DeveloperWeek 2017

Virtual Reality is a new technology used for building realistic experiences for games, environments, content display as well as marketing.  In this session we will talk about Web Virtual Reality and the present state of it. We will talk about different use cases and the state WebVR is at present. The session will start with present state of affairs of WebVR, it's support in different browsers and then will roll into different use cases of WebVR and its applicability. We will then introduce aframe,a declarative entity-component-system framework. In this talk we would understand the building blocks of creating a virtual reality applications in web. We will see the possibilities and how we can create a multi user immersive virtual reality application where poople from different geography can take part in real time! What happens wehn we mash up different web API's and create your own butler in virtual reality to which you can just say "Sherlock, play this song for me" and it plays the song! We will delve into how interactions look like in WebVR, how you can start bulding immersive interactions. And of course at the end we will show how dreamers and conte t producers can hop into virtual reality world by just talking about their dream world and our tool will create a virtual reality scene for them.
All this happening in your browser, can be seen in Google Cradboard, HTC Vive, Oculus rift or VR headsets. And of course all this, shareable!

Are you a newbie breaking into the wide world of Virtual Reality? No fear, I was too. In this beginner friendly discussion, you'll learn how to go from a web developer with little or no knowledge of game development, math, or physics to creating full VR experiences for the Vive, Oculus, and Gear. We'll cover how I made the leap, what resources exist to rapidly learn and start building, and chat about all of the mistakes I made. If you're a web developer looking to get into VR using Unity, this session has your name written all over it.

Have you always wondered what it takes to transition into media technology? Are you fascinated by cinematic VR and storytelling? Today’s feature films and cinematic VR represent a fusion of creativity and technology. It’s the thrill of combining artistic expression with the cutting-edge tech that drives innovation forward. The number of technologists and artists involved on a feature film runs into the hundreds, each playing their own little part in turning the filmmaker’s vision into reality.

In this session we will explore some of the core technology that goes into feature film post production and its application into cinematic VR. How do the frontend and backend stacks look like in a VR studio? What are the tools and technologies that are a “must know” in a production environment? Join us for this behind the scenes look at the exciting world of media technology.

Bots are gaining momentum, and with so many bot platforms, frameworks, and services out there it’s hard to know where to start. If you're interested in building your own bot chances are you already have most of the skills required to do so. In this talk I’ll walk through a series of bots built on different bot platforms, like Slack and Twilio. We’ll talk about simple request/response based bots as well as conversational bots that use natural language processing and other techniques to engage your users. Throughout the talk I’ll discuss the different architecture and design challenges we faced and the strategies and architectures we employed to solve them.