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Virtual Reality Demo Night at Unity HQ

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Join us at Unity HQ for San Francisco's largest Virtual Reality demo event.

We will be awarding two FREE Unity Pro Licenses to best demo and winning raffle ticket. 

$5 valet parking will be provided by Zirx with code "VRL7" when your 5 minutes away from Unity call your Zirx and enjoy $5 valet parking. Please download the app before you arrive: zirx.com

Drinks and snacks will be provided.

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  • Komei H.
    Komei H.

    The venue was great. But only < 10 pizzas for 500 people ... That would have been okay if the Taco truck weren't gone by the time pizzas came and disappeared quickly ;(

    31m ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      I agree Komei, at the next one we are planning to bring in food and drink sponsors to resolve this issue. We are not a fan of pizza and soda ourselves. Thank you for the constructive feedback! :)

      27m ago

  • Komei H.
    Komei H.

    https://pictures.lytro.com/komei...­

    I uploaded the pictures from Lytro Illum, the camera that allows you to change focus after taking the picture:

    - Click on the Play button at the bottom to start a slide show with focus-shifting animation.
    - After the slide show, click anywhere in the image to change focus.
    - Drag mouse inside the image to shift perspective.
    - Use scroll wheel to zoom.

    If you view this with the free Lytro iOS app (search for user "komei"), you can do more cool things like pinch-and-twist to change aperture (DOF).

    Komei (Lytro user; imaging technology enthusiast)

    39m ago

  • William P.
    William P.

    This VR meetup had a great mix of enthusiastic people and the Unity Offices were a great place to host this event! The organizers did a great job and I hope the next event can be even bigger!

    1 · 2h ago

  • Faunaface
    Faunaface

    Really bad venue for such a big crowd. This event was overrated and over marketed for what it is worth.

    3 days ago

  • Jordan B.
    Jordan B.

    Congrats and thanks to everyone who contributed to such an fun event. I really got the sense that I was sampling the Future in its developmental stages. I could have stayed in Sixense's demo for an hour honing my Jedi skills.

    There is very little in this jaded consumerist world that can illicit a genuine response of amazement and childlike excitement. When is the last time anyone had that reaction to a new phone, or television, or computer, or app, or game? That spontaneous wow factor is what makes me confident that this will become a revolution. Very soon.

    4 · Yesterday

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Taylor and I were just talking about how amazing it is to give someone their first VR experience. It is probably one of our favorite things ever :)

      5 · Yesterday

  • Julia F.
    Julia F.

    Hey all - new post up on my blog about the evening. You can check it out here:

    www.technicallysweet.com

    Thank you again to everyone that made it possible. Can't wait for more of these!

    6 · 2 days ago

    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      Hey Julia, this looks great! Thank you for the coverage.

      2 · 2 days ago

  • Eriks
    Eriks

    Thanks VR lab for supporting our VR hackathon that's coming up from the 17th - 19th of Oct!
    If anyone wants to hack on awesome VR projects, check it out at VRhackathon.com

    Otherwise, Thanks Taylor, and everyone who put together this event :) I had a great time showing off paper ace VR!

    4 · 2 days ago

  • Tipatat C.
    Tipatat C.

    Thanks every one who tried The Matrix VR. For those who didn't get to try it, you can download it for Win/Mac at https://share.oculusvr.com/app/t...­

    And for those who tried it, you could help me out a lot by rating and leaving comments at https://share.oculusvr.com/app/t...­

    4 · 3 days ago

    • Julia F.
      Julia F.

      Sorry I missed that one!! Was really hoping to try it out with the head-mounted display.

      1 · 2 days ago

  • Steve H.
    Steve H.

    Big Thanks to Taylor, Nick, and all their awesome assistants for putting on a most excellent Demo Night. And a really big thanks to Unity for allowing all of us to pack their office with all the best VR demos!!
    But most of all... Congratulations to all the Jedis-In-Training who came by to try out Sixense's lightsaber demo. Yoda himself informed me that you all graduated!
    Except for those couple of Sith who tried to sneak by. You know who you are...

    5 · 3 days ago

  • Josh G.
    Josh G.

    Maaaan. I'm a concept artist, and I had all these ideas for various projects I'm working on during the walk to the meetup. Then I used Tiltbrush, and it blew my brain out of my head, boxed it up and shipped it away. I left my mind in the rift. I feel like Jake Sully in Avatar, just pining for Pandora like a middle school girl with a crush. Great space, cool folks, insane demos, everything was swanky. Can't wait for the next one.

    5 · 3 days ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Tiltbrush is doing some amazing things for artists, so glad you had a chance to come check out their demo Josh. Thank you for the kind review! See you again soon!

      3 days ago

    • Josh G.
      Josh G.

      Indeed you will ;]

      1 · 3 days ago

  • Devin W.
    Devin W.

    What an awesome meet up! Was really great meeting everyone! If you didn't get to try out the world's most comfortable mobile vr headset you can read about it at www.mergevr.com hope to see everyone again soon bunch of talented individuals everywhere

    2 · 3 days ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Soft as a marshmallow

      1 · 3 days ago

  • Alejandro M.
    Alejandro M.

    It was fantastic! Lots of fun and great people to meet. Hope to come to another event party like this again.

    1 · 3 days ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Glad you had a great time Alejandro, hope to see you at the next one!

      3 days ago

  • Jeremy S.
    Jeremy S.

    It was a blast

    1 · 3 days ago

  • Doug G.
    Doug G.

