The Chief Content Officer at HTC and JPR’s Jon Peddie are among this year’s speakers. Toronto is becoming a hub for work at the intersection of 3D and immersive technologies.

Last year we told you about a new conference designed to connect creative professionals in gaming and media with the toolmakers and investors of immersive computing: virtual reality, stereoscopic 3D, augmented reality, gesture technology, and more. The inaugural Immersed was so successful they’re doing it again.

Immersed 2015 will be October 4-6 at the Ontario Science Centre in Toronto. This year’s keynote speaker is Phil Chen, Chief Content Officer for smartphone maker HTC and Founder of the HTC Vive HMD.  Other companies sending speakers include AMD, InMediaStudio, Starbreeze Studios, Nokia Technologies, O2 Filmes, Jon Peddie Research, Basemark, IM360, and others.

Immersed 2015 will be attended by content creators, software developers, media, and investors in:  

“The world’s best are coming to Immersed in Toronto,” says Jon Peddie, President of Jon Peddie Research and a speaker at this year’s Immersed conference. “This is a must attend event for anyone working with technologies like virtual reality, augmented reality, and stereoscopic 3D at a professional level.  This is also a rare opportunity for investors and media to get unfiltered access to the leading minds and technologies moving the industry today and tomorrow.”

GraphicSpeak readers can get a $100 discount on Immersed full registration using the discount code “JPRimmersed2015” at the following link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/immersed-2015-tickets-18181362946?discount=JPRimmersed2015

The Immersed agenda is designed to appeal to practicing professional, industry entrepreneurs, investors, and media invoived in augmented reality, virtual reality, gesture technology, stereoscopic 3D, and related disciplines and technologies for video games, VR cinema, metaverse development, simulation, education, and more.