SIGGRAPH 2015 VR Village
SIGGRAPH 2015 had the a big addition of VR Village to join the existing Emerging Technologies, Studio and Art Gallery programs. Intended to promote interactivity, attendee engagement and knowledge mobilization of all things AR/VR, the program was highly successful. Denise was co-chair of VR Village alongside fellow co-chair Ed Lantz, with direction coming from Conference Chair Marc Barr and the experienced conference management team. For the program being in its very first year, it was highly rated by attendees and contributors alike in the official surveys, taking top three honours in nearly every area of the conference.
Highlights from VR Village:
- 74 independent presenters, which included 51 HMD experiences, 6 Nomadic experiences, 1 car
- 26 fulldome films; 4 panelists and a moderator in VR Village Talk “Creating at the Edge”; 9 talk presentations in the dome
- 12-13 Experiences per day, with 4+ hours of fulldome programming
- Average throughput was 281 attendees per day per station (highest was 600+ at a single station)
More about SIGGRAPH 2015 at http://s2015.siggraph.org
SIGGRAPH related literature from last year (there were hundreds of articles, the favourites are selected below.
- “VR Makes a Comeback†Computer Graphics World", (interview) Nov-Dec 2015 Publication
- “Special Report of Virtual Reality†(article) Post Magazine, October 2015 Edition
- “It takes a (VR) Village†(interview) Computer Graphics World, Sep-Oct Publication
- “SIGGRAPH 2015 Virtual Reality Interview with Nick Whiting of Epic Games, by Denise Quesnel†Unreal Engine News, August 2015
- "The VR Village at SIGGRAPH" (article) ACM Blog, July 2015
- “Interview with Denise Quesnel on the ‘state of VR†Made to be Seen TV, (video interview) August 2015
- “OptiTrack VR Tracking Powers Interactive 3D Mural at SIGGRAPH 2015â€, (article) Computer Graphics World, August 2015