    It was really great seeing everyone last night. What an amazing event and doe fantastic demos!

    For those who'd like to try faceshift more extensively, feel free to grab a 30 day demo at www.faceshift.com/get-faceshift - you just need a depth sensor

    3 · 3 days ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Great having you Doug, your demo always manages to blow my mind. Hope you can join us again at the next one!

      3 days ago

  • Chris
    Chris

    Since Taylor, Nick & our Unity hosts did such a splendid job organizing / hosting coolest assembly of VR demos ever last night really looking forward to the next -- and Sixense lightsaber game system was outrageous fun. Way to go guys!

    3 · 3 days ago

    • Nick O.
      Nick O.

      Thank you for the kind words Chris! So glad you enjoyed yourself. Catch you at the next one!

      3 days ago

  • Alexandre S.
    Alexandre S.

    Very good meetup, thank for the organization! I really enjoyed the Leapmotion and the Synthesis Universe demo :-)

    2 · 3 days ago

  • will g.
    will g.

    awesome mix of demos and folks

    1 · 3 days ago

  • Julia F.
    Julia F.

    Great event! Thanks to all for sharing some incredible work.

    4 · 4 days ago

  • Mica W.
    Mica W.

    Fun night with people having fun playing games!

    1 · 4 days ago

  • Peter Y.
    Peter Y.

    Is secure bicycle parking available?

    1 · 4 days ago

    • Peter Y.
      Peter Y.

      I made it there but apparently not bike friendly... I'm freeing up my RSVP....

      4 days ago

  • Sohail K.
    Sohail K.

    Looking forward to the demo tonight.

    4 days ago

  • Sandeep M
    Sandeep M

    Hi all, sorry can't make it tonight. Look fwd for future meetups.

    4 days ago

  • Craig
    Craig

    I'll be bring over some DODOcase Smartphone VR kits for demo and sale again. I look forward to seeing everyone again

    4 days ago

    • Craig
      Craig

      "Bringing" :-)

      4 days ago

  • Tony P.
    Tony P.

    Hi all - can't make it tonight. Just freed up 2 spots. Enjoy

    4 days ago

  • Austin
    Austin

    Do we need to let you guys know if we are +1ing someone or is just bringing someone with us ok?

    1 · 4 days ago

  • Devin W.
    Devin W.

    Hey i'll be flying from Texas and be hitting the ground running, excited to be apart of this! I'm with www.MergeVR.com and we're creating the worlds softest most comfortable mobile VR headset with the worlds first mobile gestural controller. I'll be demoing the headset around so feel free to storm up to me and ask for a demo!

    6 · 4 days ago

    • Will M.
      Will M.

      Love the design, very Roku-esque!

      4 days ago

    • xin c.
      xin c.

      looking forward to it... are you out of ATX?

      4 days ago

  • Vidya V
    Vidya V

    I work in UX. Have worked extensively in UX for VR systems and gesturing devices. I am looking for an opportunity to work in UX + VR. Please write to me if you are hiring

    4 days ago

    • Merge V.
      Merge V.

      Hi Vidya, UX is king. Would love to meet you. Please connect with Devin Weidinger (below in the comments) at the event so you can see what we are working on.

      4 days ago

  • Chris H.
    Chris H.

    Coming down from Sacramento. Looking forward to this a ton!

    3 · 5 days ago

  • Guy
    Guy

    I am with MindVR.com we hope to be giving demos to show our VR movies and Animations. We would love to give a short talk on how to make VR movies

    1 · October 2

  • William
    William

    Are you open to Leap Motion demos as well?

    2 · October 1

    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      Hi William, yes I will connect with you in a direct message.

      October 1

  • Paola C.
    Paola C.

    oh, well, not a chance to make it, since there are 60 people in the waiting list before me ... ;-)

    September 29

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    • Jason O.
      Jason O.

      There's always hope! A lot of people don't show up last minute

      1 · September 29

    • Mary
      Mary

      Same here. Lol. We need to be quicker. >_<

      September 30

  • Angelo H.
    Angelo H.

    Hi,
    Is there an chance for me to demo a project we just built this past weekend at Hero Hack?

    September 28

    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      Hi Angelo, please send more information to [masked]. Thank you for your interest in demoing.

      September 28

    • Angelo H.
      Angelo H.

      Hi Taylor, just sent you information about our game. Let us know if we can demo.

      September 30

  • Bobby V.
    Bobby V.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=...­
    My thoughts on rift

    September 28

  • Julia
    Julia

    Is the demo with Oculus Rift?

    September 25

  • Charles
    Charles

    Do you think there is any chance they will demo the Crescent Bay?

    September 23

    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      It is quite unlikely... although it would be wonderful.

      September 25

  • Sandra
    Sandra

    Are there going to be talks as well or just demos? Would be really happy to hear some Unity VR insights. Every talk from Unity I heard so far was about the Game Engine, not so much about VR...

    September 11

    • View all 4 replies
    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      Hey Sandra, I do not think we will be holding a talk on that subject specifically, but there will be many experts there to answer your questions.

      September 12

    • Sandra
      Sandra

      Alright, thanks for your answer!

      September 12

  • Patrick H.
    Patrick H.

    I'd love to demo what we've been working on. Is there anything I need to prepare beforehand?

    2 · September 11

    • Taylor F.
      Taylor F.

      Hey Patrick, excited to see what you are working on. Please send a description and screenshots to [masked].

      September 11

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