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Heads up: If you have a great idea for a session that should take place as part of the Visual Arts track of talks at Game Developers Conference 2018, now is the time to submit it! GDC 2017 organizers are now accepting submissions to present lectures, roundtables, panels, posters and tutorials through Thursday, August 17th.

This will be the 32nd edition of GDC, the world's largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games.

Next year the show will take place March 19-23 at the Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, California, and will again play host to thousands of game developers from all around the world for a week of learning, networking and inspiration.

As always, organizers are looking for submissions of expert talks that would be a great fit for the show! In particular, they're seeking submissions for the GDC 2018 Visual Arts track of talks. Here's what they're looking for, in their own words:

Virtual Reality Developers Conference organizers want to get the word out that the price of registering for VRDC Fall 2017 will increase tonight, Wednesday, July 26th at 11:59 PM Pacific! 

This is important because if you're thinking about attending, you should register now at a discounted rate to save up to $400!

Attending VRDC Fall 2017 is important because it's one of the premier places to learn from (and hang out with) the movers and shakers who are working on the cutting edge of VR, AR, and MR development.

When you register you'll be securing access to a very special two‐day event that will bring together experts from multiple industries to share best practices, demo new technology, create new business partnerships, and exchange ideas with innovators shaping the industry.

VRDC Fall covers VR, AR, and MR innovation across all industries (setting it apart from VRDC@GDC, which focuses exclusively on games and entertainment) with previous sessions covering applications for healthcare,  training, retail & events, data visualization, documentaries, brand storytelling, and more.

Game Developers Conference organizers are delighted to name Katie Stern as the new General Manager of the GDC events. Stern joins parent company UBM Technology as of August 7. GDC is the world’s largest and longest-running event serving professionals dedicated to the art and science of making games.

Stern has had a varied career supporting unique tech communities via events. She was co-founder of innovative 3D printing/wearable computing event and showcase Designers Of Things, worked closely with leading electronic engineers on DesignCon and the Embedded Systems Conference, and most recently has been helping key open-source communities as Director of Event Services at the Linux Foundation.

“I couldn't be more excited to be joining up with GDC to help the game industry and the event keep growing and flourishing,” said Stern. “I very much look forward to talking to the community about what's next for the event over the next few years.”

The Game Developers Conference is returning to the Moscone Center in San Francisco, March 19-23, 2018!

This will be the 32nd edition of GDC, the world's largest and longest-running event for game developers, and organizers are keen to feature cutting-edge insights from experts across the game industry. With that in mind, the call for submissions to present lectures, panels, roundtables, & posters is now open through Thursday, August 17 at 11:59 PM PT. 

So if you have an idea for a talk you think should be a part of GDC 2018, submit it now!

This is the initial call for submissions, which encompasses everything intended for the Main Conference Tracks on Wednesday-Friday, as well as day-long tutorials taking place Monday and Tuesday at GDC 2018.

Heads up, VR enthusiasts: Virtual Reality Developers Conference officials want to quickly let you know about two more exciting sessions happening at VRDC Fall 2017 this year, which takes place September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

VRDC organizers are excited to welcome the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory's own Nathaniel Guy to VRDC Fall 2017, where he'll be delivering a fascinating talk on "Mixed Reality for Space Exploration."

Using MR/VR applications, the scientists and engineers at NASA JPL can plan activities for the Mars Curiosity rover and analyze Martian geology while walking on a 3D reconstruction of the Martian surface. Guy's session will present recent projects that leverage immersive technology to tackle unique visualization and interaction challenges, and discuss research that shows the beneficial effects of using MR to accomplish these tasks.

Last week organizers of the Virtual Reality Developers Conference released the second annual VRDC VR/AR Innovation Report, which is jam-packed with insights from 600+ professionals involved in the development of virtual, augmented and mixed reality experiences.

If you're working in VR/AR/MR (or just thinking about making the jump) this report offers you some useful perspective on the rapidly-expanding, diverse and hard-to-measure VR/AR/MR industry - from sustainability of the market, to practical challenges, platform popularity, funding and more!

For more information and to download the report, download it for free here!

Today we'd like to highlight an especially interesting bit of data gleaned from our survey in order to give you a better sense of what's contained in the full report.

If you work in VR/AR/MR or are thinking about making the leap, Virtual Reality Developers Conference organizers want you to know about two great sessions at VRDC Fall 2017, which takes place September 21-22 at a bigger, better venue in San Francisco!

First off we're proud to welcome Harvey Ball, a longtime developer who will be delivering a fantastic talk on "VRTK and How to Make Developing For VR Easier" during the show.

Ball is a developer on VRTK, the VR toolkit for Unity 3D, and he plans to showcase all of the features that VRTK offers developers and how they can be extended and customized for building new VR experiences.

This is a big deal because VRTK has evolved over the last year from a few simple scripts into a fully fledged VR development community that provides a base for existing and new developers to put their ideas into virtual reality. Many lessons have been learned along the way, and attendees will understand how easy it can be for anyone to start developing in VR (via VRTK) and share insights into the VR community to help with the learning curve.