June 2019 The Emerging Media BC Community of Practice is a community of experts and professionals from academic institutions, industry and community groups, as well as others whose work and interests are related to immersive media and emerging technologies. The June 2019 meeting will be hosted by Vancouver Coastal Health. Agenda: Welcome, Conrad Cone, VCH Read more about June 2019[…]
May 2019 The Emerging Media BC Community of Practice is a community of experts and professionals from academic institutions, industry and community groups, as well as others whose work and interests are related to immersive media and emerging technologies. The May 2019 meeting will be hosted by the Centre for Digital Media at the Hangar Read more about May 2019[…]
April 2019 The Emerging Media BC Community of Practice is a community of experts and professionals from academic institutions, industry and community groups, as well as others whose work and interests are related to immersive media and emerging technologies. The April 2019 meeting will be hosted at the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Read more about April 2019[…]
We’ll briefly introduce BeThere360 – a digital asset management & distribution platform with 360-ready mobile apps for higher education. We’ll then focus on walking through a demo of BeThere360’s new sync play feature, which allows educators to control video playback across many joined devices in multiple locations. Give your students, colleagues and collaborators an innovative Read more about November 2018[…]
Yao Wang – Industry Speaker Yao Wang is a multimedia composer, sound designer and producer. She started ICTUS, an immersive content creation company that specializes in spatial audio. After graduating from Berklee College of Music, Yao worked at MIT for about a year to help integrate VR into their curriculum. Her time is now fully Read more about February 2019[…]
Dr. Stoo Sepp, University of Wollongong | Human movement, cognition and learning: Implications for VR in educational research and practice
Dr. Li Ji, LlamaZOO Interactive Inc | Towards Industrial Digital Twin Visualization for the Resource Sector
Jon Festinger, Peter A. Allard School of Law | MEdia: Freedom of Thought in Virtual Realities
Zhaoming Xie, UBC Computer Science | Learning to Walk Using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Adam Herr & Yana Pertels, Eyemole | Augmented Reality Streetwear
Dr. Siobhán McPhee, UBC Department of Geography | VR versus AR: when are they pedagogically appropriate?
Kyle Stooshnov, UBC Digital Literacy Centre | Virtual Renaissancing : A New Space for Drama Education
Graham Cunliffe, FingerFood Studios VP of Business Affairs | Using Technology as a Tool to Solve Problems
Bernie Garrett, School of Nursing | Clinical Healthcare Applications and Research for VR
Bernard Reike, Assistant Professor, SIAT | Could Virtual Reality Make Us More Human?
Qian Zhou, UBC PhD Student | Spherical Fish Tank VR