Why you should come to VR/AR Global Summit in Vancouver Nov 1-2nd, 2019
by Kris Kolo, VR/AR Association (VRARA)
VR/AR Global Summits are world-class events bringing together the best knowledge and networking in VR & AR for enterprise, hardware, software and content providers from across the globe. We are hosting the Summit in Vancouver for many good reasons!
Vancouver is the 2nd largest VR/AR ecosystem in the world, after Silicon Valley, with over 230 companies working in VR/AR, and our Summit is the premier event in the region.
As the #1 VFX & Animation cluster globally, the #3 largest Film & TV production centre in North America, and a top 10 video game development centre, Vancouver is proving how important it is to leverage the convergence of film, visual effects, animation, games, and VR AR technology.
Vancouver’s fast emerging VR AR sector benefits from a longstanding legacy in the film, video game & tech industries: a 40-plus-year legacy in film & television production. More than 30 years of cutting-edge VFX & animation.
As one of the most creative cities in the world, Vancouver is home to thousands of world-leading Film, TV, VFX, Animation, and Video Game companies, including Sony Pictures Imageworks, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), MPC, Double Negative, DHX Media, Animal Logic and Bardel Entertainment, Electronic Arts (EA), Microsoft, Capcom and Nintendo.
Mining, Oil, and Gas is a huge industry in British Columbia and Vancouver has many enterprise companies including Microsoft, Amazon, Finger Food (with clients like MEC)
Many of the top industry players participate in our Summits, including Adobe, Autodesk, Magic Leap, Microsoft, Lenovo, Facebook, HP, HTC, Google, Huawei, Intel, Toshiba, Unity, many others
In addition, top brands participate in our Summits like BASF, Exxon, Ford, Hasbro, IHG, Ikea, Johnson & Johnson, Nestle, P&G, Shell, Siemens, Sprint, Verizon, Whirpool, Unilever, Zimmer Biomet, and many others
You want to be part of this kind of networking - Join us at the Parq Vancouver, a new international entertainment & conference destination, located in downtown Vancouver! See our event website here www.vrarglobalsummit.com
