This presentation from the Sydney Virtual Reality Meetup Group #8 covers the latest industry news, details on the groups growth and Kain Tietzel's presentation"2016, Year of the VR Tsunami"

1. SYDNEY VIRTUAL REALITY MEETUP #8
THE YEAR OF VR

2. VR Snapshot // Kain Tietzel
2016 Year of VR // Kain Tietzel
Open Mic // You Guys
—DEMOS & NETWORKING —
AGENDA

3. Fishburners (Venue & Beer)
Start VR
VR-Bits
SPONSORS

4. Goldman Sachs says VR will be
bigger than TV in 10 years
(hardware sales)
NEWS

5. Gear VR Available now in
Australia $158.99
Retail late jan
NEWS

6. Oculus Rift pre-orders
Shipping from March 28*
USD$599 / AUD$850
* Currently shipping July 2016
NEWS

7. Vive “Pre”
“Chaperone” mode
Refined Lighthouse & controllers
Pre-orders February 29
Rumoured shipping April 01
Dev Kit 2 shipping to 7000 devs
NEWS

8. Playstation VR
Announced Q2 launch
Speculation Q3 launch
20+ launch titles (100’s in dev)
NEWS

9. Envelop VR $5.5M Series A
COLOPL $50M investment fund
Presence Capital $10M AR/VR fund
INVESTMENTS

10. Samsung Gear VR: NOV/DEC
HTC Vive: DEC
Oculus Rift: JAN/FEB (CES)
LAUNCH RUMOURS

11. 421 Members
55 New Members
COMMUNITY GROWTH

12. To So
2016 YEAR OF THE
VR TSUNAMI

13. WHAT IS VIRTUAL REALITY?
Computer generated experience that tricks
the brain into believing that what they are
witnessing is real.
Virtual Reality removes the limitations of the
physical world and allows us to experience
anything.

14. Fault Line - 20-30 years ago
FAULT LINE

15. INNOVATORS EARLY VR HYPE MACHINE

16. Fault Line - 20-30 years ago
EARTHQUAKE

17. 2012: PALMER LUCKEY $2.4M KICKSTARTER

18. 2013: FACEBOOK $2BN

19. Fault Line - 20-30 years ago
MOMENTUM

20. ESTIMATED 250,000 DEVELOPMENT KITS

21. SONY PLAYSTATION VR SAMSUNG GEAR VR HTC VIVE

22. 4BN INVESTMENT NEW HARDWARE DEV COMMUNITY

23. Fault Line - 20-30 years ago
CALM BEFORE THE STORM

24. MEDIA CURIOSITY MEDIA ALARMISM PUBLIC INTEREST

25. Fault Line - 20-30 years ago
2016: VR TSUNAMI

26. SOURCE: DIGI-CAPITAL & TRENDFORCE RESEARCH
$30-70 BILLION
$6.7BN IN 2016, 70BN BY 2020

27. SOURCE: TOPOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUE
14M VR HEADSETS
SALES IN 2016, 38M BY 2020

28. 36M PS4 SOLD 2 YEARS

29. CONSUMER RELEASE DATES
Google Cardboard AVAILABLE NOW
Samsung Gear VR AVAILABLE NOW/NOV
Steam / HTC Vive APRIL 2016
Facebook / Oculus Rift MARCH 2016
Sony / Playstation VR Q2/Q3 2016
2016 YEAR OF VR

30. To So
2016 YEAR OF VR

31. A chance to promote your work,
event or ask the community for
advice, help or collaboration.
OPEN MIC

32. SYDNEY VIRTUAL REALITY MEETUP #9
21 MARCH 2016