VR SCI FEST 2018

This is the 2nd edition of the international festival dedicated to immersive technologies in science and art organized by KTH, KI and SU researchers and hosted by KTH Royal Institute of Technology. Last year’s event was a great success with 35 organizations and startups, 12 universities and 60 specially invited guests from all over the world working together to make it a truly immersive experience for our 3000 visitors.

The theme of the festival this year is Virtual City, the place and space of our daily life, where knowledge and ambitions collide, where physical meets the virtual, where tech and science immerse to bring us ideas and solutions to some of the most pressing challenges of humanity in areas of architecture, transport, industry 4.0, ICT, health, media, AI, and arts. The city is our commonplace in which we live and make things happen. The virtual city is our new world in which we also thrive coexisting in realities we have imagined. A world as it could be. We think immersive technologies present an advanced visualization for understandings of the incredible things we know and discover what is waiting to be known.

VR_Sci Fest is the only European non-profit festival of its kind that is free and open to the public. Our supporters contribute to the festival in order to create an educational and cultural value that manifests openness and wide accessibility of new technologies. The festival program is rich and diverse: from popular 360 films to research labs and an industrial expo.

'VR Sci Fest demonstrates the wide potential of VR / AR technology, bringing together students, business, startups and artists. An initiative that breaks barriers and encourages unexpected collaborations, which create new solutions and boost Stockholm as a tech city.'

Maria Rankka / CEO Stockholm Chamber of Commerce

VR Sci Day @ SUP46 / May 17 / 10:00 - 17:00

During May 17 th will be organized VR Sci Day at SUP46, where will be pre-showcase some interactive VR experiences from VR Expo and 360-films about technology and science. In the evening of May 18 th SUP46 will host and co-organize VR Talk event, where global leaders of VR/AR industry will share their ideas and visions on the present and future of immersive technology. Between our guests will be masterminds from University of Southern California, MIT Media Lab, Magic Leap, The Guardian, Virtualitics, UN VR and Accenture.

VR Sci Expo / May 18 / 10:00 - 16:00

VR Sci Expo is the meeting ground for students, researchers and industry experts. Here, industry partners, universities and startups have a chance to showcase their latest projects, exchange ideas and meet potential new clients and investors.

VR Sci Hack / May 18 / 10:00 - 16:00

During VR_Sci Fest we will organize VR_Sci Hackathon. Virtual City Hacking will be the main playground for students, startups, and tech enthusiasts to apply VR, AR and MR into future city landscape. Each hacking Lab will have experts from the industry and academia.

VR Sci Labs / May 18 / 10:00 - 16:00

During this 5 hour workshop, we will bring together scientists, industry experts, students and the public to explore, discuss and design. Participating are experts from Ericsson, White Architects, Scania, ABB, MTG Tech and many more.

VR Sci Films / May 18 - 19/ 10:00 - 18:00

A unique cinema experience with 15 synchronized VR headsets showing the best VR/360 degree films about Science and Technology. The content is supplied by Discovery VR, The New York Times, The Guardian, NASA, National Geographic, GE, IBM, Phillips, Visual Science and other pioneering of 360/VR tech film producers.

VR Talks / May 18 / 18:00 - 21:00

VR_Talks  will bring together some of the leading masterminds of immersive technologies to share their ideas and projects in which science and creativity are intertwined, leading us into new experiences, new thoughts, and new openings.

Confirmed speakers:

Gabo Arora (United Nation VR)

Michael Amori (Virtualitics)

Yedan Qian (MIT Media Lab/ BMW)

Shehani Fernado (The Guardian)

Worldbuilding Day / May 19 / 10:00 - 18:00

Worldbuilding is an experimental, collaborative and interdisciplinary practice that integrates imagination and emergent technologies, creating new narratives in physical and virtual realities. During one day our participants will be able to work with the experts from World Building Institute to create a concept of Scandinavian Multimedia City Corner as a particular space of conjunction, intersection and change of direction in order to develop alternate future narratives with the new media.

VR Sci Kids edition / May 20 / 10:00 - 16:00

A special edition of VR Sci Fest at Tekniska Museet. Kids and their parents will be able to watch the best 360/VR films from VR Sci Fest 2018 official selection and explore the spherical world of science and creativity.

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Contact:

Carl Berg, Press Relations Manager and Head of Expo

info@vrscifest.com / 0702778330

www.vrscifest.com