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Conference Program May 28-31 2018

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR VIRTUAL REALITY PROFESSIONALS

IVRPA TOKYO

Welcome to IVRPA Tokyo 2018

IVRPA is twenty! That’s right, the IVRPA - International Virtual Reality Photography Association is twenty years old this year. The IVRPA is the oldest Virtual Reality group in the world. We’ve seen changes you wouldn’t believe.

In the two decades since the IVRPA first formed our media formats have progressed from QuickTime VR, cylinder-only photos and stitching using the command line, to various iterations of Flash, to today’s increasingly capable HTML5 playback. 360video has moved from early ‘Ladybug’ homebrew experiments to turnkey solutions for high-end professional production, affordable consumer 360 cameras are everywhere, and the phone in your pocket is a powerful VR player.

The world is still trying to figure out exactly how and where VR should be used, but only the most stubborn still deny its importance. We’ve been convinced since last century, and we’ve been helping to shape our industry’s future ever since.

700 Sharks (2 episodes) By Arte 360 VR/ARTE (France)

RHIZOMAT by INVR / ARTE (Germany)

UTURN By NativeVR (USA)

As it is By 360 Labs (USA)

Pandas By UTOVR & AirPano (China)

ANICCA by INSTITUTE OF TIME / Ergin Sanal (Turkey)

Hallelujah By Pacific VR and EccoVR (USA)

De Profundis By Pacific VR and EccoVR (USA)

Drop Me Down 360° By Arto Tommiska (Finland)

Hermosa Beach By Realism Travel Show (USA)

Back to the Past By Visual Solutions 360 (France)

Collateral - Pagliacci VR By SKADARE (France)

Alice By SKADARE (France)

The Italian Tomato Sauce Tradition By Jeremy Sciarappa (USA)

VR Space IVRPA Tokyo 2018Featured Experiences in the Virtual Reality Presentation Space:

The Ring VR Experience By Jeremy Sciarappa (USA)

Sakura 2018 by Taniguchi Tomonori (Japan)

The lost Boy By Suzanne Lagerweij and Jim Malcolm (USA)

Transcend by Polyhedron VR Studio/Blur Limit (China)

Dubai Time-Lapse by Little Planet (Belgium)

USSR Foxtrot Submarine by Little Planet (Belgium)

Puccho A-N 4D Goggles Robotic Headset by Pyramid Film Quadra

Jürgen Schrader SecretaryFull time photographer specialized in spherical imaging and located in Bavaria in the South of Germany, near Munich.

Denis Gadbois TreasurerFaculty member of the Department of Art at the University of Calgary and teach digital photography, 3D fabrication, and design history.

Sam Rohn Director360° VR Panoramic Photographer. Worked for clients including WETA, Disney, Nikon, Hugo Boss, Chevrolet, Central Park Conservancy, Lincoln Center, Nat Geo Traveler, Der Spiegel, and more.

Michael Kolchesky Vice-PresidentCEO of Visual Solutions 360°. Based in Paris, France and has collaborated on large-scale projects around the globe as a VR technical consultant, 360 VR camera operator, and VR post-production expert.

Roxanne Shewchuk DirectorSocial media strategist, content manager, new-media artist (360º/VR) and consultant in the fields of design, management and technology.

Keith Martin PresidentSenior Lecturer at the University of the Arts London. Extensive experience as a print and digital graphic designer, photographer, writer and programmer. He has worked in print media production and design, and has developed multimedia and online projects since the early 1990s.

Florian Frey DirectorDigital Artist and Lecturer in the field of Construction and Living. Carpenter by training. Industrial Design. Founder of studiobaff.com. Agency for Integrated Communications.

IVRPA Board of Directors:

Galit Ariel WanderlandsGalit Ariel is a transdisciplinary creative and strategic thinker, who is passionate about a future that will integrate technology into our everyday lives, but not control it.

Benjamin Baudel KolorSoftware developer and project leaders at Kolor, Benjamin focus on authoring projects, including Panotour and ForgeJS.

Chris Bobotis AdobeDirector of Immersive at Adobe, and the software architect for the SkyBox suite of 360˚ video & cinematic VR tools, which Adobe recently acquired from Chris’ previous company Mettle.

Javier Barañano www.vr3d360.org Javier is an optician with a long career dedicated to audio visual imaging. Since 2015 he has been dedicated exclusively to the study and research of omnidirectional stereocopy.

Rachel Bracker 360 LabsRachel is a video producer specializing in documentary storytelling Her videos have been featured by the New York Times Magazine, NationSwell, Upworthy, and Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Simon Brooksbank Blend MediaSimon has been producing, sourcing, acquiring, curating and distributing content of many genres for 25 years at both independent production companies and media agencies.

