The Headonists: Immersive Tech Community Meetup

​A UK-based community of XR professionals gathering for informal talks, WIP showcases, drinks and chats.

​​The Headonists group connects professionals in the immersive space: creators, developers, producers, designers, students, academics, marketers, entrepreneurs etc.

​​Agenda

​​✧ 6:00 - Doors, demos + networking
✧ 6:45 - Welcome
✧ 6:55 - Talks
✧ 8:15 - Demos + networking
✧ 10:30 - Close

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XR Talks:

​Leslie Deere - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, specialising in Digital Performance and Production

​Mike Salmon - Founder/DJ/Promoter/VRChat World Builder

​Pierre-Francois Gerard and Pablo Melchor - PhD, founder of Metaxu Studio a digital architecture practice, director of In My Skin, a narrative VR expérience.

​Nahuel Basterretche & David Gillespie - from Foster+Partners will talk about how they using new and immersive technology in architecture

​Demos

​Meg Fozzard will present Cripping Up! - an interactive VR experience that invites the audience to a wheelchair user.

​Ventcislava Nekova will present Cycles - an immersive dance film

​Leslie Deere will present "Array Infinitive" - a work that was presented recently at the Vibrance festival of light at St Giles' Cripplegate

​Abbie Peach will showcase Jamsesh - a VR music game where you can meet with friends and form a band or jam solo. Jamsesh.co

​Valkyrie Industries will show their muscle haptic devices for fitness, physiotherapy and immersive experiences.

​Yun Ting Tsai and Yu Ting Peng Masters students from Goldsmiths will show their immersive AI-driven psychotherapeutic experience "Virtual Inner Garden"

​Shine Wang and Anzum Mozammel Masters students from University of Goldsmiths will show their work in progress "AR magic" - link

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This event instance is hosted by London-based Immersive Medtech & Wearables company Valkyrie Industries. If you would like to register your interest to speak at future events, please reach out to Ivan or Pierre-Francois

​​🍻 Food and drinks

​​You won't get hungry: at the bar you can buy tasty wings, vegan "wings" & chips. Additionally, you will find a great selection of drinks.

​​🤲 Code of conduct

​​We aim to create a safe space for all attendees. Please be respectful to one another, absolutely no harassment, sexism, racism, or hate speech will be tolerated. Thank you.

​​📍 Getting there

​​COLAB Tower Gold Bar
22 Southwark Bridge Road ENTRANCE OPPOSITE 54 PARK STREET, LONDON, SE1 9HS, London SE1 9HB