Hey everyone,



it’s about time for our next VR Meetup!



We will meet again on Saturday, May 2nd at 6 pm. The event is as usual open for everyone interested in VR. Additionally to the usual Meetup we want to invite you to our 4th VR Developer Exchange, which will start at 3 pm at the same venue (http://www.meetup.com/Cologne-Virtual-Reality-Meetup/events/221638084/). The VR Developer Exchange is directed at (also soon-to-be) VR developers and VR professionals among yourselves. Here you will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, demo your projects etc. before the actual Meetup begins.



We are always looking for interesting speakers that want to present their projects and insights related to VR. Please contact us!



After the official part we will again have a long demo-session with socializing, networking, snacks and Kölsch!



The location is Startplatz, Im Mediapark 5, Cologne. The participation of the event is for free but we kindly suggest to make a small donation on site to help us cover the expenses.



It would be great if everyone who owns an HMD and/or other VR equipment would bring it to the event for the demo session. In this case suggest arriving at 5 pm or earlier so you can prepare everything before the official part begins.



Please beware that the official part of the Meetup from 6 to 8 pm will be held in English or German, depending on the speaker’s ability.



The schedule of the evening will be as follows:



3 pm The developer exchange begins



5 pm Setup of hardware



6 pm Meetup kick-off and speeches (speakers will be announced seperately)



8-12 pm Demo and networking session



Speakers:



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Aron Binienda (Orga Cologne VR, VR Dev @ includeVR (http://includevr.de/)):

"Kick-off and VR News"



Daniel Korgel (Blogger @ bloculus.de (http://www.bloculus.de/)):

"State-of-the-art of VR HMDs & Periphals"



Daniel Sproll (UX Researcher @ RE'FLEKT GmbH (http://www.re-flekt.com/de/)):

"Interaction, Perception & UX in VR"



Timon Vielhaber (CEO @ World of VR (http://www.worldofvr.net/) / VRoggles (http://www.vroggles.com/)):

"Vive? Rift? HoloLens? - How Cardboards will conquer the world with Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Use Cases"

(+ win your own individualized cardboard)



Demos & Special Guests:



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VR Pinball Machine (Link (http://www.danielkorgel.de/?38)) by Daniel Korgel. Try out the latest prototype of his haptic Pinball controller.



Hogwarts Magic Flight (Link (http://www.3d-container.de/)) by Gunnar Gertzen. Fly over Hogwarts and its surroundings on a virtual (and real) Broom.