VR/AR South Florida Chapter

1 week until #AugmentedEnterprise Summit! 👀 We’re ready to dive into the latest in #VR and #AR and connect with innovators shaping the future of enterprise solutions. Looking forward to great conversations and new opportunities! 🤝 VIROO Unai Extremo Aida Otaola Barbeito John A. Cunningham #VIROO #VirtualReality #ImmersiveTech #EmergingTech #Simulation

Welcome to the VR/AR Bytes Podcast! Today I sit down with three of the authors of the recent VR/AR Association (VRARA) Enterprise Committee Whitepaper titled "The Power of Immersion Issue 2 - Transforming Manufacturing with XR". This is a GREAT REPORT that contains all sorts of data that people are asking for about how XR is being used and the results. And the committee includes ALL of their resources as well! Thank you Randy Nunez, Emma Valdés, and Gene Feldman M.A.Ed. for waking up early on a Friday to record this. And thank you to Damon Shackelford, Mark Gröb, Ron Thompson Lucky Lance Gobindram for your efforts on this great product! ALSO join us all at the Augmented Enterprise Summit in Dallas Oct 14-17! CLICK ON IMAGE BELOW to watch the PODCAST and download the whitepaper yourself for FREE from the VRARA at: https://lnkd.in/e6pSsH_S Nathan Pettyjohn Kris Kolo Skip Kimpel Unai Extremo Jessica Beavers Daniel O'Brien #vrara Ariane Fikki Greg Ladd Greg Melling Hugh Hayden Dan McDowell Trent Sewell Aaron Friedman

I’m Announcing the VRARA Executive Forum program! An exclusive program for business and innovation team executives who want to learn how to leverage XR and AI in their businesses and collaborate/learn from the experts in the industry and their peers from "non-competitive" organizations. This exclusive program is for "end user" business and innovation leaders, It is not a technology program but rather a 12 month "Executive MasterClass in XR/AI" program with cohorts of up to 10 individuals with curated programming. The best thing about the program is that it is FREE for our Corporate Innovation Team and Corporate level members. What a benefit! There is nothing like this out there today and thank you to the VR/AR Association (VRARA) for launching this much needed program to help executives figure out how to scale XR and AI! If you are interested please look through the attached presentation and DM or email me at [email protected] for more information. The 1st Cohort starts August 1st then a new cohort starts each month, The VR/AR Association (VRARA), where XR meets Reality! #spatialcomputing #vrara #vr Nathan Pettyjohn Amy Peck Daniel O'Brien Munjeet Singh Dan Nieves Skip Kimpel Pearly Yihsuan Chen Elizabeth Hyman Ariane Fikki Kris Kolo Meg Amsden Martha Lewis Kyle Daughtry Michael Hotaling Greg Ladd Adam T. Kornuth Dan McConnell Chris Hample Mike Vann Carol Ann Dykes Logue Paul A. Sohl Cindy Mallory Vahé Karamian Arvin Tehrani Carlos J. Ochoa Matthew Ball Charlie Fink Robert Masson MD, FACS FAANS Haifa Raja Maamar, PhD

Really looking forward to speaking at #AWE2024! Join me in Long Beach on June 18-20, for the 15th Annual AWE USA! Get your tickets now (www.awexr.com) Join me on the 18th for: 💥10-11am: Technology Tour of the vendor floor that specifically impacts #hospitality 💥3:45-4:30pm: Hospitality Executive Roundtable, "Enhancing Guest and Operational Experience with XR: Opportunities and Challenges" #hospitalitytechnology #hospitalitytech #restauranttechnology #restauranttech #AugmentedReality #VirtualReality #vr #ar #xr #vrar #vrara AWE, Anne-Marie Enns, Cameron Kootz, John A. Cunningham, Nathan Pettyjohn, Ariane Fikki, Michael Beck, Alan Smithson, Michael C. Cohen, Angela Diffly, Abigail Lorden Leonhard, Restaurant Technology Network, Hospitality Technology, VR/AR South Florida Chapter, VR/AR Association (VRARA), Arvin Tehrani, VRARA Orange County, Anna Belova, Douglas Fajardo, Dax Leepart, XREAL, Dan McDowell, HTC VIVE, Meta for Business, Magic Leap, Cervantes Lee, Dr., UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality, California Restaurant Association, California Hotel & Lodging Association

I’m #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested?

Have we reached the "Tipping Point" for XR. Watch this video: https://lnkd.in/e4VT-tcV John interviews Lorne Fade who is the co-Founder and COO of VR Vision, a Toronto based company specializing in development of enterprise XR and Digital Twin solutions. In addition to his role at VR Vision Lorne is also involved with various other ventures including founding a digital marketing studio called Fade Digital and being CTO of a VR Healthcare company called Reality Well that focuses on improving quality of life for seniors. Some of the questions that Lorne Fade answers are: 1) What things are you excited about in terms of recent technologies, developments, etc. that are driving adoption of XR generally 2) What are some of the biggest challenges that enterprise users still need to overcome 3) What is your favorite case study/example of XR 4) Do you think we have reached the tipping point for adoption of XR in the enterprise segment 5) Tell us about the whitepaper that you published with other industry experts? What was the motivator? What kind of reception have you To read VR Visions Whitepaper go to https://lnkd.in/grmGB8z8 VR/AR Association (VRARA) Skip Kimpel #virtualtraining #vr #spatialcomputing Nathan Pettyjohn John A. Cunningham Ariane Fikki

Unai Extremo, Daniel O'Brien and I have been in South Florida the last couple of days and met with Rob Petrosino, John Wensveen, Ph.D. and the team at the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation at Nova Southeastern University and Kim Grinfeder and Thomas Merrick from the University of Miami to explore collaboration and to expand the presence of the VR/AR Association (VRARA) to support the South Florida region. Thanks to all for the time, we have lots of follow up actions! Skip Kimpel Ariane Fikki

Tim Cook gives an update on the Apple Vision Pro https://lnkd.in/gEkXVjEu #applevisionpro #visionpro #spatialComputing

🎓 Recently, ENGAGE XR assisted the University of Miami in organizing an innovative conference in collaboration with the Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality Association (#VRARA), concentrating on the application of immersive technologies like Virtual and Augmented Reality within the Healthcare sector. This event brought together nearly 100 professionals, including practicing physicians, researchers, faculty, and tech industry leaders, to engage in person, exchange insights on their current use of #VR/ #AR and #AI, share their learnings, and discuss the anticipated impact of these technologies across the healthcare industry. 💡 If you want to find out more full case study below: https://lnkd.in/eqVQuRNX Maxwell McGee, M.Ed. Tomas K. David Whelan Chris Madsen Abid H. Devin Stair Jason Schmidt Bill Myers John A. Cunningham

What’s the best way to train the next generation? Gamify the educational experience for them!! 🎮 If you don’t know Carmine Provenzano -SafeKitchenVR, Founder get to know them.. They’re about to change the “game”!