Geoffrey Bruce Arizona State UniversitySenior Exploration Software Architect for the School of Earth and Space Exploration and serves as leader of the Immersive Virtual Field Trips (iVFT) team at ASU’s Education Through Exploration group.

IVRPA Tokyo 2018 Speakers:

Alin Bugeag GoThruGoThru plug-in provides features such as Google Street View Moderator, tour previews, portfolio tools, hosted tours, 360 videos, and now the GoThru Overlay Editor.

Al Caudullo 360 VR VoiceDelivering award-winning compelling productions spanning the globe. Exotic destinations blended with unique cultural experiences give viewers an experience like no other.

Ben Claremont Life in 360The face of the most popular Life in 360 which has 60,000 followers worldwide, 2.3 million YouTube views, and most importantly, a reputation for consistently highly-engaging 360 content.

Devon Copley ImeveAn expert on live immersive technology, with more than 20 years of experience in online media and VR. Previously, he was Head of Product for the Nokia OZO VR platform.

Joel Douek Ecco VRAn award-winning composer and sound designer whose work has brought many top Virtual Reality experiences to life, as well as numerous BAFTA and Emmy-winning productions.

Sebastien Endler Amilux FilmSebastian Endler, focuses on new forms of immersive storytelling. Director of Photography on the 360° film CARROUSEL in 2014 and the stereoscopic VR film BALLAVITA in 2018.

Nancy Eperjesy MettleSkyBox software plugins for Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects. Mettle has since developed Mantra VR, and the soon-to-be launched FLUX, an enhanced toolset for 360/VR content creators.


Ivv Guo KandaoFocuses on VR technology research and development, providing patented end-to-end solutions for VR video capturing and live streaming, aiming to bring VR experience to a wide range of users.

Thomas Hayden 360 LabsWith more than a decade in VR, helped pioneer the immersive medium of 360° video. World class brands like Google, Daimler, the US Coast Guard, and Columbia Sportswear trust his 360 vision.

Christina Heller VR PlayhouseCEO of Metastage, an XR studio opening summer 2018. Co-founder and CEO of VR Playhouse from 2014-2017, they completed over 50 projects with work featured at SXSW, Sundance, and Cannes.

Martin Hopkins Garden Gnome SoftwareMartin leads the conversations on the forums, social sites and support mail. Not only that, he is also the in-house master of Pano2VR and Object2VR with an amazing amount of know-how for the software.

Nick Ivanov Advanced Visuals Technical director at Advanced Visuals a company based in Vancouver, Canada. His main interests are aerial video and photography, VR, software development and AI.

Alexandre Jenny KolorKolor Founder, Senior Director Immersive Media Solutions at GoPro. Developed the Autopano software.

Sönke Kirchhof INVRCEO and executive producer of INVR.SPACE GmbH. Works in the fields of VR, stereoscopic filmmaking, VFX and CGI Postproduction as well as Research and Development in arts and technology.


KC Lai iZugariZugar has created many super fisheye lenses for 360 video and seamless 4K video with just two gopro camera. Their 3D 360 system is the most affordable solution that welcomed by the community.

Gerda Leopold AMILUX FilmsProduced and directed CARROUSEL in 2014, a 360° feature film and BALLAVITA in 2017/18 a cinematic , stereoscopic VR-film. In 2014 she started her production company AMILUX FILM in Vienna, Austria.

Nathalie Mathe NativeVR Award winning VR creator, animation and documentary shorts director. She runs NativeVR, a virtual reality studio crafting unique experiences. She is a certified Kolor instructor.

Mohamed Marouene SoWhen? Having an audio-visual production background and drawing on his extensive experience in post-production agency, Mohamed specializes in filmmaking and cinematographic production.

Nikk Mitchell FXGSoftware project manager, developer, and film maker who has lived in China for over a decade. Over the last five years, he has focused his career on creating experiences in the VR industry.

Amit Morya Google Street ViewProgram Manager with Google Street View. He oversees Street View Trusted programs to enable and empower business community on 360˚ content and VR photography in APAC region.

Chris Murray AX-ONDirector in the Innovation Department at AX-ON and has been in the creative industry for over 10 years working in a variety of roles including editor, director and producer.


Shigeru Okada VR FactoryProfessional photographer. Began shooting panorama and authoring from 1996. Currently I am working on the car interior panorama as many projects of Japanese automobile manufacturers.

Juan Jose Perez Orbital Vision Professional photographer, director of photography and certified drone pilot. Over the years, he has worked in 360º photography, photogrammetry, and aerial mapping from drones.

Aleksandr Reznik Professional PanoramaWorks as IT solution architect. Alexander start photographing in 1990 and in 2009 he opened a photography school. His main specialization is difficult to make panoramas like handheld gigapixels.

