Today, organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are proud to highlight another pair of great talks that will be taking place at VRDC Fall 2017 from September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

Don’t miss your opportunity to save money by registering for the conference early — you can still register for passes at a discounted rate!

VRDC Fall 2017 is the place to be if you want to stay on top of everything that’s happening in the VR/AR industries, in part because of great sessions like EEDAR VP Patrick Walker’s Games & Entertainment track talk on “Data and Insights in the VR Market 2017.”

Walker leads a team of data-driven game industry experts, and in his talk he’ll be giving VRDC Fall 2017 attendees a deep dive into data and insights gleaned from the first two years of consumer VR.

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Heads up, VR fans: Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are excited to highlight two more great sessions for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

Don’t miss your opportunity to save money by registering for the conference early — you can still register for passes at a discounted rate!

And while you’re at the conference, don’t miss audio and game dev wizard Richard Ludlow’s talk on “Crafting Immersive Audio Experiences in VR”! It’s part of VRDC Fall 2017’s Games & Entertainment track of talks, and it’s worth seeing because Ludlow  aims to educate and empower VR developers by exploring advanced immersion techniques with regards to audio.

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In her final GDC Bosslady blog, our long-time general manager Meggan Scavio makes an announcement around, well, why this is her final GDC Bosslady blog.

My first Game Developers Conference was in 2000. We were in the San Jose Convention Center and I was in operations/logistics. The operations team assigns most first-timers to the role of Conference Associate liaison. So my introduction to GDC was via a group that was more family than volunteer. And I was hooked.

Over the years, I’ve held different roles within GDC but none as fulfilling as general manager. Having the opportunity to lead an incredible team and guide an event that’s wholly community-focused has been fun and challenging and rewarding and complicated. Which is why it’s so hard to say goodbye.

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Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are excited to highlight two intriguing sessions for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

First up is a talk on the VRDC Fall 2017 Innovation track  which discusses how modern neuroscience can provide key insights for VR, and covers three areas that present challenges and opportunities for VR developers.

In his talk “A Game Designers Overview of the Neuroscience of VR,” President of The Inspiracy (and most recently Chief Game Designer at Google) Noah Falstein will look at the basic neuroscience of Immersion, Motion, and Emotion and provide context from a designer’s view of the science necessary for effective use of VR.

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VR enthusiasts, take note: Virtual Reality Developers Conference organizers want to let you know that the deadline to register early for VRDC Fall 2017 at the lowest possible price ends tomorrow, May 24th at 11:59 PM Pacific!

If you’re thinking about attending, you should register now at a discounted rate to save up to $600!

This will be the second standalone VRDC, following the strikingly successful debut of VRDC as a sibling conference to GDC 2016 and its evolution into a standalone show.

After selling out of tickets for the first three events, VRDC Fall 2017 will offer more sessions, moving to a bigger location at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA September 21-22.

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Good news, VR enthusiasts: Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are proud to announce another pair of great sessions for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

Both of these sessions are part of the Innovation track of talks at VRDC Fall 2017, which is all about providing attendees opportunities to meet and learn from experts who are blazing a trail at the frontier of VR and AR development.

Notably, a number of folks who worked on the remarkable Google Earth VR will be speaking at VRDC Fall 2017 about how they designed a comfortable, intuitive interface people can use to navigate the entire world in VR.

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Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are excited to highlight two intriguing sessions for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

First up is a talk on the VRDC Fall 2017 Games & Entertainment track of talks about the amazing VR experience Tilt Brush, which lets players create three-dimensional works of art.

In their talk on “Three Years of Tilt Brush,” co-creators Patrick Hackett and Drew Skillman (formerly of Double Fine, now at Google) will look back on 3 years of development and discuss the origins and early production of Tilt Brush.

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Heads up, VR enthusiasts: Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are proud to announce a pair of interesting VR-focused sessions for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening later this year!

Since tickets sold out for the first three VRDC events, VRDC Fall 2017 will offer more sessions, moving to a bigger location at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA September 21-22.

VR Playhouse cofounder and CEO Christina Heller will be there to deliver a fascinating talk on VR’s role in the healthcare industry, and how creative VR content can help minimize pain, calm nerves and even bring joy to people in need.

She’ll share practical examples and helpful insights in her VRDC Fall 2017 session on “Digital Medicine: Creating Great VR Healthcare Content,” so don’t miss it! It’s a key part of the event’s Innovation track of talks, which are all about how pioneers are breaking new ground in VR, AR, and mixed-reality experience design.

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Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference are excited to debut the first pair of announced talks for VRDC Fall 2017, which is happening later this year!

After selling out of tickets for the first three VRDC events, VRDC Fall 2017 will offer more sessions, moving to a bigger location at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA September 21-22.

We’re excited to welcome Mike Booth, who currently works on social VR at Facebook and has a long career in games (founding Turtle Rock Studios and working at companies like Valve, Electronic Arts and Blizzard), to deliver a cutting-edge talk on what it takes to build an immersive social experience in VR.

Booth’s talk, “Creating Social Experiences in VR”, will be part of VRDC Fall 2017’s Innovation track of talks, which are all about how pioneers are breaking new ground in VR, AR, and mixed-reality experience design. Booth now leads a team of people who are exploring and building the future of social interation in VR, and his talk will be packed with their lessons learned.

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Organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), the premier event for creators of immersive VR (and AR) experiences, are proud to announced that registration for VRDC Fall 2017 is now open!

Plus, conference organizers are very excited to welcome Industrial Light & Magic’s Daniel Aasheim and HTC executive Jenna Seiden to the VRDC Fall 2017 Advisory Board, which includes experts from industry leaders like Valve, Oculus VR, Sony, Magic Leap, and Microsoft.

This will be the second standalone VRDC, following the strikingly successful debut of VRDC as a sibling conference to GDC 2016 and its evolution into a standalone show.

After selling out of tickets for the first three events, VRDC Fall 2017 will offer more sessions, moving to a bigger location at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco, CA September 21-22.

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