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SUMMARY:Inaugural VRARA KC Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting\, educating\, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.\n\nWe'll kick off at 5:00 p.m. with a networking event (pizza and drink provide)\, then start the talk around 5:30 p.m.\n\nAt 5:00 p.m.\, there will be XR Demonstrations by Burns & McDonnell and zSpace . Hands on demos of the Varjo Headset and Quest 2 Headset showing the Engage App with VictoryXR content and the Wooorlds App.\n\n\n\nAgenda\n\n5:00 p.m. Network / Demo XR equipment\n\n5:30 p.m. Overview of VRARA\, KC Chapter goals and overview of the VRARA industry-committees\n\n5:40 p.m. Overview of KC XR / Metaverse activity in the past and what could be possible in 2023\n\n\n	 KC Digital Drive\n	 Other KC XR Groups to highlight\n\n\n5:50 p.m. KC XR Companies & Universities Overview   5-10 Minute Each\n\n\n	 UMKC   Michael Eichenseer\n	 XRenegades   Tess McKinney\n	 zSpace\n	 Burns & McDonnell   Charlie Cox demonstrating an interactive learning experience that is aimed at Electrical Engineering students trying to learn about Power Systems and the components involved\n\n\nNext Steps\, email list\, future topics\, speakers. Plan a KC VRARA meeting every 2 months   either in Zoom or in person at different KC Metro Locations.\n\nThis meetup is part of an ongoing series of meetings through the VRARA Kansas City Chapter with the support of KC Digital Drive.\n\nDress is casual.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p open=""><span style="font-family:arial\;">The&nbsp\;<a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.thevrara.com/" href="https://www.thevrara.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VR/AR Association (VRARA)</a>&nbsp\;is an international XR organization. The Kansas City chapter of the VRARA is dedicated to growing the VR/AR industry in the region through connecting\, educating\, and advocating VR/AR as an innovative platform that will transform industries and contribute to our community and economy.</span></p>\n\n<p open=""><span style="font-family:arial\;">We&rsquo\;ll kick off at 5:00&nbsp\;p.m. with a networking event (pizza and drink provide)\, then start the talk around 5:30 p.m.</span></p>\n\n<p open=""><span style="font-family:arial\;">At 5:00 p.m.\, there will be XR Demonstrations by&nbsp\;<a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.burnsmcd.com/" href="https://www.burnsmcd.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Burns &amp\; McDonnell</a>&nbsp\;and&nbsp\;<a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://zspace.com/" href="https://zspace.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">zSpace</a>&nbsp\;. Hands on demos of the Varjo Headset and Quest 2 Headset showing the Engage App with&nbsp\;<a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.victoryxr.com/" href="https://www.victoryxr.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">VictoryXR</a>&nbsp\;content and the&nbsp\;<a data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.wooorld.io/" href="https://www.wooorld.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Wooorlds App</a>.<br />\n<br />\n<strong>Agenda</strong></span></p>\n\n<div><span style="font-family:arial\;">5:00&nbsp\;p.m. Network / Demo XR equipment<br />\n5:30&nbsp\;p.m. Overview of VRARA\, KC Chapter goals and overview of the&nbsp\;<a data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.thevrara.com/industry-committees" href="https://www.thevrara.com/industry-committees" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">VRARA industry-committees</a><br />\n5:40&nbsp\;p.m. Overview of KC XR / Metaverse activity in the past and what could be possible in 2023</span></div>\n\n<ul data-border="0" data-indent="0" data-stringify-type="unordered-list">\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;KC Digital Drive</span></li>\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;Other KC XR Groups to highlight</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\;">5:50&nbsp\;p.m. KC XR Companies &amp\; Universities Overview &ndash\; 5-10 Minute Each</span></p>\n\n<ul data-border="0" data-indent="0" data-stringify-type="unordered-list">\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;UMKC &ndash\; Michael Eichenseer</span></li>\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;<a data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://xrenegades.com/" href="https://xrenegades.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">XRenegades</a>&nbsp\;&ndash\; Tess McKinney</span></li>\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;<a data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://zspace.com/" href="https://zspace.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">zSpace</a></span></li>\n	<li data-stringify-border="0" data-stringify-indent="0"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;<a data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.burnsmcd.com/" href="https://www.burnsmcd.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">Burns &amp\; McDonnell</a>&nbsp\;&ndash\; Charlie Cox demonstrating an interactive learning experience that is aimed at Electrical Engineering students trying to learn about Power Systems and the components involved</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\;">Next Steps\, email list\, future topics\, speakers. Plan a KC VRARA meeting every 2 months &ndash\; either in Zoom or in person at different KC Metro Locations.</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\;">This meetup is part of an ongoing series of meetings through the&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.thevrara.com/kansas-city">VRARA Kansas City Chapter</a>&nbsp\;with the support of&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.kcdigitaldrive.org/">KC Digital Drive</a>.</span></p>\n\n<p><span style="font-family:arial\;">Dress is casual.</span></p>\n
LOCATION:Plaster Free Enterprise and Research Center 801 E 51st St Kansas City\, MO 64110
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URL:http://business.kctechcouncil.com/events/details/inaugural-vrara-kc-chapter-meeting-1007
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