VR CON @ COMIC-CON Expands Into FUTURISM & TECH PAVILION at Comic-Con International: San Diego July 19-23
By Jim Bask
San Diego, CA–July 17, 2017) VR CON @ COMIC-CON, the hub for Virtual Reality experiences and technology, expands this year to become FUTURISM & TECH @ COMIC-CON. This official event of Comic-Con International San Diego has more space dedicated to Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) attractions, debuts other groundbreaking technologies, and infuses art and visual expression. Global superstars The Black Eyed Peas will present their new AR experience based on the graphic novel “Masters of the Sun – The Zombie Chronicles” (Marvel), with AR hardware partner Mira. The event takes place July 19-23 at the Omni Hotel in downtown San Diego, across from the Convention Center.
VR CON was created in 2016 in conjunction with Comic-Con International to celebrate the best and boldest in the exploding areas of VR, AR, and MR. This year under its new banner, FUTURISM & TECH PAVILION @ COMIC-CON, the event has more than doubled in size (to over 10,000 square feet) and expanded to include the A.I. Innovation Fair by Mentor InSight, elements of the Fleet Science Center, and other tech experiences in robotics, wearable tech, and art.
VR CON’s FUTURISM & TECH PAVILION @ COMIC-CON showcases the latest from the leading equipment makers, film studios, television networks, game builders, scientists, publishers, brands, artists, designers, influencers and innovators. Attendees will have access to the latest developments as well as hands-on experience with the attractions.
Art exhibits will also be featured, including immersive VR art, a We Are photography exhibit from the Entertainment Software Association Foundation and Red Bull Media House, and one artist painting live – Rob Prior, the official artist of Star Wars and Game of Thrones.
“With estimates of VR and AR alone generating $182 billion by 2025, we are now at the base of a gathering storm, and our industry needed its own public ‘CON’ – and that is why we initially founded VR CON, said Scott Bobrow, its Co-Founder/Producer. “VR and AR will provide earth-shattering changes to the way we live and interact with others, alter the landscape of every industry, and there will be little in the way of life that goes untouched by it. At this event, people will be able to see how.”
“We also realized since starting this that VR/AR is just the tip of the spear of tech innovations impacting entertainment and lifestyle,” added Mark Murphy, Co-Founder/Producer of the event. “So we broadened our event into one in which consumers can see and experience other aspects of Futurism and Tech.”..[continue reading]