Viveka Weiley

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Viveka Weiley

CSIRO Future Digital Worlds Lead

Viveka Weiley is an inventor and creativity researcher who has been messing around with virtual worlds since about ‘97, from the first 1cm resolution Web virtual earth to an iAward-winning Augmented Reality Free Range Egg Detector that charted on the iPhone App Store, shifted the market and helped change government policy. He is a SIGGRAPH Pioneer and was a member of the storied Global Multimedia Protocol Group, co-chairs the Demos program for Creativity and Cognition 2023 and 2024 and is a member of the industry advisory panel for the UTS School of Software..

Viveka publishes and speaks internationally on the design of supportive environments for visionary and collaborative creativity in real and virtual place. He has been Head of New Things at CHOICE, Creative Director of R&D at the ABC and a researcher at the UTS Creativity and Cognition Studios. Today he designs meta-science systems at CSIRO, Australia’s national science and technology research agency.

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Innovators in Augmented & Virtual Reality Meet-Up

WED, OCT 18, 12:30 PM
Conference
Meet a community of innovators creating exciting, new applications for mixed reality. Hosted by senior scientists from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency and innovation catalyst, this Meet Up kicks off with a short ‘lightning talk’ session, in which up to ~10 presenters have 1 minute each to pitch their innovation. These presenters are chosen to represent the broad diversity of XR developers and creators working at Australian companies and institutions — including Contxtual, EmersivAR, Garvan Institute of Medical Research, MOD studios, Start Beyond, the University of Sydney, and UNSW. The showcased applications will span computer science, engineering, molecular biology, medicine, art, architecture, and design, as well as innovative and inspiring uses of XR for story-telling. Following the lightning talks, the main part of the Meet Up is dedicated to a relaxed networking/mixer-style event, where participants can connect with XR innovators and get direct, hands-on experience with these XR applications. In addition to the applications presented in the lightning talks, we will provide opportunities for other innovators to set up and demonstrate their XR solutions (space permitting). The Meet Up is an opportunity to seek out inspiration, connect informally, and find collaboration opportunities.
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