Update: The stream is broken. Use this Periscope stream if you want to watch now.
The game industry is already moving into a battle to decide how we’ll build virtual and augmented reality products, and one of the leaders in the game-making tool space is holding an event today to show off what it has in the works.
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The event is streaming now, and you can watch it right here:
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The opening keynote, which starts at 10 a.m. Pacific (1 p.m. Eastern), will feature some of the most important people in the VR industry. Here’s the list directly from Unity:
- Alex McDowell, creative director, 5D Global Studio
- Clay Bavor, vice president of virtual reality, Google
- Gabe Newell, founder of Valve
- Dr. Jeff Norris, mission operations innovation lead, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Joachim Ante, CTO of Unity Technologies
- John Riccitiello, CEO, Unity Technologies
- Palmer Luckey, founder, Oculus
- Dr. Richard Marks, director of the PlayStation magic lab, Sony Computer Entertainment
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