PROGRAMME
2ANNAS INDUSTRY DAY “REALITY CHECK”
“People Work”, 21 E. Birznieka-Upisa iela / FRIDAY 01.12 / 09:00-18:00
“Reality Check” conference brings together students and professionals from the screen industries and education, healthcare, and tourism sectors to explore ways of working together and reaching their audiences. Everyone has a story to tell, and Extended Reality technologies - Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) offer opportunities for engagement and reaching levels of presence that have never been possible before.
"REALITY CHECK" Programme:
| TIME | PROGRAMME | PARTICIPANTS |
| 08:30 | Arrival & Registration | |
| 09:00 | Conference opening. Challenges and new approaches to multi-media storytelling and traditional narratives | Elizabate Palasiosa, Marta Kontina, StoryHub Latvia (LV) |
| 09:20 | VR Experiences from a Cinematic Perspective | Maria Herholdt Engermann, Mannd (DK) |
| 10:00 | Coffee & Networking | |
| 10:20 | VR is More Than a Novelty | Rein Zobel, Maru VR Productions (EE) |
| 10:40 | Cross-innovating with VR & AR | Sergio Oliviera, KhoraVR (DK) |
| 11:00 | Audio-visual Industry Trends and Innovations in Lithuania: What's Missing to Go Global? | Darius Sakalauskas, Nebula Cluster (LT) |
| 11:15 | Demo project - Ignite talk I | TBA |
| 11:20 | Lunch, Demo EXPO*, Networking | |
| 12:20 | Location Based Documentary in AR | Gunnar Liestol, University of Oslo (NO) |
| 12:40 | Demo project - Ignite talk II | TBA |
| 12:45 | Demo project - Ignite talk III | TBA |
| 12:50 | VR: for Us by Us. Importance of the Community | Madis Vasser, EEVR (EE) |
| 13:10 | Demo EXPO*, Networking | |
| 14:00 | Digital Storytelling as a Tool for Societal Change | Sandra Coumans, !DROPS (BE) |
| PARALLEL SESSIONS | ||
| 14:30-16:00 | Workshop - "First Steps: Build your Own Digital Story". Supported by Creative Europe Desk Latvia, Media Office (signing-up required**) | Sandra Coumans, !DROPS (BE) |
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14:30-17:30
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Workshop - "Prototyping for Virtual Reality
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(signing-up required**)
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Laura Leon & Timo Kallaste, MobiLab (EE)
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14:30-16:30
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Workshop - "3D Graphics for Augmented Reality"-
(signing-up required**)
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Maxim Velichkin & Haralds Mikelsons, Accenture (LV)
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| 14:00-16:00 |
"OPEN SPACE" - networking event (signing-up not required) |
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THE EVENT IS HELD IN ENGLISH, FREE ENTRY**
* Demo EXPO - projects exploring immersion, interactivity and gamification and collaboration between the screen industries and education, healthcare and tourism sectors.
** More information and registration at ej.uz/reality-check
Event is organised in collaboration with TechHub Riga and is supported by the Interreg Baltic Sea Region project “CrossMotion”.
