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Virtual Reality (VR) epitomizes all new information technologies, such as multimedia technology, sensor technology, display technology, Internet technology, artificial intelligence technology, etc. VR is expected to become the next big computing platform. This technology is totally revolutionary. It can be used in so many different industries that could even reshape our existing lives. As a high level virtual reality international summit, World VR Forum has gathered European and global innovative application developers, great content and technology providers and experts in the VR industry to discuss the development of VR technology and contents. This summit will enhance content and technology exchanges at a global scale, integrate VR technology to more conventional industries, to develop innovative potentials and to inject more vitality into this industry. VR is a very hot topic at the moment in China. The year 2016 was regarded as the starting point for China’s VR industry. Although, as a late starter, China cannot be compared to those leading nations in science and technology, VR industry is still thriving in China. Barons of traditional smart device manufacturers, Internet corporates and content providers all set foot in this industry and are actively investing in it. For instance, Alibaba is developing VR online shopping ; Tencent is planning VR 006
movies ; Huawei has already released its VR headset. More importantly, a great deal of start-up companies also emerged and great attempts have been made in core component research, device manufactures, application developments, etc. Market of VR in China grows quite rapidly. China has shipped 300,000 VR devices in 2012, which rank Top 2 in the world, after the United States. Retailers can sell 1000 simplified VR headsets for smartphones and distribution channels can sell 10,000 of them every day in the Huangqiangbei commercial area in Shenzhen. According to market researcher CCID Consulting, VR market of China will reach 17.05 billion RMB with a 150% growth in 2017 and will marched into a relatively matured stage in 2020 with a market scale of 91.82 billion RMB and a rise by 125.3% CAGR. In this circumstance, Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance (IVRA) has been established in September 2016. Currently, IVRA has nearly 300 members including all major players in China’s VR industry, which includes companies of HTC, Goertek, Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu, JD.com, Huawei, Sony, Intel, ARM, CCTV, Xinhua Network, Youku, iQiyi, Mojing. cn, etc and universities and research constitutions of Stanford University, University of Washington, Beihang University, Tsinghua Univerisity, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao 007
Tong University, Fudan University, China Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Engineering, etc. IVRA is dedicated to solving VR generic technologies, setting VR standards, developing VR applications and contents, accelerating VR international exchanges and cooperation, and promoting the development of VR industry globally. IVRA has announced the establishment of VR consortium standards, a VR content classification system and an internal patent pool. The first consortium standards which is generic specification for VR headsets has been released on 6 April, 2017 and will be put into implementation on 1 July, 2017. It is a pity that Secretary-General, Mr. Peng Wang and Vice Secretary- General, Mr. Chunmin Hu cannot come and see how grand this event is in person. They specifically appointed staff to attend this forum. To conclude, IVRA wish great success to World VR Forum 2017! Industry of Virtual Reality Alliance Beijing, 21 April, 2017
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The brain - the ultimate engine of vr
Virtual reality oPerates on the individual by acting on the nervous system receptors to transpoRt everyone into a different universe. From neuroscience to transhumanism we explore the universe of our brain and bodyy. W T friday, May 12th
Storytelling & investment, crafting
your story and how to fund it In essence, virtual reality turns over the narrative grammar of traditional screens by covering the whole view in 360°. Virtual reality fundamentally transforms personal and collective entertainment as we know it. VR content creation will only sustain and flourish with proper funding, a number of experienced investors are there to answer you. saturday 13/05
Point of convergence, bridging virtual reality with the real world
A day dedicated to extraordinary initiatives, projects and people from all disciplines using this new technology reinventing our world, enhancing our perceptions. 011
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Myriam Achard
Marius Aeberli
Madiana Asseraf
Balthazar Auxietre
Centre PHI Canada
EBU Switzerland
EPFL+ECAL Lab Switzerland
Innerspace VR France
LoiĂŻc Baillard GoPro France
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Edwon
Tanna Frederick
Edwon Studio USA
Defrost Producer USA
Shari Frilot
James Fong
Sundance Film Festival USA
Jaunt VR China China
Stephen Fozard
Cedric gamelin
GAMI, WAN-IFRA France
Emblematic Group USA
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Fifer Garbesi
Marientina Gotsis
Carl Guyenette
Neal Hartman
Art and VR USA
University of Southern California USA
Junktivitis UK
Nicolas Henchoz EPFL+ECAL Lab Switzerland
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Samuel Hefti
Swisscom Event & Media Solutions AG Switzerland
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Martin Heller
Bruno Herbelin
Hunter Hoffman
Brigitte Hunkeler
Marcie Jastrow
Dominik Käser
INTOVR Germany
EPFL Switzerland
University of Washington USA
Technicolor Experience Center USA
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Google Earth VR USA
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Cornelius Kistler
Randal Kleiser
Anssi komulainen
NIlson kufus
Patrik KĂźnzler
Furious M USA
Defrost Film Director USA
Click-on Switzerland
YLE Finland
Nomoko Switzerland
Limbic Life Switzerland
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Sophie Lamparter
Swissnex San Francisco USA
Hadrien Lanvin Innerspace VR France
Julien Lebreton
Matt Lee
Club Med France
CRCM Ventures USA
Nadya Lev
Barbara Lippe
Aconite USA
EntreZ VR Entertainment Austria
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Eva Lopez
Vangelis Lympouridis
Yuki Machida
Cristina Manasse Roberts
Paul Menes
Quba Michalski
Deutsche Welle Germany
Enosis VR USA
EPFL+ECAL Lab Switzerland
IP Lawyer Italy
ADIL Law Group USA
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Susanna Pollack
Denise Quesnel
Max Rheiner
James C. Roberts III
Games for Change USA
Somniacs/Zhdk Switzerland
Amy Robinson Sterling Eyewire USA
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GlobalCapital USA
Liz Rosenthal
Power To The Pixel UK
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David Rudrauf
Stefan Rupp
University of Geneva Switzerland
Swisscom Event & Media Solutions AG Switzerland
Gitanjali Sah
Mavi Sanchez-Vives
Will Saunders
Andrea Serino
WSIS Switzerland
IDIBAPS Spain
BBC Digital UK
MindMaze Switzerland
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World VR Forum Switzerland
Seth Socolow
Mel Slater
University of Barcelona, EventLab Spain
Robert Sumner
Virtual Sky USA
Disney Research, ETH Switzerland
Dr. Wei Sun
Attila Szanter
Vivedu China
MMOS Switzerland
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Arijana Walcott
Kenzan Studios Switzerland
Swisscom Switzerland
William Wen
Antoine Widmer
Tsinghua SEM VR/AR, Industry Expert China
HES-SO Valais/Wallis Switzerland
David Wood
Joanne Yin
Delta Wisdom, London Futurists UK
NAB Show Shanghai China
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Independent WebVR Using the web as a platform to share content but also for creative collaboration. Virtual reality experiences becomes meaningful only once they are consumed. Yet, today it becomes increasingly easy to find rich content but difficult to experience it properly. As users become more demanding on how efficiently it must be delivered then the platform to offer content becomes central. Will the key actors in that space today, the Oculus store, Viveport or Steam keep their place or will the giants of the web like Google, Mozilla, Samsung or Facebook who are heavily investing in a technology to radically change how VR content is consumed replace them?
