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VRX 2017 Hosts Top VR/AR Companies in San Francisco This Week – Road to VR Readers Save 15%

With the latest amazing innovations in VR/AR, VRX 2017 next week in San Francisco is the place to be to hear from those leading the charge.

Bringing together the brightest minds from across the globe to dive deep into the key challenges and opportunities arising in both the consumer and enterprise markets, VRX is purpose built to drive the business of VR and immersive tech. The event takes place at the San Francisco Marriot Marquis this week on December 7th and 8th.

Speakers from leading companies including Oculus, Intel, Ford, HTC, Paramount, Google, Epic Games, Walmart, Qualcomm and many more, will be present at the event. Check out all the latest VRX details here.

Here are just a few reasons to consider attending VRX 2017:

  • VRX is the most senior-level VR/AR event on the planet: Meet with the top executives from working in immersive tech from across the world. Understand where the money’s going, who’s leading the charge, what the latest tech advances are and which content and applications are getting best traction
  • An agenda covering the whole VR/AR ecosystem: Bringing together the real pioneers in consumer entertainment, enterprise and immersive tech this is the only event to unite leaders from across industry and across the world with companies like Ford, Gensler, Nestle, Oculus, Wayfair, Intel, Nickelodeon, Framestore, Samsung, Paramount, Google, Sony Pictures, Survios, HTC Vive and Walmart all sending high level executives to speak
  • Hundreds of senior VR/AR execs in attendance, 80+ expert speakers, the latest tech and content on show! Meet with the brightest minds from across immersive tech. Try out the latest tech, experience the latest new content and uncover a world of best-practice and strategies guaranteed to give you a real competitive edge going into 2018 and beyond

Road to VR readers can use code ROAD4870 to get 15% off any pass when you get your tickets to VRX 2017 here. Not attending? Keep your eyes on Road to VR for coverage from the event.

Road to VR is a proud media sponsor of VRX 2017

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Speakers for VRX 2017 Announced

VRX will be returning to San Francisco for its third year of operation as preparation for its third event kick into high gear with the announcement of the list of featured speakers that are expected to attend the event.

The VRX event attracts attendees covering a broad spectrum of disciplines from within the wider virtual reality (VR) industry, covering areas such as videogames, broadcasting, film, automotive, engineering, architecture, healthcare, tourism and marketing among others. This year’s event is set to feature speakers from well-known business names such as Google, Sony, Epic Games, Oculus, CCP Games, IMAX, Lockheed Martin and others.

Organisers VR Intelligence have released a list of speakers who will be delivering talks during the event, with others still to be announced:

  • Rikard Steiber, President Viveport and SVP Virtual Reality, HTC
  • Ted Schilowitz, Futurist, 20th Century Fox
  • Maureen Fan, CEO, Baobab Studios
  • Denny Unger, CEO, Cloudhead Games
  • Chaki Ng, Head of Viacom NEXT,Viacom
  • Ryan Horrigan, Chief Content Officer, Felix & Paul Studios
  • Tony Parisi, Global Head of VR/AR, Unity Technologies
  • Drew Larner, COO, Within
  • Vicki Ferguson, Programming Team Lead, Virtual RealityUbisoft
  • Tommy Palm, CEO, Resolution Games
  • Marcus Kühne , Strategy Lead, Immersive Techologies, AUDI
  • Christine Cattano, Global Head of VR, Framestore
  • Patrick Dahms, Advanced Technical Artist (VR), BMW
  • Philip Rosedale, CEO, High Fidelity
  • Solomon Rogers, Founder, REWIND
  • Dan Ferguson, Co-Founder / EVP Digital Interactive Strategy, Groove JonesIntel
  • Iffat Mai, Practice Application Development Leader, Perkins+Will
  • Tim Merel, Managing Director, Digi-Capital

“With so many VR events out there, we’ve always tried to position VRX as the place where business gets done”, says Pete Carkeek, MD at VR Intelligence. “As the hype cycle goes through its process, we make sure our content addresses the most important issues in how to ride the wave, build business, reach customers and realize the massive potential that the industry and technology holds.”

VRX 2017 will take place on 7-8th December, 2017 at the Marriot Marquis in San Francisco. Futher information and tickets can be found at the official VRX Website.

VRFocus will bring you further information on VRX 2017 as it becomes available.