Raphaël Roux KolorSoftware developer and project leaders at Kolor, Raphaël focus on authoring projects, including Panotour and ForgeJS.

Ergin Sanal www.erginsanal.com Digital Compositing Specialist and Certified Nuke Trainer, based in Istanbul, Turkey. He is head of VFX at TATU Creative Studios in the Istanbul Bahcesehir University E-Lab.

Takashi Sekitani STEREOeYeFreelance stereographer and 3D stereo VR photographer living in Tokyo Japan. creating for 3D theatres, museums, books and VR productions

Chiara Masiero SgrinzattoVisual designer, specializing in immersive contents and illustrations. She coordinates the BA program in “Media Design” at Istituto Europeo di Design of Venice.


Adler Shen PisofttechFounder and CEO, he has spent a decade working with panoramic and 3D algorithm solutions. Pisoftech has launched the World’s First Panoramic VR Camera with in Camera 8K Video Stitching.

Maheen Sohail FacebookProduct Designer at Facebook working on immersive media and Social VR. She is passionate about democratizing Virtual Reality and bringing these experiences to the masses.

Naoto Somese N.A.O.Kolor’s Autopano certified trainer and an instructor of 360 video on YouTube Space Tokyo. He organizes a study meeting named “VR MIRAIJUKU” and is publishing a Guidebook “360 VR Video Making Workflow”.

Michael Ty 360 RumorsWritten over 1,900 articles about 360 cameras and VR on 360rumors.com. He has served as a consultant for 360 camera manufacturers, software developers, and 360 camera accessory manufacturers.

Hajime Watanabe Pyramid Films QuadraProduction Manager of Commercial Movie / WEB Movie / VR Movie.

Ayden Ye Veer VRCo-founder & CEO of VeeR, the global VR content community. In June 2016, VeeR VR was born in Beijing, China. Ayden was featured by 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

Luca-Nicolò Vascon An immersive imaging pioneer, he designs and develops visual content, specialising in Virtual Reality technologies. He is active in R&D, giving workshops in various universities since 2003.


Jim Zellmer Virtual Properties An American businessman and an explorer. Jim enjoys the application of useful, emerging technologies to business, civic and exploration opportunities.

Cliff Warren FacebookDesign Manager overseeing VR Media, one of the founding members of the VR design team and is fascinated by the potential of this new technology to open the world for creators to tell new stories.

Alicja Wasilewska Blend MediaBusiness development manager at Blend Media the world’s leading provider for Brands and Publishers looking to benefit from the deeper audience engagement that immersive content offers.

Google Street View Challenge

The 3rd annual Google Street View Challenge is the friendly panorama photography competition between IVRPA members attending the annual conference.

Attendees of the IVRPA conference are invited to scout Tokyo to find the most scenic sites of this amazing city, select the best time of the day and create stunning panoramas. Panoramas are then submitted to Google Street View before the deadline.

An independent panel of judges will select the winning entries and those winners will take home prizes from IVRPA sponsors as well as promotion through IVRPA and Google!

Award Winners Gallery: https://wlk.im/Ypluq


Historically, photos and videos have been used for a variety of purposes in a wide range of experiences. As we move from a digital age of mobile and web to Virtual Reality, how does the purpose of immersive content shift? Maheen Sohail and Cliff Warren from Facebook share their learnings about the mobile to VR ecosystem for immersive media. How can content creators build strong experiences that scale across the whole ecosystem and what is it about these platforms that make the media unique?

How 360/VR Strengthens the Audience-Brand Relationship?Blend Media, the world’s leading provider in distributing, producing and curating 360˚ content, will be hosting a panel debate with insights on how 360°/VR can improve the audience-brand relationship. The panel discussion will focus on discussing how to maximise ROI from 360° campaigns, best practices for pitching 360° projects to the clients who have never experimented with immersive content, and the state of 360°/VR in the APAC region.

Facebook: Creating Content for a Virtual Reality First WorldMaheen Sohail & Cliff Warren

Blend Media 360: A Compelling Medium for Brands & Agencies – Alicja Wasilewska, Nathalie Mathé, Galit Ariel, Al Caudullo, & Chris Murray

IVRPA Tokyo 2018 Partners:

Monday 28th

Time Talks Workshops

9:00 AM Registration

10:00 AM Opening Ceremony

10:15 AM Facebook - Keynote talk, Maheen Sohail and Cliff Warren: Creating content for a VR-first world

10:45 AM Nathalie Mathe : What’s next for 360 video?

