Immersive Technology Summit October 21, 2010

Hosted at Los Angeles Center Studios and organized by ImTech, a new Los Angeles-based non-profit think tank, Immersive Tech will feature a full complement of industry speakers, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and product demonstrations, theater presentations in a 50-foot hemispherical dome, networking events and insider access to new technologies.

“Immersive technology” refers to software and devices that blur the barrier between the physical and digital worlds, thereby creating “immersive” experiences. Immersive Technology Summit 2010 has enlisted remarkable individuals who are leading the vision and providing resources to expand human experience, with the aid of technologies that range from augmented reality to virtual worlds, gesture tech and other immersive environments.

Highlighted speakers at the event include Dr. JoAnn Kuchera-Morin, founder of UC Santa Barbara's Allosphere; John Smart, Chairman of the Acceleration Studies Foundation; and Greg Hyver, Vice President of Business Development, for BCINet, Inc.

Adobe and Virtual World Web are event benefactors. Among the sponsors and exhibitors: Big Look 360, Blict, Doppel Games, Fixed 8 Lighting, Global Vision Communication, Immersive Media, Metaio, Monster Energy, Ogmento, Social Animal, SynLabs, TOOB, Total Immersion, UPrinting.com, Virtusphere, Vortex Immersion Media and xRez Studio.

Official Website: http://www.immersivetech.org/