SYDNEY VIRTUAL REALITY MEETUP #8
THE YEAR OF VR
VR Snapshot // Kain Tietzel 2016 Year of VR // Kain TietzelOpen Mic // You Guys —DEMOS & NETWORKING —
AGENDA
Fishburners (Venue & Beer)Start VRVR-Bits
SPONSORS
Goldman Sachs says VR will be bigger than TV in 10 years (hardware sales)
NEWS
Gear VR Available now in Australia $158.99
Retail late jan
NEWS
Oculus Rift pre-ordersShipping from March 28*USD$599 / AUD$850
* Currently shipping July 2016
NEWS
Vive “Pre”“Chaperone” modeRefined Lighthouse & controllersPre-orders February 29Rumoured shipping April 01Dev Kit 2 shipping to 7000 devs
NEWS
Playstation VRAnnounced Q2 launchSpeculation Q3 launch20+ launch titles (100’s in dev)
NEWS
Envelop VR $5.5M Series A
COLOPL $50M investment fundPresence Capital $10M AR/VR fund
INVESTMENTS
Samsung Gear VR: NOV/DECHTC Vive: DECOculus Rift: JAN/FEB (CES)
LAUNCH RUMOURS
421 Members55 New Members
COMMUNITY GROWTH
To So
2016 YEAR OF THE VR TSUNAMI
WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY?
Computer generated experience that tricks the brain into believing that what they are witnessing is real.
Virtual Reality removes the limitations of the physical world and allows us to experience anything.
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FAULT LINE
INNOVATORS EARLY VR HYPE MACHINE
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EARTHQUAKE
2012: PALMER LUCKEY $2.4M KICKSTARTER
2013: FACEBOOK $2BN
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MOMENTUM
ESTIMATED 250,000 DEVELOPMENT KITS
SONY PLAYSTATION VR SAMSUNG GEAR VR HTC VIVE
4BN INVESTMENT NEW HARDWARE DEV COMMUNITY
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CALM BEFORE THE STORM
MEDIA CURIOSITY MEDIA ALARMISM PUBLIC INTEREST
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2016: VR TSUNAMI
SOURCE: DIGI-CAPITAL & TRENDFORCE RESEARCH
$30-70 BILLION$6.7BN IN 2016, 70BN BY 2020
SOURCE: TOPOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUE
14M VR HEADSETSSALES IN 2016, 38M BY 2020
36M PS4 SOLD 2 YEARS
CONSUMER RELEASE DATES
Google Cardboard AVAILABLE NOW Samsung Gear VR AVAILABLE NOW/NOV
Steam / HTC Vive APRIL 2016 Facebook / Oculus Rift MARCH 2016 Sony / Playstation VR Q2/Q3 2016
2016 YEAR OF VR
To So
2016 YEAR OF VR
A chance to promote your work, event or ask the community for advice, help or collaboration.
OPEN MIC
SYDNEY VIRTUAL REALITY MEETUP #9
21 MARCH 2016