Facebook’s annual Oculus VR focused press and developer conference is fast-approaching in its 5th installment as Oculus Connect 5. From September 26 – 27 thousands of panelists, executives, media, and developers will descend on the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.
Now today, over a dozen new sessions have been announced across a wide variety of topics including storytelling, social presence, and diversity. Previously, talks focused on porting content from Rift to Santa Cruz were confirmed, as well as over a dozen other sessions.
Check the blog post for full descriptions of each session:
Authentically Us: Providing a Platform for Unrepresented Voices in VR
Paula Cuneo, Oculus Partner and Strategic Marketing Director; Shannon Scott, US Air Force Veteran; Jesse Ayala, Fovrth Studios Filmmaker; + Jeremiah Allen, Pride Foundation Project DirectorBreaking the Story: Emergent Narrative from Shared Experiences
Colum Slevin, Oculus Head of ExperiencesCreative Ways to Get More Eyes on Your App
Caitlin Bigham, Oculus Ecosystems Manager; Peter Howell, Lucifer’s Mask Developer; Tess McCrea Martov Producer; Lucas Rizzotto, Where Thoughts Go CreatorDeveloping Different Genres in VR: Learnings from the Edge of Reality
Martin De Ronde, Force Field Creative DirectorThe Future of Home for Rift: Developer + Roadmap Updates
Brandon Dillon, Oculus Rift Product Manager; Lizzy Donahue, Oculus Software Engineer; + Nancy Xiao, Oculus Product ManagerMedium and Quill for Prototyping
Speakers TBAThe Next Generation of Storytelling with Immersive 6DOF Capture
Brian Cabral, Facebook Engineering DirectorOculus Avatars: Maximizing Social Presence, Part II
Mike Howard, Oculus Product ManagerOculus Go Content Panel: Success for Mass Market VR
Tina Tran, Oculus Developer Relations Specialist; Paul Raphaël, Felix & Paul Studios Co-Founder; Anthony Matchett, MelodyVR ounder; + Melissa Swanepoel, FarBridge ProducerReact 360 + Oculus Browser: Uniting the Web with VR
Andrew Mo, Oculus Mobile Product ManagerUnlock the Visual Potential of VR Using Unity’s Scriptable Render Pipeline
Brad Weiers, Unity AR/VR Technical Product ManagerUX Research in VR
Tara Franz, Oculus UX Researcher; Brian Espinosa, Oculus Hardware Researcher; James Lin, Oculus Research ScientistVR for Everyone: Lessons for Building Compelling Social VR Experiences
Mike Booth, Facebook Social VR Creative Director; Cecile Eskenazi, Facebook Product Manager; Mike LeBeau, Facebook Product Manager; Cody Sumter, Facebook Product Manager
According to our sources, we’re expecting to hear confirmation of a Q1 2019 targeted release date for the upcoming standalone VR headset from Oculus, code-named Santa Cruz. The Grand Finals of VR League Season 2 will also happen at OC5 that week as well.
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