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BurnerSphere uses Gaussian Splats, VR Video, and Photogrammetry to virtually recreate the Burning Man experience.
Learn how in this free, live webinar.
Saturday, March 28th at 11 AM ET, 8 AM PT, 3 PM UTC
BurnerSphere combines Gaussian Splats, VR video, and photogrammetry, all captured on-site to recreate Burning Man as a navigable immersive environment—offering a rare real-world case study in how these technologies can work together in production. Their use of Gaussian Splats is particularly instructive, showing how this emerging technology can be deployed outside controlled environments and integrated with more traditional capture techniques.
IVRPA's next webinar features the creators of BurnerSphere. They will guide you through the immersive experience, which you can view in your headset or on your screen. For VR professionals, however, the real value is the behind-the-scenes look at how the project was captured and produced, including how they integrated Gaussian Splats with VR video and photogrammetry. The team will share practical lessons from their production pipeline and what they learned applying these technologies in a complex real-world environment.
You can use what you learn in your own projects.
What You Will Learn in this Webinar:
- How BurnerSphere built immersive VR environments
- Using Gaussian splats in real-world VR
- VR video + photogrammetry workflow
- Tools & techniques used by professionals
- Live Q&A included
The webinar will be recorded and available on demand to IVRPA members.
This Webinar Is Perfect For:
- VR creators & developers
- 360 photographers
- Tech enthusiasts
- Beginners interested in VR
Our Presenters:
- Athena Demos, Co-founder/producer and CEO
- Doug Jacobson, Co-founder/producer and CTO & Chief Creative Officer
Burning Man is a week-long desert gathering that transforms an empty landscape into a temporary city filled with large-scale art, performances, and experimental architecture—an unusually complex environment to capture and recreate in VR.
Check out this BurnerSphere Walkthrough.
Visit BurnerSphere.com to sign up for a free guest account, which will be very useful during the webinar.
This live webinar is free for the VR/XR community, but registration is required, and seating is limited.
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This is the third in a series of IVRPA webinars for 2026, featuring content for VR/XR creatives you won't easily find elsewhere. Many more are available in our webinar archive.