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Unity 3D Users Group Launches Vancouver Chapter

Unity Users Group [1]Vancouver – The new Vancouver Unity 3D Users Group is celebrating their official launch with a TGIF Networking Event [2] on Friday July 24 at District 319 [3] on Main Street.

dimeRocker.com [4] in partnership with Unity Technologies [5] invites all local game, web, and iPhone developers to a premiere industry Unity Networking TGIF followed the next day by a Unity Skills Workshop.

The entire initiative will be framed within a “web-ready” context, exploring how tools like Unity 3D in combination with a new breed of social gaming hives are enabling developers to create, market, and monetize console-like browser content for a growing audience of online and mobile gamers.

TGIF Schedule:

5:30pm – 6:30pm    Reception, drinks and appetizers
6:30pm – 7:30pm    Key Note followed by Q&A with Tom Higgins [6] (Unity Evangelist, San Francisco)
7:30pm – 9:00pm+  Networking Social

Admission is $20 and includes a free drink, eats and chance to win a Unity 3D License.

The Unity Skills Workshop [7] will be taking place on Saturday July 25 at Centre for Digital Media [8] with Dmitry Shtainer [6] (Unity Stealth Engineer, Vancouver). The workshop will be a day-long Unity 3D skills development event,  intended for students and professionals alike. Workshop curriculum and registration information have not yet been announced, but TGIF registrants will receive advanced email notification for the event.