As developments continue to take place, people are also experiencing increase hunger in information and learning. As technology grows, two of its recent innovations include virtual and augmented reality. Due to increasing interests of people to either share knowledge or learn information, conducting conferences in different areas of the world have started to boom.
VR and AR: An Overview
Virtual reality allows users to experience an event that might not be happening at the moment but is perceived to be happening in real life while augmented reality adds something to the present reality to make the experience more holistic. Both of these uses tools and equipment to facilitate their functions.
With the continuous developments in the fields of virtual and augmented reality, hunger for related knowledge and skills intensify. With this, events such as ar conferences and vr conferences have been more popularly known and being attended by not only gamers and users but even others who are just starting to be interested.
Virtual and augmented reality conferences have been taking place in different countries. These have attracted people from all over the world. These events bring different benefits, strengthening knowledge and skills. Top conferences related to virtual and augmented reality have been taking place in Asia, US and even in Europe.
VR/AR Conferences in Asia
Top conferences in Asia include:
- Wave Hyderabad
Dated on June 22-24 this year, this even includes presentations, exhibitions about virtual and augmented reality. The event will take place in Hyderabad in India.
- CES Asia
CES Asia features global executive leaders in technological industry and provides conference programming. The 2018 event is scheduled on June 13-15 in Shanghai, China.
- Mobile World Congress
Taking place in Shanghai New International Expo Centre, this conference features 600 exhibitors that will present innovative products, services and provide surprising ideas that will expand the mobile industry.
- Augmented World Expo (AWE) Asia
AWE Asia is one of the largest among vr conferences and ar conferences. This will take place in Beijing, China in July this year. This allows experts, developers, designers, investors, etc. in one area to promote better collaboration and be able to witness new vr/ar products and services available.
VR/AR Conferences in America and Canada
Top Conferences in US and Canada include:
- Facebook Developer Conference
Happening in San Jose, California on May 1-2 this year, this conference is about what to expect more regarding social network’s VR offerings. Many anticipate this due to the excitement of what people behind Facebook are yet to offer.
- Vision VR/AR Summit
Vision VR/AR Summit aims to expand virtual and augmented reality developers’ knowledge to be able to explore and be more successful with these fields. The event will take place in May.
- Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories (FIVARS)
Dated in the month of September, this event has been the first Canadian festival featuring virtual and augmented reality that features different premiers and screenings. This event will take place in Toronto, Canada.
- Oculus Connect
Oculus Connect promotes virtual reality. Oculus is one of the most popular VR equipment used by gamers. This conference will take place in San Jose, California in the month of October.
- Digital Hollywood
Happening in Los Angeles, California in October this year, Digital Hollywood covers the use of augmented and virtual reality in movies, games, advertisements and other forms of entertainment.
VR/AR Conferences in Europe
Top conferences in Europe include:
- FMX: Creating Worlds
Taking place on April 24-27 this year in Stuttgart Germany, FMX: Creating Worlds is a conference wherein specialists and experts in the field of animation, games, media, and even the virtual and augmented reality developers, come together to present their state of the art products.
- ARVR Innovate Conference
This conference brings together Europe top speakers in the field of AR and VR. ARVR Innovate Conference covers user case studies from varied enterprises and perspectives of the customers. This is dated on May 10-11 this year and will be happening in Dublin, Ireland.
- World VR Forum
Dated in June 7-10, 2018 at Montana, Switzerland, this event aims to strengthen knowledge about topics related to VR/AR such as technology, education, philosophy, and many more.
- Virtual Reality Software and Technology
Dated in November, this conference includes exchanges of knowledge among researchers and developers connected to both virtual and augmented reality. This event will take place in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Advantages of Attending AR/VR Conferences
Virtual reality and augmented reality conferences bring different benefits such as:
- Opportunities to meet experts
Going to conferences increases the chance of meeting experts in vr and ar fields. There could be speakers and presenters who are prepared to share the path they have been to towards success. It is better to be able to hear first hand the experiences of these successful people behind virtual and augmented reality to guide those who are following their footsteps.
- Improve networking
With conferences, people are able to meet more and more people, providing greater chance to extend networking. Meeting more people gives more chance for learning through socialization. Attendees could learn different information that would be helpful in their future endeavors.
- New Tips and Techniques
Attending this kind of events allows people to learn new tips and techniques about virtual and augmented reality through speakers, presentations, samples, demonstrations, etc.
- Possible Workshops
Conferences, although not all, usually offers workshops that allow attendees to experience hands-on of innovations related to virtual and augmented reality. These would serve as greater experiences for attendees.
- Breaking out of the comfort zone
These kinds of events expose people to different things they might not have had experience before. These events are the best example of learning while having fun.
Wrapping-Up
People all over the world have supported these top conferences about virtual and augmented reality. For several years, these conferences have spread knowledge, developed skills, improved attitude, and have widened the horizons of thousands of the attendees. VR and AR conferences are indeed helpful to attain success in these fields.
References
https://www.thedigitalmarketingbureau.com/virtual-reality/vr-events-2018
https://www.takeflyte.com/reasons-to-attend-conferences
https://veer.tv/blog/top-vrar-events-expos-and-conferences/