Join us for a night of VR demonstrations, a great talk on large scale projection, and lightning talks from half a dozen startups. This time, we'll be at Mass Challenge, the exciting startup incubator. http://masschallenge.org/gettingthere



We would also like ​to thank our co-host, the MADE@MassChallenge: Boston Connected & Intelligent Device meetup (https://www.meetup.com/Boston-Connected-Intelligent-Device-Meetup/) for allowing us to use their time slot for the facility.



SCALABLE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES



Scalable Display Technologies produces software that underlies most of the high-end multi-projector displays, including virtual reality CAVEs, like this one at their Studio in Pembroke, MA. It allows any collection of projectors to display a large, seamless display across nearly any surface. At the meetup, Scalable's Nathaniel Pierce will use several projectors and part of the room to create an instant corner cave. He will also discuss software of its type and their use in large-format projection displays, generally. See: http://www.scalabledisplay.com/



LIGHTNING TALKS BY VR STARTUPS



Seven startup will each give a five minute talk and demo their work all night.



AR Spirit by Ross Finman: has developed a mobile Augmented Reality platform for mobile game developers - the ease of Pokemon Go with the capabilities of Microsoft Hololens. We enable your phone to *see* the world and have animations interact with both the environment and the user. Whether it be Toy Story in your room or aliens visiting from another dimension, imagination is better in reality. See http://www.arspirit.com



Archimedes Digital by Luke Hollis: A dedicated team of technologist-humanists, artists, archivists, and scholars focused on bring the forefront of emerging technologies to the digital arts and humanities. Our team members actively contribute to the community of open source development and toolsets for digital libraries, archives, and exhibitions. See http://archimedes.digital/



iQ3 by Ali Merchant: Design, collaborate, walk around and revieIw using 1:1 scale Virtual Reality. This is possible with the iQ3 platform which can read and render 3D CAD in seconds taking the hassle out converting CAD to VR format. With iQ3 you can share, review and annotate your product design from your desktop, tablet, or smartphone with anyone, anywhere in the world.



VR Doodler by Cindy Bishop: A free-form 3D content creation tool along the lines of Google Tiltbrush, but built for the web. Draw/prototype a building, a story and render it in VR or AR! See http://VRDoodler.com



LoreBooks by Alan Foster: Bring your stories and fanfiction to life through virtual and augmented reality. Publish your writing as virtual books and create immersive experiences around them using ambient noise, audio narration, and interactive 3D environments.



SpectrumVR by Pooja Chandrashekar: Our vision is a world in which adolescents with autism spectrum disorders can better engage with others, express their emotions, and easily integrate into social settings. To accomplish this, we will adapt existing VR and video game-based social cognition training research into an accessible, effective product.



Oasis by Misha Sra: Oasis is a system for automatically generating immersive and interactive virtual reality environments using the real world as a template. Oasis allows a casual user to easily create and experience virtual reality worlds in any indoor space of arbitrary size and shape without requiring specialized equipment or training using only a Google Tango tablet.



DEMO ONLY



Music Inside: Steam's newest rhythm game* by Jesslyn Tannady Take center stage and hit the drums to the rhythm of the music with the only rhythm game designed for virtual reality. Choose music from a dynamically updating list of Soundcloud’s Top 50 or play with your own music.



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SCHEDULE



6:00pm - Doors open, demos begin, pizza is served.



7:00 - 7:30 - Scalable Display's Talk and Demonstration



7:30 - 8:00 - Lighting Talks



8 - 8:15 - Demo intros & announcements



8:15 - 9:45 Demofest!!



We go out drinking. Details soon



TICKETS



BostonVR is a 501c3 certified non-profit and any ticket proceeds will go towards funding more VR events and making Boston into a VR hub!