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EVENT DETAILS |
WebVR is being integrated into modern browsers as early as Q4 2016. Is your organization ready? Brian Chirls, CTO of Datavized and creator of the WebVR Starter Kit will present an introduction to how anyone can build VR experiences using a web browser. Brian will be joined by Debra Anderson, Datavized Chief Strategy Officer: This primer workshop will feature an overview of A-Frame, rapid prototyping VR in the browser, and other tools and resources as well as live tutorials, demonstrations and prototype applications. Participants will gain an understanding of the fundamentals, motivations, and technical components to building the Immersive Web. The class explains the building blocks of the Virtual Reality web providing support for virtual-reality devices to web apps, enabling developers to create virtual-reality experiences that run on any WebGL-enabled browser. By visiting a website, you can experience interactive 360 and VR environments on mobile, desktop or VR headsets such as Google Cardboard, Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung GearVR.
In this workshop you will learn:
An overview of A-Frame open source projects
Rapid prototyping VR in the browser, and other tools and resources as well as live tutorials, demonstrations and prototype applications
Proprietary platform environments vs. WebVR
The fundamentals, motivations, and technical components to building the Immersive Web
Laptops Required
Programming Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced
180 Minutes | Half Day Afternoon Session
Instructors: Brian Chirls, Debra Anderson
Instructors:
Brian Chirls
Chief Technology Officer
Brian Chirls is a recognized innovator in the independent film world. He was recently the Digital Technology Fellow at POV, a position funded by the Knight Foundation. He has developed innovative models for interaction, data visualization and content authoring in virtual reality. Brian has helped to create a new genre of interactive video pieces and software libraries that demonstrate ways to combine the interactivity and connectivity of the web with the aesthetic power of cinema and his work has been presented at CPH:DOX, IDFA DocLab, SXSW and Tribeca Film Institute.
Debra Anderson
Chief Strategy Officer
Debra Anderson is a Producer/Director specialized in digital storytelling and media impact. She builds data-driven, researched based approaches to immersive experiences. Debra founded the innovation consultancy Culture Shock in 2007; presented groundbreaking interactive works with NFB at Sundance New Frontier (2012), Tribeca Storyscapes (201315) and curated arts/tech projects at Volta Art Fair NY & Switzerland (201014). Debra designed and instructs the first Big Data: Consumer Research undergraduate survey course at The New School for Public Engagement.
About datavized:
Datavized is a New York City based immersive design studio focused on virtual reality production and consultancy. We push the creative and technical boundaries of immersive media production by applying the skills and techniques of interactive storytelling, to create virtual experiences with real impact.
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