VLRA, the premier VR community in Los Angeles, is hosting their Summer Expo 2015 next weekend where attendees will have a chance to check out the latest VR products from more than 60 companies. Road to VR readers can save 10% on tickets with an exclusive discount code.

Held this Saturday, August 29 from 11:00 AM to 8:00 PM, VRLA Summer Expo 2015 is a collection of the latest in consumer virtual reality technology. The event is aimed at VR enthusiasts of all stripes from the curious VR newbie to the experienced developer. And if the $40 price wasn’t low enough, we’ve got an exclusive 10% discount for Road to VR readers. Grab your ticket below before they sell out (again)!

10% Off VRLA Summer Expo

Alongside the headlining sponsor, AMD, we’ve got the full list of exhibitors who will be showing at the expo:

  • AMD
  • Airflow
  • Samsung
  • Jaunt
  • VRcade
  • Boost VC
  • Ricoh
  • Virtually Live
  • Epson
  • ohhh! inc
  • Emblematic
  • Two Bit Circus
  • 360 Heros
  • Leap Motion
  • Nvidia
  • Otoy
  • Ximmerse
  • Reverge
  • Otherworld
  • Nod
  • Immersive Media (im360)
  • GoPro
  • Vrse
  • Google
  • Unity
  • Radiant Images
  • 3Divi
  • Casino VR
  • VirZoom
  • Vrideo
  • Subpac
  • xRez/Shape Space
  • WorldViz
  • DodoCase
  • Vntana
  • Freedom360
  • New Deal
  • threeonezero (Adr1ft)
  • VR Village
  • Zypre
  • YoungParkGamelab
  • V
  • Mirada
  • Turbo Button
  • SELVZ
  • Rewind
  • Kite & Lightning
  • White Elk LLC
  • Greenlight VR
  • Immersive Entertainment, Inc
  • FLARB LLC
  • RocketSail
  • GameFace Labs Inc
  • Specular Theory, Inc.
  • Mirage3D
  • Studio Transcendent
  • Axis Images
  • Surgical Theater
  • Image Flux
  • Archiact
  • Elementerra
  • 3D Live
  • Virt
  • Janus VR
  • Beloola

This will be VRLA’s biggest event yet with more than 1,500 attendees and 65 exhibitors. To make way for all the action, this will be the first VRLA expo held in the Los Angeles Convention Center.

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The event will also feature panels, presentations, and workshops from companies like Google, Leap Motion, Samsung, GoPro, Jaunt, and more.

AMD Corporate Vice President Roy Taylor will be making the event’s keynote address titled, ‘Making Sense of the Short Term in VR’.

Whilst all of us are excited about the prospects and outlook for VR, how we do manage the expectations of the enthusiasts versus the pessimisms of others? Based on our extensive coverage of VR globally, we explore where the real opportunities exists.

Check out the full schedule below.

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  • David Mulder

    Sometimes I would give so much for the ability to teleport LA to western Europe :( xD

  • Jabinc

    Can anyone provide perspective on how the VRLA event compares to other VR expos, conferences, etc. that are coming up in the US over the next 6 months or so? I am only like to attend one or maybe two events over the next year.

    I would like to meet people in the community and would prefer a smaller event than 1500 people. Though I would also like to see Unreal, Oculus, and HTC Vive at the even which perhaps draws even more.

    Thanks.

    • Ben Lang

      In my view, VRLA Expo is more on the expo end of the expo < -> conference spectrum (hence the name); the lower ticket costs open the door to curious outsiders to come and find out what VR is all about. That’s not to say that there isn’t plenty of core VR folks there, but it is a different mix of people compared to a $400 conference which is only going to draw professional level folks and those very interested in the space.

      As for what’ coming up, our Event Calendar should be a good place to start : )

      https://www.roadtovr.com/virtual-reality-events-meetups-calendar/

      • Jabinc

        Thanks. That is definitely what it appeared to be. I would still go if I lived in LA, but not worth flying. Do you have any specific conferences you would recommend? The event calendar is great. So is the website as whole. I have been reading it daily for a few months now and really appreciate the aggregation and journalism.

      • AJ@VRSFX

        I’m biased (my team and I have been exhibiting at VRLA for over a year now, but personally I think VRLA is the best-planned, best-executed VR show in the biz. The $400-500 price tags for VR Conferences are ridiculous (*looking your direction, Oculus*). No one is making good money in VR yet, and I emphasize YET because we’re all confident this market will massively grow. In 2020, $500 for a VR conference ticket will probably be no problem. Today, it’s not reasonable. The guys at VRLA are one of the few teams doing it right and still reaching scale. If you have enough attendance to fill your hall of choice at $400, you have enough to fill a hall 4X as large at 1/4th the price. Do it. The masses deserve to know how awesome VR is. If you want pros to be able to biz dev without being mauled by eager consumers, let VIP ticket-holders in early like they do at VRLA.