Oculus Connect 2

Oculus Connect 2
Information
Type	Conference
Presenter	Oculus VR
Speaker	Brendan Iribe, Michael Abrash, John Carmack
Cost	$495 (early), $695 (general)
Location	Loews Hollywood Hotel, Hollywood, CA, U.S.
Dates	9/23/2015 - 9/25/2015
Website	https://www.oculus.com/connect/

Oculus Connect 2 is the 2nd annual Virtual Reality conference presented by Oculus VR. The Oculus Rift-centric event takes place in Loews Hollywood Hotel in Hollywood, California on September 23 to 25, 2015.

Oculus Connect is an event for developers, designers and other individuals working in or interested in Oculus Rift to learn more about the device, platform and future of VR. Developers can showcase their VR games and experiences in a designated area called the Developer Lounge.

Connect 2 features more than 30 talks including keynotes from Brendan Iribe, Michael Abrash, John Carmack and 10 talks from experts in in game development and film. Workshops are led by Unity and Epic Games.

Talks

• Oculus Connect 2 Keynotes - Brendan Iribe, Michael Abrash, John Carmack.

• Building 'Toybox' for Oculus Touch - Matt Alderman, Controller Software Tech Lead and Brandon Dillon, Social Content Lead, Oculus

• Maximizing Performance for Mobile - Chris Pruett, Developer Relations Engineer, Oculus

• Making Great VR: Lessons Learned from 'I Expect You To Die' - Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games

• The Early Days of VR Game Design: Lessons Learned - Jason Rubin, Head of Studios, Oculus

• Virtual Reality is a Medium: Creating Art with Oculus Touch - Lydia Choy, Technical Art Director and Brian Sharp, Engineering Manager, Oculus

• Designing Standing VR Experiences with Tracked Controllers - Alex Schwartz, CEO, Owlchemy Labs and Devin Reimer, CTO, Owlchemy Labs

• Shipping Your Content on the Oculus Store - Anna Sweet, Head of Developer Strategy, Jason Holtman, Head of Publishing, Oculus

• 3D Audio: Designing Sounds for VR - Tom Smurdon, Audio Content Lead, Oculus

• Shipping Hardware: The Evolution of the Rift - Caitlin Kalinowski, Head of Product Design, and Stephanie Lue, Head of Hardware Program Management, Oculus

• Live Coding Demonstration - John Carmack, CTO, Oculus - Demonstration of Vrscript

Wednesday 9/23

Events	Time	Type	Speaker	Duration
3D Audio: Designing Sounds for VR	2:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Tom Smurdon	60 minutes
Designing Amazing Games for Gear VR in Unity	5:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Holden Link	25 minutes
From Paper Cutouts to Virtual Cards: Making the Tabletop Interface for Lost Cities	2:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Lesley Klassen	25 minutes
Game Design Un-Rules: Examining Design Failures in 'Time Machine' VR	1:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Patrick Harris	25 minutes
Hearing With Our Eyes: Interactive Music for VR	1:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Justin Moravetz Jake Kaufman	25 minutes
Making Great VR: Lessons Learned from 'I Expect You To Die'	1:00PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Jesse Schell	25 minutes
Maximizing Performance for Mobile	4:00PM PST	Talk VR Engineering	Chris Pruett	60 minutes
Navigating New Worlds: Designing UI & UX in VR	4:00PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Kristoffer Brady Richard Emms	60 minutes
New Techniques for Streaming VR Video	1:00PM PST	Talk VR Engineering	David Pio	60 minutes
Perception in Low Light VR Environments	3:00PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	John Thorp	25 minutes
Post-Mortem: Building the First Crescent Bay Experiences	5:30PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Kenneth Scott Per Vognsen	60 minutes
Shipping Hardware: The Evolution of the Rift	5:30PM PST	Talk Hardware	Caitlin Kalinowski Stephanie Lue	60 minutes
Stories and Learnings from the Forefront of Virtual Shared Presence	4:00PM PST	Talk Game & App Design	Forest Gibson	60 minutes

Workshops

• Hands on Workshop with Unreal Engine - Ray Davis, Nick Donaldson, Nick Whiting

• Hands on Workshop with Unity - Carl Calleweart, Mark Schoennagel, Peter Kuhn