​Join us for a workshop to learn more about how Blackmagic’s new URSA Cine Immersive camera and Apple Immersive Video are changing the landscape of cinematic immersive experiences. These groundbreaking technologies are poised to revolutionize the market, influencing various aspects productions, including costs, creative potential, and overall quality of experience. This workshop aims to introduce these innovative technologies, facilitate discussions on best practices, and foster a collaborative conversation about how to navigate this pivotal moment for the medium.

​Featuring:

​Michael Smollin, Color Pipeline & Workflow Manager from Blackmagic Design is a seasoned colorist with over two decades of experience in the film and television industry. Since 2000, he has brought his expertise to a wide range of projects, including recent feature credits such as Safety and Rise for Disney+.

​For the past six years, Michael has served as the Color Pipeline and Workflow Manager on the Workflow Team at Blackmagic Design. In this role, he collaborates with creatives, productions, post-production facilities, and studios to implement and optimize the full DaVinci Resolve ecosystem—from editorial through finishing and delivery.

​Matt Celia, co-founder of Light Sail VR will discuss best practices on capturing and the post-production workflows needed to deliver stellar immersive content.

​Michael Butterfield, CTO of SpatialGen will explain how to overcome the challenges of streaming and live streaming immersive video. SpatialGen takes on the heavy lifting of processing and distribution for the new URSA Cine Immersive camera, making real-time immersive delivery easy and scalable.

​Lori H. Schwartz from StoryTech will help guide the way through this new workflow to ensure you can deliver the best immersive content you can.

​About Our Sponsors & Partners:

​Light Sail VR is a boutique creative studio pushing the boundaries of immersive storytelling, specializing in creating immersive content with compelling characters and stunning visuals for agencies, brands and consumers. #storyfirst

​Verizon Communications Inc. is one of the world’s leading providers of technology and communications services. Over the last decade, the company has invested in pushing connectivity forward through its commitment to innovation. Verizon Innovation Labs are cutting-edge centers designed to transform the boldest ideas of enterprise businesses into real-world solutions. Nestled near the beating pulse of the entertainment industry, our Innovation Lab in Los Angeles’ Playa Vista serves as a dynamic hub for creative and technological innovation. Offering state-of-the-art infrastructure and tools like private wireless networks and a MEC sandbox, the lab offers a collaborative space for enterprises to explore, test, and develop groundbreaking solutions. From media and entertainment to emerging technologies, here visionary ideas are transformed into impactful real-world use-cases.

​VR / AR Association is an international organization designed to foster collaboration between XR, mixed reality, spatial computing, and artificial intelligence (AI) solution providers and end-users that accelerates growth, fosters research and education, helps develop industry best practices, connects member organizations and promotes the services of member companies.

​SpatialGen helps customers create and share spatial experiences effortlessly, making it simple for creators to host, stream, and monetize their spatial content and deliver engaging and interactive media to their audiences.

​OpenDrives' high-performance network-attached storage and data management and services solutions have been trusted by major networks, studios, broadcasters, and creatives since 2011. As former creatives ourselves, we are best equipped to help solve the industry's most complex, evolving data challenges with interoperable, flexible, simple, and cost-predictable, economically scalable enterprise-class solutions.

​Agenda

​3pm - Networking and Hellos

​3:30 - Lori Schwartz Welcome

​3:35 - VR / AR Association Intro

​3:40 - Tour of Verizon Innovation Lab and Introduction to Private 5G

​4pm - Michael Smollin presents URSA Cine Immersive & DaVinci Resolve

​4:30 - OpenDrives presents Solutions for Immersive Workflows

​4:45 - SpatialGen Solves Immersive’s Last Mile Problem

​5pm - Matthew Celia presents Immersive Storytelling Techniques

​5:30-6pm - Networking and Goodbyes

​Details:

​MAP: http://tinyurl.com/VerizonLALab

​DIRECTIONS:  Please turn into the first gate off of Alla Rd, making the first left. (Ignore Google Maps ).

​​​​The Verizon Innovation Lab entrance is located parallel to West Jefferson Boulevard on the second floor of Building 500. Please enter through the double doors facing West Jefferson Boulevard. ADA ramp and elevator accessibility provides access to the Innovation lab on the second floor.

​​​​​​PARKING. For your convenience, there is parking available at the venue and parking will be validated. Hold on to your ticket, you will need it to exit and the venue CANNOT replace a missing ticket.  ​​Street parking is also available around Home Depot and near Runway Playa Vista Shopping Center off Jefferson. Parking is also available on Coral Tree Road across the street from the office.

​ARRIVAL TIME. Due to the high level of interest and limited space, we kindly ask that you arrive on time. If your plans have changed and you are no longer able to attend, kindly let us know as soon as possible to accommodate new folks that join the waitlist and cancel your registration.

​FOOD AND DRINKS will be provided throughout the event.

​CONFIRMED ENTRY. Registrants will be subject to review before confirmation of entry.

​QUESTIONS? Email Matt Celia at matt@lightsailvr.com.