Bio
Ferhan is Senior Business Development Manager at Crytek responsible of partnerships and alliances. He is also leading VR First program launched in January 2016 nurturing grass-root VR development with high-end hardware and CRYENGINE technology. Program already attracts hundreds of universities and an impressive number of young developers worldwide. He also has a strong network inside VR industry with a wide range of different stakeholders including investors, hardware/HMD manufacturers, developer communities and universities. He founded digital game distribution platform called Playstore in which he got the chance to work with the top 10 AAA/F2P game publishers. He was the founder of METUTECH-ATOM, one of the first pre-incubation centers focusing on gaming and animation which led to 8 startups and many game industry/developer events like Global Game Jam
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Democratizing VR/AR Innovation04:30 PM - 04:45 PM Oct 19VR First is an initiative designed to provide state-of-the-art facilities to anyone interested in exploring the power and potential of virtual reality development. The program encourages educational institutions around the world to establish dedicated VR labs on their campuses by partnering with leading VR industry stakeholders. The overarching goal of VR First is to nurture new talent in grass-roots VR development and create a global community equipped to embrace this exciting field of technology. Launched in January 2016, VR First has achieved significant outreach in the industry. 509 universities worldwide have applied to join the program, showing the great need of academic institutions for expertise, hardware and software to prepare developers for the VR industry and empower them to realize their own projects.