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HKVR08 – Rahel Demant

Rahel Demant After a double master’s degree in Finance at the University of St. Gallen and SciencesPo Paris, Rahel worked in Deloitte’s Transaction Advisory division. Coming back to Germany from a consulting job in Canada, the USA, and Costa Rica, she initiated VR First. Since its foundation in 2016, she has led the program to a network of thousands of …

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The Mario Kart VR Game is Here, and It is Great

What started as a simple game from Nintendo, over time has become an icon in pop culture. The Mario franchise began with Super Mario Bros. released in 1985. Since then it has spawned many games in different genres. These include the RPG Paper Mario, sports games like Mario Tennis, and probably the biggest spinoff game of the series Mario Kart. …

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HKVR07 – Darren Rizza

Darren Rizza Darren is a digitally informed leader, leaning on 25+ years of business technology leadership in professional services. His career experience and education place him at the intersection of design thinking, business strategy and operations, digital and information technology, ready to accelerate business leaders and DevOps teams to capture their full potential. At SmartVizX, he leads the creation and …

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5 VR Rooms In Hong Kong You Have Got To Try

People go to Hong Kong for many things: DisneyLand, the cold weather, affordable clothes. You name it. Apart from what we’ve mentioned, there’s one more thing people love about Hong Kong: its virtual reality experience. Virtual reality is already global, but Hong Kong still holds the leading position in the virtual reality market. We’re talking about excellent virtual gaming experience, …

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5 Best Tools for Virtual Reality Painting and Modeling

From video games and visual entertainment, the realm of virtual reality has now expanded to a new territory – visual art. Armed with multiple tools and applications to choose from, VR merges the world of art and technology. It creates new possibilities and provides a new medium for artists to show their talent and creativity.  It is no wonder that …

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HKVR06 – Vikas Deo

Vikas Deo Vikas Deo has handled diverse responsibilities in areas such as product development, marketing, strategy and planning during his stint in the BFSI sector with leading companies like Kotak Life, IDBI Federal Life and YES Bank. He leads the business development, strategic alliances and marketing agenda of the company. My LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikas-deo-5b001310/ Links I have: http://navteksolutions.com/ https://www.navteksolutions.co.uk/ Contact Me: …

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Witness French VR Cinema in Hong Kong’s Digital November

Virtual reality is an emerging technology and is now currently in its early stages. However, virtual reality is already here, and it is actually becoming a part of daily life. The latest VR films that will soon hit Hong Kong by storm are all from France. Digital November is an event that celebrates French culture through VR films from the …

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Creating Unforgettable Experiences Through VR

Eleanor Roosevelt once said that life is made to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly, and without fear for newer and richer experience. Life experiences differ from one person to another, from one place to the other. In planning your next getaway or activity together with yourself or your loved ones, you should consider experiencing precious moments …

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HKVR05 – Improving Interactive Experience with VR

Redi Gokaj Redi Gokaj is the co-founder and COO of Codemodeon, a creative technology company that produces memorable experiences for brands. Since 2013 he has been focused on producing VR content for brands around the globe. Gamified experiences and game based marketing has been his mission since the beginning. With a vision to improve the experiential marketing strategies, Redi and …

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Reinventing Roller Coasters with Virtual Reality

Have you ever thought what it’s like when the real world and the virtual are mixed together? Putting the two together in one experience might sound like an overkill, but that is precisely what some of the world’s famous theme parks are embracing today. No longer exclusive for gamers and tech geeks, virtual reality has been going mainstream everywhere, and …