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Come and experience our Art Festival in VR & AR, or XR for short.

Summary: This will be a fun and informative event for you to watch newbies and experienced artists create hand-drawn art in AR/VR. Experience XR artworks, learn to create, draw and sculpt and we'll even show you how to put it on your mobile to keep. Embrace Creativity!

"Virtual Reality is like dreaming with your eyes open" Brennan Spiegel

Who is this event for:

• Anyone interested in XR (AR & VR), Digital Art and the Metaverse
• Creatives & Designers
• Traditional artists or experienced VR/AR artists
• Unity designers & developers

No prior experience is required and no coding is needed.

Create, Gather, Learn, and enjoy creative artworks and enlightening talks by experts and artists. Mingle and get to know others in the XR Art community, see and experience VR art hand-drawn by immersive artists.

Virtual and Augmented exhibition of Artworks:

Imagine being able to walk through and be immersed fully inside of artworks. Explore artworks using your own mobile phone, immerse yourself in VR, or watch on the big screen.

Workshops & Talks:

There will be a schedule of talks, demonstrations, including TiltBrush, OpenBrush, multi-user Art creation with very easy integration to Unity and much more! No prior experience is required and no coding is needed.

Agenda

During the day there will be free light refreshments and nibbles, as well as time in between and during the talks to create and experience the artworks.

1315-1325 Welcome Address: Dr. John Holder

1325-1350 Keynote

Authouring For The Metaverse: Kevin Joyce

Inspiring talk about the potential of the metaverse and new creative tools such as STYLY, NewView & Unity.

1400-1430 Beginner’s Workshop

Tilt Brush 101: Pallavi Dave

Gain the basic skills of drawing in VR (applicable to Tilt/Open/Multi Brush applications).

1440-1520 Styly XR Workshop

XR For Everyone: Create, Publish, Share ... Inspire! Barney Kass and Sean Rodrigo

Learn how to use STYLY, its SDK & Unity to create, publish, and share your artwork on mobile, desktop, and XR.

1530-1600 Participatory Talk

Enter Your Neuroverse: Ali Northcott

Explore creativity and neurodiversity, it's your Neuroverse.

1610-1640 Talk / Demo

Art Galleries for NFTs: Pierre-Francois Gerard & Mimi Lamine

Understand how important spatial design and UX are for creating virtual environments and hear how galleries collaborate with artists to curate and monitise their artwork.

1650-1730 Demo/Workshop

Collaborative VR Drawing: Pallavi Dave, Chimeren Peerbhai & John Holder

See how to collaborate with other artists by painting together in real time in Multi Brush.

1740-1755 Talk / Demo

Virtual Clay Sculpting With Haptics: Dr. Ivan Isakov

Demo of Argil, a new VR sculpting app that uses finger tracking and haptics to re-create the clay sculpting experience.

1800 Alcoholic Beverages, Nibbles & Refreshments

1810-1825 Recap Talk

Recap of Styly XR Workshop: Sean Rodrigo

See how STYLY can make it easy to create, publish, and share your artwork on mobile, desktop, and XR.

1830-1930 Intermediate Workshop, Talk & Live Performance

Level Up Your Artwork: Rosie Summers

Master practical approaches to advanced concepts by learning the top tips you need to take your Open Brush artwork to the next level.

1930-2000 Talk / Demo

Enter The Metaverse: Lili Eva Bartha

Hear how a fashion, games and entertainment studio is using XR to engage audiences to consume products in a more sustainable and interactive way.

2000-2100 Advanced Workshop, Talk & Live Performance

Imaginary Natural Worlds: Lorna Inman

Learn advanced Tilt Brush techniques to create imaginary worlds in this demo with participatory workshop.

2100-2130 Talk

Closing note: Dr. John Holder and panel.

2130-2200 After Party

Fun continues at the bar with the official afterparty!

A fantastic voyage of discovery and creativity

Get answers to your burning questions about Art in XR. This is an educational and social event designed to connect artists, those just curious, as well as seasoned developers. Be part of the creative metaverse!

Mingle and get to know others in the XR Art community, see and experience VR art hand-drawn by immersive artists, and explore Augmented Artworks using your own mobile phone and VR headsets, or watch on the big screen.

What do you want to create?

This is your chance to learn how to easily make artwork in VR and AR, don't miss the opportunity, the metaverse is calling you.

Tickets are limited so grab them while you can.

Bring a friend, share the fun, at a very cool venue!

Unleash your imagination!

Hosted by Realities Centre

Realities Centre has run more than 50 events over the last few years tailored to creating and improving artists using XR, and we want to make new VR and AR artists and help you discover the XR artist community.

We want to make new VR and AR artists and help you discover the XR artist community, this is so more than just an event with talks, it's a Festival of Virtual Art.

Proudly Sponsored by STYLY

Realities Centre is proudly partnered with Huckletree West