October 2015
WIR invited to speak at Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo, California, USA
Another invitation on the 21st October, to speak at the session ‘VR in Marketing and Branding’: Creativity and innovation are the hallmarks of the early adopters of VR and AR who are engaging their audiences with rich immersive experiences. Presenters will demo exemplary projects and discuss technology, design, client relationships with a new medium and more.
Daniel Surya representing AR&Co spoke together with Jarratt Carson, Chief Content Officer, Greenfish Labs and Zéluis Teixeira, Chief Operating Officer, Greenfish Labs, a 360° virtual reality experience company
October 2015
WIR invited to speak at Digital Hollywood Event 2015
On October 20th, Speaking for the ‘VR for Everyone: Mobile VR and AR – Compelling Experience – Opening the Doorway to the Consumer’ together with
Aaron Luber, Head of Partnerships, Google Cardboard
Andy Cochrane, Interactive and New Media Director, Special Projects Lead, Mirada
Michael Yang, Managing Director, Comcast Ventures
Joel Susal, Director, VR/AR, Dolby Labs
Scott Broock, VP of Content, Jaunt
Moderated by Craig Dalton, cofounder and CEO, DODOcase
Conducted by The Ritz Carlton Hotel at Marina Del Rey, California.
October 2015
AR&Co Participated in Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
The world’s largest trade fair for books, based on the number of publishing companies represented, as well as the number of visitors and this year of 2015, Indonesia is the guest of honor.
AR&Co is selected as one of the contingent members to showcase their technology while the book ‘We Indonesians Rule’ by WIR’s Studio Geometry is selected to be exhibited at the Indonesian pavilion.
November 2015
AR Group inspired the audiences at Slush 2015, Helsinki
Representing AR Group and its technology units, Daniel Surya was invited as one of the key speakers at Slush 2015 in Helsinki, Finland amongst other key speakers such as Niklas Zennstrom (co-founder of Skype), Caterina Fake (Co-Founder of Flickr), Prince Daniel (Prince of Sweden), Toomas Hendrik Ilves (President of Estonia), Bracken Darrell (CEO of Logitech) and others. Slush has grown into one of the largest Technology-event worldwide and a central hub for established companies and brands that are interested in emerging technology. In 2015 Slush brought together over 15,000 attendees on November 11-12th. The two-day event takes place every fall in wintery Scandinavia amidst one of the most dynamic tech ecosystems on the planet.
The event offers a unique platform for product launches, open innovation challenges and networking events. Partners who have worked with Slush over the previous years include companies such as Google, Alibaba Group, Samsung, Microsoft and other globally operating enterprises. Close to 700 editors, bloggers, writers and reporters from 45 countries joined Slush, representing over 400 different technology and business publications.
June 2015
AR&Co awarded for the Best AR Campaign at AWE 2015, Silicon Valley (USA)
AR&Co has been awarded the Best Campaign at the Augmented World Expo’s 6th AnnualAuggie Awards 2015 – Silicon Valley, USA.
Santa Clara, June 9, 2015 – The Auggie Awards promotes and celebrates excellence in augmented reality across various platforms and categories worldwide. With over 100 nominations across nine categories including best smart glasses, best AR app and best enterprise solution, the competition is an initiative by the producers of Augmented World Expo (AWE) – the world’s largest gathering of professionals focused on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Wearable Tech, and the Internet of Things. This year’s judging panel included leaders in the AR, wearable and tech space such as Intel, Qualcomm, Epson, IEEE, THRED and Rackspace. During the award ceremony, AR&Co’s Next for Nigeria mobile app was announced as the Winner for the Best Campaign category due to its proven effectiveness to connect to the voters during the campaign in Nigeria.
“We’ve seen a tremendous amount of activity in the augmented reality space this year with a ton of new product announcements and acquisitions and we are glad to highlight some of the front runners in both AR hardware and software by honouring them with an AuggieAward,” explains Ori Inbar, CEO and co-founder of AugmentedRealty.org. “This year’s winners are all making waves in the AR space and it is important to take the time to mark their success.”