Insta360 workshop

11:30 AM Devon Copley : Imeve - Best practices for Live 360

Insta360 workshop

12:00 PM Sonke Kirchhof: Storytelling for Volumetric VR- special effects

Insta360 workshop

12:30 PM Lunch and Marketplace

1:30 PM TBA Al Caudullo: GoPro Fusion workshop

2:00 PM Aleksandr Reznik: Gigapixels - Why and How

Al Caudullo: GoPro Fusion workshop

2:30 PM

Blend Media, Simon Brooksbank: Maximising commercial potential of 360 content in the lead up to Tokyo 2020

3:00 PM Coffee break and Marketplace

3:30 PM Ben Claremont: Social Media Strategies for Success - lessons learned from Life in 360

Martin Hopkins Garden Gnome Software workshop

4:15 PM Kandao VR - Cutting-edge and Possibility of VR’s vision


5:00 PM Close

Evening (19:00-21:30)

Opening Dinner, Lapis Tokyo

IVRPA Tokyo 2018 Program:

Tuesday 29th



10:00 AM Sergey Semenov, AirPano experiences


10:30 AM Jim Zellmer: amuz - Explore the world using immersive imagery


10:45 AM Alin Bug, GoThru: recent developments


11:15 AM

Rachel Bracker and Thomas Hayden: 360 Documentary Filmmaking and Multimedia Journalism - Challenges and Lessons Learned


11:45 AM Adobe, Chris Bobotis - Beyod the screen - New VR plugins

Martin Hopkins Garden Gnome Software workshop (ends 12:00)


1:30 PM Adler Shen, Pisofttech: Launch of world’s first 8K VR camera with built-in stitching

2:00 PM Galit Ariel: Augmented Filmmaking - From embedded narratives to experiential environments

Nancy Eperjesy: Adobe Mettle 360 Video workshop

2:30 PM Juan Jose Perez: Aerial Photogrammetry

Nancy Eperjesy: Adobe Mettle 360 Video workshop


3:30 PM Joel Douek: Sonic VR - Regaining Ground for Sound in a Visually Driven Space

Javier Baranano: Rotational Stereopanoramics workshop

4:15 PM

Panel debate hosted by Facebook and Blend Media: How is 360 VR strengthening the audience-brand relationship?

Javier Baranano: Rotational Stereopanoramics workshop

5:00 PM Close

Evening Special Creator Meet-Up hosted by Facebook


Wednesday 30th



10:00 AM Luca-Nicolo Vascon & Chiara Masiero Sgrinzatto: Enhanced interaction panoramas, stories and experiences

Peter Costa workshop: Designing and Creating Spatial Audio for 360 Videos

10:45 AM Hajime Watanabe (PYRAMIDFILM QUADRA) - Puccho 4D Goggles Robotic Headset

Peter Costa workshop: Designing and Creating Spatial Audio for 360 Videos

11:30 AM Insta360 : New tools for intuitive VR production

Facebook workshop: 360 video publishing tools

12:00 PM VeeR : How to create immersive VR content beyond boundaries

Facebook workshop: 360 video publishing tools


1:30 PM Panel debate : Reflecting diversity & inclusion in VR

Shigeru Okada workshop: Basics of high resolution panoramic shooting and authoring

2:00 PM Mohamed Marouene: SoWhen? - First person emotion


2:30 PM Ergin Sanal: VFX Workflows for Mono and Stereo 360 Videos



3:30 PM Facebook - New updatesNick Ivanov: capturing 360 video from drone platforms

4:00 PM Nikk Mitchell: Chinese VR - past, present & future + tips how to get involved

Nick Ivanov: capturing 360 video from drone platforms

4:30 PM IVRPA Annual Member’s Meeting

5:00 PM Close


Thursday 31th



10:00 AM Mike Ty: 360 Cameras vs. Interchangeable Lens Cameras - Comparison of 360 Photos

Kolor Focus Group workshop: Immersive Storytelling Workshop

10:30 AM Geoffrey Bruce: Virtual field trips that can teach by using 360 adaptive non-linear interactive environments

Kolor Focus Group workshop: Immersive Storytelling Workshop

11:00 AM Adler Shen : Pisoftech - Introduce the 8K 360 camera with live stitch

Takashi Sekitani workshop: stereo VR and compositing graphics

11:30 AM Christina Heller : Volumetric humans, Evolution in MR/XR


12:00 PM Gerda Leopold & Sebastian Endler: BALLAVITA - an adventure in VR



1:30 PM Google and challege awards

2:00 PM Monica Mesa : The magic realism of post-conflict Colombia using VR

Blend Media workshop: creating interactive 360 Stories with the Blend Media web based editor tool

2:30 PM KC Lai : How to build a professional VR system

Blend Media workshop: creating interactive 360 Stories with the Blend Media web based editor tool


3:30 PM Panel dabate: The future of 360 photo and video

Aleksandr Reznik: Bracketed (HDR) photography workshop

4:45PM Closing ceremony

Evening (18:30-20:30)

Closing Dinner: Miraikan Museum, Jupiter Room


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