Meetup Series CONNECT!

A VR meetup series for women and gender-marginalized people in the field of immersive technology.

Meetup on the Social VR platform AltspaceVR
on April 1st, 2021
at 12:00 EDT / 18:00 CET.
 
After several successful events last year, CONNECT! continues in 2021!
The network meetings aim to virtually connect women and gender-marginalized people from Europe and North-America working in the creative industries and around immersive technologies to create new international connections and foster potential cooperation.
These Meetups are planned as a series of events with a different focus for each event.

This fourth meeting is all about cinematic VR:

Meetup #4: Cinematic VR

• Introduction and Curation by Astrid Kahmke (DE), Head of European Creator’s Lab,
• Keynote by Maria Courtial (DE), Managing Director of VFX and VR studio Faber Courtial,
• Fireside-chat with Cathy Hackl (US), Futurist, VR/AR Producer and Thought Leader, moderated by Sara Lisa Vogl.

 
© Goethe-Institut Montreal Participation via VR headset, Windows PC and Mac OSX (beta version) in 2D mode and live stream via zoom.
 
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, Mac OSX, Oculus Quest, etc.
Here's more about technical requirements and how to join the meetup.
 
Sign up to participate via AltspaceVR

To join via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83605206544?pwd=aUo1dHRvdXlsbmR3REN5bHF2eXR5UT09
Passcode: Xcq7va

About the speakers:
 
Astrid Kahmke has a background as producer for international feature films, and was Creative Director of the Bavarian Film Center, where she started to build the infrastructure for the XR industry in Bavaria. She is Festivaldirector and co-founder of the Virtual Worlds Festival and head of the European Creators’ lab for artistic XR.

Maria Courtial, industrial designer by trade, is co-founder, producer and managing director of Faber Courtial, one of Germany’s leading VR and VFX studios. After graduating in Industrial Design in 1998, she founded Faber Courtial together with her husband Joerg. Since 2014, Maria has mainly taken over the position of producer and part-director. The creation of 360° film content became more and more a matter of heart to her. Right from the beginning of each project, she and her husband and director Joerg are working closely together with the ambition to set high standards in the way of storytelling and the implementation of new VR techniques. With their award-winning VR films Volcanos, Gladiators in the Colosseum and 2nd Step – all produced on behalf of Europe’s renowned public-law broadcaster ZDF – Faber Courtial established itself as VR pioneer and provider of premium VR content on the international market. Their latest VR film 1st Step, which deals with the Apollo missions, celebrated its international premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival 2020 and was awarded with the VeeR Future Award at Cannes XR 2020 as well as the EMEA Lumiere Award (Stereopsia 2020). Moreover, it was selected to screen at the Best-of-VR section at Venice Film Festival in the same year.
Meanwhile, the studio is increasingly creating content in 6DOF. Their new VR project “Genesis” will be released this year both as a VR film and later as a 6DOF experience.
 
Cathy Hackl is a leading tech futurist and globally recognized business leader specializing in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), & spatial computing. She is one of LinkedIn's top technology voices (the highest honor on the platform) and a champion for diversity.
Hackl has worked with some of the biggest names in tech including Amazon Web Services (AWS), Magic Leap, and HTC VIVE. She leads the Futures Intelligence Group, a futures research & consulting firm that works with clients in tech, fashion, media, government, and defense implementing innovation strategies, strategic foresight, and emerging technologies.
 

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