada
OCAD UNIVERSITY
100 McCaul St.
Toronto, ONTARIO
CANADA

The award-winning, critically-acclaimed, industry insiders’ favorite show returns live to Toronto for a special 2-day event in the heart of the city.

Countdown to VRTO 2022

"[VRTO 2023] felt like what I hope the VR community will get to in like 5 or 10 years...it was that good."

Zimtok5, on the Between Realities podcast

Between Realities

"VRTO has the highest per capita quantity of cool people I’ve ever seen"

Corey King - Co-Founder, ZenFri Inc.

Co-Founder

ZenFri Inc.

"VRTO was a profound experience. Not only was there a fantastic array of impressive and insightful presentations, but the calibre of all speakers and attendees was extremely high. I met a tremendous number of like-minded and super passionate industry people, but even more importantly, the connections were meaningful."

Christian Hurst - Co-Founder / Managing Director, Interleave

Co-Founder / Managing Director

Interleave

"Definitely put VRTO on your calendar for next year. It's far more than a regional XR conference, it's a vital organ of the industry. VIVA VRTO!”

Ben Erwin - Creator of the Poly Awards

About The Event

VRTO presents an international symposium, exhibition and think tank for immersive business, education, enterprise, creators, and philosophers!

Featured discussions include:

Learn about VRTO’s history at Wikipedia

Complete 2022 Schedule Coming Soon

Workshop:

Meet with Oscar and Emmy Award-winning VFX and Virtual Production House Pixomondo and its Virtual Production Academy to learn how VP content is made for such shows as Star Trek: Discovery, Strange New Worlds, and more.

Take a journey through one of the Unreal projects from these shows, from first mesh to final shoot. Find out how the Virtual Art Department works in hand with the DPs. Directors, other PXO departments, and the stage crew, to get a final frame in-camera.

Your instructors:
PXO’s Head of Virtual Production Content Asad Manzoor
Head of VAD/Art Director Mujia Liao
VAD Supervisor Zachary Dembinski

Workshop:

Workshop: Low poly performance art: how VR and ancient theater history reveal the “invisible body.”

Learn techniques to utilize the expressive potential of embodied movement in webVR

A special live performance workshop features Award-winning Performer, educator, Ari Tarr going on a deep dive for the secrets to using WebXR as the greatest expressive stage in history by updating ancient theater techniques. In partnership with Active Replica, a company creating Cross-platform 2D and 3D virtual spaces and events that allow for true-to-life communication through conversation, movement, activities and entertainment. The workshop is assisted by Tyler Graham, co instructor and virtual theater PhD student

TICKETS

FIND TICKETS

Get tickets directly at Eventbrite

Limited tickets at a heavily discounted price go on sale at the same time as full-priced tickets – get tickets early for deeper discounts, while supplies last!

The Workshop ticket features 2 x 1-hour deep dive sessions with global leaders in Virtual Production and Virtual Performance Arts including key members of Emmy Award winners Pixomondo and Active Replica.

The VRTO Conference pass. Sessions are where the real symposium takes place – with some of the world’s leading developers, designers, producers, philosophers, and technologists come together for a series of tightly curated talks that extend from one idea through to the next, creating a powerful sequence of learning and inspiration designed to challenge even the most radical thinkers in the space. This is what VRTO is best known for.

Keram is one of the more prescient immersive curators out there consistently on the bleeding edge of bringing together artists who are at the confluence of what’s next in XR & AI. – Kent Bye, The Voices of VR Podcast

Special VIP packages include the full 2-day conference pass, VIP delegates digital goodie bag, priority registration and special events entry where applicable, and access to the VIP networking lounge (a safe and secure place to meet other VIPs, chat with speakers, or do some work, with coffee and craft services) throughout the conference.

The Multipass If you want to do it all and save $75 off the total, then go for the Multipass that includes the full conference, exhibits, VIP lounge access and perks, and workshops all for one low price! ALready bought a conference pass? Grad the Multipass upgrade!

The Exhibits Hall features a variety of projects and technologies pushing the boundaries of this rapidly expanding, complex, and nuanced industry. Meet game developers, entrepreneurs, scientists and researchers, educators and artists in our interactive gallery (oh and free pinball)! It will be free of charge to visit, and requires an Eventbrite exhibits registration. Limited slots available. Runs 12pm-630pm daily.

For additional information on events, see individual ticket descriptions.

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EVENT PARTNERS

VRTO would simply not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. Please visit them to learn more about these amazing companies.

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