Keynote: Frank Buytendijk, Gartner
Gartner Futures Lab: Immersive Experiences in the Digital Society
Every 5 years Gartner publishes a set of global scenarios. What will the world at large look like in 2040? It feels we are at a crossroads of what we want our society to look like, empowering individuals or focusing on shared experiences. But — more importantly — how can we achieve both?
Frank Buytendijk is a distinguished Vice President and Research Fellow at research firm Gartner. He is also chief of Research for Gartner Futures Lab and proud holder of six Gartner Thought Leadership Award. As a Futurist and Digital Ethicist, he challenges conventional wisdom with a philosophical touch, a bit of humor, and a ton of insight.
Featured speaker: Jocelyn Park-Ross, University of Cape Town
We don’t need very much: Stories of innovation for impact in simulation education from the African Simulation Network
How can you develop impactful educational XR applications within a low-resource context? Jocelyn will share from her experience how they created this in Africa to provide innovative training methods that contributes to high quality healthcare in the African Healthcare systems.
Demo market
During the day, you can immerse yourself in different XR applications from the SURF community. Visit the demo market where you can try different XR use cases developed by fellow research and educational colleagues.
Other interesting sessions
When is VR a good learning environment? (panel discussion, in Dutch)
When does VR truly enhance learning? Experienced educational innovators explore what works, what doesn't, and how VR can be used effectively as an educational tool.
Play and Build Your Way to Safer XR with Polder Perspectives and XRSI (workshop)
Join a hands-on game workshop and tackle real XR ethics and safety challenges in teams within fictional XR companies that work alongside the XRSI Europe crew to tackle real-world assignments. Learn though experience in a fun collaborative way.
Co-Creating an XR App Store for Education in the Netherlands (presentation)
Discover Simulearn—an open, independent XR platform for education that makes experimentation and content access easy for Dutch educators.
High-Fidelity Collaboration in the Metaverse with XR-IT (presentation)
Explore XR-IT, a platform enabling immersive co-creation in the Metaverse. Watch a live-action mocap film made simultaneously between studios in three EU countries using XR-IT.
Device Management and Content Sharing with the XRScaleKit (presentation)
Discover new tools for managing XR devices and sharing content—community-driven and built for large-scale use.
Gaussian Splatting in XR: Photoreal 6DoF (birds of a feather)
Since its initial release in 2023, gaussian splatting has fundamentally altered the way we can create photoreal 3D scenes for XR experiences. Discuss its applications in an educational context with in depth exploration of the technology and a live demonstration.
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