All the snow last weekend isn't going to stop us from having a VR meetup! The VR industry is quickly pick up steam and we wanted to start the year off by hosting a couple of the hot new companies coming out of the East Coast VR scene.



First up is Amadeo Mapelli, the CEO and founder of Simmetri. Simmetri is a game engine and virtual playground designed for creating interactive art and 3D experiences for screens, projections, and virtual reality.



Featuring an immersive user interface that encourages experimentation, play, and the rapid development of ideas, Simmetri was built on the philosophy that creating interactive art should be fun.



The meetup presentation will comprise of a super quick intro followed by a live demo where we'll build an interactive show together to see how its editing experience works.



Video: https://youtu.be/Zny-oB0FTS0

Learn more at: www.simmetri.com (http://www.simmetri.com/)



Next up is Will Gee, founder and CEO of Balti Virtual. Balti Virtual is a development studio focused on building AR and VR applications for a wide variety of clients. Before that, he worked in the games industry starting in 1997 at Microprose Software, and most recently as technical director of Digital Steamworks.



They're building experiences for a wide range of hardware, from phone-based AR to room-scale VR for the HTC Vive, and we're using the Unity Engine as our primary platform.



Check out their website at http://www.baltivirtual.com/



Agenda:



6:30: Doors open / networking



7:00: Intro from the organizers



7:15: Presentation by Amadeo Mapelli, CEO and founder of Simmetri



8:00: Presentation by Will Gee, CEO and founder of Balti Virtual



8:45: Demos!



See you there!