Québec 2016 — IVRPA 360° Virtual Reality Panoramic Photography & Video Conference

IVRPA, the International VR Photography Association invite you to the 11th Annual 360° VR Photography Conference. On May 23-27 2016 , Québec City, Canada will become the world capital of Virtual Reality 360° Panoramic Photography and 360° Video!

In December 1985, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) added the historic district of Old Québec City to its prestigious World Heritage List. Québec City became the only city north of Mexico to receive this honor, one it shares with such age-old cities as Tunis, Cairo, Damascus, Jerusalem, Rome, Florence, Cracow, and Warsaw.

Québec 2016 News

Winners of the IVRPA Québec 2016 Street View Challenge - The Grand Prize Alex McClain Category Nature Gold Award — David Vasicek Silver Award — Boston Burger Bronze Award — Denis Gadbois Category Saint-Lawrence River Gold Award — Boštjan Burger Silver Award — Wael Chanab Bronze Award — Roxanne Shewchuk Category Old Québec Gold Award — Alex McClain Silver Award — Boštjan Burger Bronze Award… Read More …

Orchestrating stories for VR – Québec 2016 - An interesting VR project takes those changes into consideration, making use of the format, while leaving the traditional “in front of the camera” aspect out of the equation. The story and the action need to evolve around the viewer, not just in one direction. Read More …

Shooting wildlife in 360 video – Québec 2016 - SPEAKER: Sergey Semenov Our new shooting 2015 - Land of bears. Shooting wildlife in 360video format from drone and onland. Kamchatka, Kuril islands. Airpano viewer. Software that helps. Main features: - Player/Viewer of most popular types of 360 media content - Multiwindow interface - Sortable and draggable files list - Drag and drop between windows… Read More …

Embracing Motion in VR – Québec 2016 - SPEAKER: Joergen Geerds Camera movement in VR is still often frowned upon. But instead of shying away from the challenges of moving 360º camera systems, Koncept VR, Freedom360 and partners are always pushing the boundaries. Of course it is not motion just for motions sake. There should be motivation and purpose in changing camera position,… Read More …

Future Vision of VR – Québec 2016 - We will be discussing current and future trends in VR as well as the future of where VR technology is heading. The panel represents various leading minds in VR and there vision on where VR is heading. Moderator Panelist

Deep dive in Autopano Video Pro & NLE plugins - Martin Arnoux, engineer at GoPro in the Kolor software division, offers a workshop about video-stitching in Kolor Autopano Video Pro, plus the use of the new NLE plugins for Adobe Premiere and After Effects.

Taking back control in VR storytelling with Liquid Cinema – Québec City 2016 - SPEAKER: Irene Vendertop Storytelling is vital in film making, but VR video completely undermines the traditional concept of the ‘director’s eye.’ How do you direct the audience’s attention in VR? Can the classic ‘cut’ be used at all? Where do graphics and subtitles go when the viewer could be facing anywhere? Liquid Cinema offers answers… Read More …

GoPro’s latest and upcoming developments in VR – Québec 2016 - SPEAKER: Alexandre Jenny Come & Touch the Future of VR: these words invite you to join GoPro at the IVRPA conference and discover the end-to-end solutions of the company in terms of virtual reality. Alexandre Jenny, founder of Kolor and Senior Director Immersive Media Solutions at GoPro, will present you the latest developments in hardware… Read More …

Chornobyl360: Creating a VR Documentary – Québec 2016 - Making of Chornobyl360: Immersive 360 VR documentary about Chornobyl and Exclusion Zone Read More …

Bridging the VR Advertising Gap – Quebec City 2016 - SPEAKERS: Andrew Balfour, Global Creative Innovation Lead and Gavin Farrell, Sr. Design Manager As the consumption of VR media continues to grow, advertisers are rushing to understand the landscape and produce high-quality VR content. Yahoo is bridging the gap for advertisers to build more immersive, meaningful experiences with new 360 image and video technologies. In… Read More …

KRPano Workshops: Starting, Extending & Mastering - Speaker: Andrey Sudarchikov KRPano is one of the most important and flexible pano player engines in our industry. Its droplets are good for quick production, but customising its output involves a very steep learning curve. Fortunately, Andrey Sudarchikov from AirPano is a seasoned KRPano pro, and he’s going to lead three IVRPA conference workshops on… Read More …

New Roundshot VR Drive Metric – Québec City 2016 - SPEAKER: Urs Krebs, Roundshot Roundshot will present a new Roundshot VR Drive Metric - with 3D measurement and 3D tools - first time to the public at the IVRPA Conference in Québec City!