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
Previous	Oculus Connect 1
Next	Oculus Connect 3
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 and Activities

Keynotes

Keynotes	Date	Time	Speaker	Duration
Oculus Connect 2 Opening Keynote	2015-09-24	10:00AM PST	Brendan Iribe	60 minutes
Oculus Connect 2 Keynote	2015-09-24	11:00AM PST	Michael Abrash	60 minutes+
Conversation with John Carmack	2015-09-24	1:00PM PST	John Carmack	60 minutes+

Wednesday 9/23

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

Thursday 9/24

Talks	Time	Type	Speaker	Duration
Oculus Connect 2 Opening Keynote	10:00AM PST	Keynote Talk	Brendan Iribe	60 minutes
Oculus Connect 2 Keynote	11:00AM PST	Keynote Talk	Michael Abrash	60 minutes+
Conversation with John Carmack	1:00PM PST	Keynote Talk	John Carmack	60 minutes+
Building for the Rift with the Oculus PC SDK	2:30PM PST	VR Engineering Talk	Anuj Gosalia	60 minutes
The Early Days of VR Game Design: Lessons Learned	2:30PM PST	Game & App Design Talk	Jason Rubin	60 minutes
Building 'Toybox' for Oculus Touch	4:00PM PST	Game & App Design Talk	Matt Alderman Brandon Dillon	60 minutes
Introduction to VR Filmmaking from Oculus Story Studio	4:00PM PST	Cinematic VR Talk	Saschka Unseld Max Planck	60 minutes
Building Social VR Apps and Experiences	5:30PM PST	Game & App Design Talk	Gareth Davis	25 minutes
Being There: Designing Standing VR Experiences with Tracked Controllers	5:30PM PST	Game & App Design Talk	Alex Schwartz Devin Reimer	60 minutes
Lessons from Hollywood: Making Movies in VR	5:30PM PST	Cinematic VR Talk	Ikrima Elhassan Felix Lajeunesse Robert Stromberg Saschka Unseld Arthur van Hoff	60 minutes

Friday 9/25

Talks	Time	Type	Speaker	Duration
Live Coding Session with John Carmack	10:00AM PST	VR Engineering Talk	John Carmack	60 minutes
Virtual Reality is a Medium: Creating Art with Oculus Touch	11:30AM PST	Game & App Design Talk	Lydia Choy Brian Sharp	60 minutes
Hands on Workshop with Unreal Engine	9:00AM PST	VR Engineering Workshop	Ray Davis Nick Donaldson Nick Whiting	3 hours
Hands on Workshop with Unity	9:00AM PST	VR Engineering Workshop	Carl Calleweart Mark Schoennagel Peter Kuhn	3 hours