What Is Viewport?
Join us for an afternoon of talks and demos about game development, research, and more! Featuring live demonstrations, insight into cutting edge research, and an open show-and-tell that anyone can take part in.
Current confirmed speakers/demonstrators include:
- Christoph Salge (Organiser of the Generative Design in Minecraft Competition)
- Tom Betts (Big Robot - The Light Keeps Us Safe, The Signal From Tolva)
- Santiago Ontañón (Organiser of the μRTS Competition)
- Simon Lucas (Head of Queen Mary's School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science)
- Ahmed Khalifa (Designer of The Sky House, Elimination)
- Phil Lopes (Developer of Sonancia)
- Antonios Liapis (Designer of The Newborn World)
We'll be announcing more speakers later. If you want to speak or demo something on the day, we'll have open slots as well, later in the day, with a maximum of 10 minutes for each slot. We have projectors (please bring your own adapters!) if you want to present slides or show a demo on-screen.
Event Details
Viewport will take place on Monday August 19th from 1pm-6pm in Room 3.26, Bancroft Building, Queen Mary, University of London. Click here to see on Google Maps, or see Building 31 on this map:
The nearest Underground stations are Mile End (Central, District and Hammersmith & City lines) and Stepney Green (District and Hammersmith & City lines).
Viewport has a Code of Conduct that we expect attendees to abide by. You can find it here.
After Viewport
In the evening after the event, we're hoping to go to a local bar or café for drinks and discussion. More details on the day.
The day after Viewport, August 20th, is the free Industry Day of the IEEE Conference on Games, also at Queen Mary. You can get a free ticket to the day, which features talks from lots of games industry professionals, here.