Innovate Maryland: Emerging Tech + Art Expo

Event Information

The Innovate Maryland: Emerging Tech + Art Expo is a production of MAVRIC in collaboration with the University of Maryland’s Immersive Media Design (IMD) program housed in the College of Arts and Humanities and the College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences along with support from the campus-wide initiative and event sponsor Arts for All Initiative.

Throughout the evening, attendees will be able to engage and interact with more than 25 augmented, virtual, and mixed reality demos and exhibits inside the The Hall CP Longhouse, as well as throughout the ground floor of WeWork College Park.

A listing of the confirmed exhibitors can be found below, as well as more information about the event venues, directions to the Discovery District, The Hotel at UMD, and our Partners and Sponsors.

This event is open and free to the public; however, all attendees need to register prior to the event as space is limited.

Tuesday, May 10th, 5:00-9:00 PM ET

The Hall CP & WeWork College Park

Exhibitors

Explore Exhibitors

Here is a taste of what some of the exhibitors will be showcasing during the event.

• African American Digital & Experimental Humanities at UMD (AADHum) will be demoing .break .dance Hexagons, an augmented reality and physical computing project that experiments with bringing born-digital scholarship into the physical world.
• Avatar Dimension will have a number of QR codes for webAR experiences that showcase its 3D digital humans. The company will also have a TV monitor with a looping video that will have more information about its studio and technology.
• BadVR will be demoing an immersive data visualization platform called SeeSignal where users can visualize RF signals in the room. Another demo will be of BadVR's Augmented Reality Operations Center (AROC), which shows an immersive training experience from geospatial maps to a digital twin of a T-38 jet.
• Brightline Interactive will be demoing "Pose with the Pros," an AR photo experience where fans are able to take photos with players from their favorite teams, characters from cartoons and other groups.
• Dope Nerds will offer VR experiences in gaming, edutainment, and wellness.
• EcoMap will be demoing one of its latest platforms - the XR EcoMap, a platform that contains over 1,000 startups in the AR/VR space as well as 500 jobs/internships that are primarily geared for students or recent graduates.
• Artist George Sabra will be demoing his first virtual reality art experience, The Big Knot (TBK), which was created in response to the UN Climate Change Summit COP26 held in Glasgow, Scotland, UK last November. Viewers will be able to explore at scale 196 oil barrels connected end-to-end with each barrel painted in the colors of the flag representing a country attending COP26.
• Headwall is the first secure, virtual command center, allowing all of the functionality of a traditional command center or critical space in a photo-realistic virtual environment.
• The Immersive Realities Labs for the humanities (imLh) will demo a few projects including "What's in your air?," an interactive AR project that invites users to learn about the molecules common in the air around us. Check out the project on Snapchat.
• JHU APL will demo its AR Antenna Visualization app which provides a way for users to visualize and understand antenna power emissions using physical props and a phone app. The ability to "visualize the invisible" provides a powerful intuition for users to better perceive a subject which is often hard to communicate effectively.
• Navteca will engage attendees in immersive visualization using game engine technology featuring NASA Earth data, geospatial 3D terrain, and disasters-related data such as fault lines, landslides, and floods
• The Museum of Virtual Reality powered by VRCOLAB is leading the fight to digitally preserve African American Cultural Heritage sites and experiences, especially since only 2% of the 95,000 entries on the National Register of Historic Places focus on the African American experience. The super power of the Metaverse and Digital Twin Technology is to show so much more of the full American story than we ever could before.

Also, below are a few videos of what you will get to experience and interact with.

Event Venues

The Hall CP Longhouse

The Hall CP Backyard

WeWork College Park

Overnight Option

Coming to College Park and need a place to stay, consider staying at The Hotel at UMD. This four star hotel looks over the verdant University of Maryland campus. It is also adjacent to the WeWork and directly across the parking lot from The Hall CP. The Hotel at UMD is offering a special rate for all exhibitors and attendees of this event, which can be accessed through this link.

Thank You to our Partners & Sponsors