Meetup #2 - Gaming in VR
Meetup for Womxn on the social VR platform
AltspaceVR.
Connection via VR-Headset, Windows PC and Zoom live stream.
After a successful project launch in June, this second meeting will focus on women*, inclusivity and diversity in the world of XR games.
How to join in AltspaceVR:
The best way to join is via a VR headset. AltspaceVR is supporting all headsets including Oculus Go. The platform can also be used from any Windows PC in 2D-mode.
To take part in AltspaceVR:
Please note:
Altspace disabled the signup via their website.
Therefore new users that do not yet have an AltspaceVR account will have to first download the app and then make an account inside the AltspaceVR application. This works on all platforms like PC, Oculus Quest, etc.
Here's more about technical requirements and how to join the meetup.
We will also stream the first part of the event on Zoom.
Please register here for the live-stream:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016011347683/WN_pomT8tFeScCAPb9qzTqMyA
Speakers:
Ioulia Isserlis is a Berlin based VR producer, director and writer. With strong roots in classical filmmaking, Ioulia dove full time into VR production 5 years ago, finding inspiration in a new medium that enables the spectator to enter a cinematic universe. She directed, produced and wrote PAGAN PEAK VR, the VR game for the Sky Germany/Wiedemann & Berg series Pagan Peak, that premiered at the 76th Venice Film Festival. Ioulia produced and co-wrote KOBOLD VR, that premiered at the 75th Venice Film Festival in 2018 and was named one of the 5 best horror VR games by Forbes. She is also the co-producer of BYSTANDING VR, which is a Canadian/German/ Israeli coproduction that was funded by Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg and CMF. Ioulia is the Co-Founder and CEO of AnotherWorld VR and produced VR experiences for clients such as Microsoft, Siemens and Telekom.
Additionally, Ioulia is a board member of the Virtual Reality Berlin Brandenburg association and was twice a tutor at the VR Biennale College.
Gina Hara is a Hungarian-Canadian artist and filmmaker, who has experience working with cross-disciplinary teams in leading art & technology labs in both Europe and Canada. She holds an MA in intermedia, an MFA in film production and had worked in different media with regard to film, video, new media, gaming and design. Gina is the founder of the Women Fimmakers Society (an initiative working towards diversity and inclusivity in the film industry), as well as GAMERella (the world's longest running inclusive game jam). Gina is also the creative director of the Technoculture, Art and Games Research Centre, Canada's largest games research centre.
Partners in Montreal are amongst others:
Felix & Paul Studios, Studio XX, Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques - CQAM
More about the event:
The Goethe-Institut Montreal is initiating, together with Sara Lisa Vogl, co-founder of Women in Immersive Tech Europe (WIIT) and local partners, Social VR Meetups for Womxn.
These meetups aim at connecting Womxn from Europe and Canada, working in creative industries and around immersive technologies virtually to exchange and create new international connections and foster potential collaborations.
The meetups are planned as an event series, taking on a different focus for each event. At each event three inspiring Womxn from Europe and Canada will be highlighted, all working at the intersection of technology, art and media.
More information here.
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