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Independent Designing for the Future of Spatial Computing Join Meta’s Head of Neuroscience, Stefano Baldassi, as we explore together how designing for the future of computing should be : With the human first. For the past two years, Meta’s research, neuroscience, and user experience (UX) design teams have been working on design guidelines for augmented reality (AR). These guidelines were created out of our desire to contribute to the larger conversation around how AR experiences can be designed to enhance our abilities to communicate, create, and collaborate.
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Freestudios VR production (French only) The workshop will explore the technical means of digital creation looking at 2D and 3D as well as technical means of shooting that include camera rigging and audio. It will also consider the tools for VR postproduction ; from stitching to rigging and look at various VR editions. This will be followed by a discussion about VR audio mixing and VR publication.
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What’s new with 360° Video post production? The VR Landscape is constantly improving and getting easier, allowing creators to be more and more ambitious and innovative with the stories they can tell in this new medium. In this workshop, Loïc Bailliard (GoPro’s VR Trainer) will introduce to you the latest innovations from Kolor – GoPro’s spherical division, explain the challenges still faced by VR creators and shares some tricks to create the most seamless experiences possible.
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Workshop 3D Audio This workshop will give an overview of what is needed for a convincing 3D Audio experience, and you will be experiencing different 3D Audio implementations first hand using audio demos you can listen to using your own mobile device and headphones. Furthermore, the differences between visual and auditory modalities of Virtual Reality are discussed, as are future trends in 3D Audio and different 3D Audio implementation philosophies.
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SGO Advanced VR postproduction workflows : VR 3D stitch, VR 3D grading , VR colour grading and finishing. The workshop will be devoted to live picture shooting in 3D VR, from shooting to mastering camera rigs : 2D, 3D & mixed solutions, the minimum camera requirement for a good immersion experience in 3D VR. Learn how to deal with depth when utilizing 3D VR camera rigs, such as : Divergent, Stereo Paris, Lidar, And Slitcam. Acquire skills in camera layout, match camera colour, solving PARALAX, solving stitch areas with O.F., compositing 3D grading, colour grading and finishing.
Freelancer VR Language If you tell a story in VR as though you would in the film, you would soon meet problems, which would raise doubts and queries. It seems that applying the general audio-visual ‘rules’ achieved whilst watching a film or any other audio-visual content is not possible. One must take into consideration new factors which require ample research focused on studying and synthesizing a new language, a language that is specific and adequate to the VR medium.
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Official Selection
The main section of the Festival brings together this year no less than 16 international VR experiences, out of which 12 are competing for the Imperial Crown. This is our highest distinction, whose name refers to five Swiss summits which form a crown at more than 4000 meters altitude. The shape and symbolism of this exquisite award are also our personal homage to Stanley Kubrick.
VR Cinema
The VR Cinema is a newborn within the WVRF Annual Summit. As with any infant, we want to feed him properly, so we handpicked no less than 50 exquisite videos to keep him in shape. The experiences are grouped into sessions, each session containing just the right amount of vitamins, proteins, minerals and adrenalin.
Game Zone
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Anyways
Swiss Premiere 2017, Netherlands, Keez Duyves, Willem Weemhoff Shifting between the virtual and the real, the fictive and the non-fictive via the 6 point-of-views, Anyways aims to start a conversation amongst the participants to collectively figure out the story after the film. × Room 8A
Defrost, Episode 3+4
World Premiere 2017, USA, Tanna Frederick, Randal Kleiser Defrost takes place in the year 2045, when liquid nitrogen is commonly used to freeze patients until remedies for their illnesses are developed. The film follows the experience of Joan Garrison as she wakes up from her frozen state after thirty years. × Hallway 2
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Electric South Session 30 Min
Let this Be a Warning 2016, Kenya Nest Collective A group of Africans have left the Earth to create a colony on a distant planet. They respond with disquiet to the arrival of an uninvited guest.
Spirit Robot 2017, Ghana Jonathan Dotse VR documentary which explores the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra.
Nairobi Berries 2017, Kenya Ng’endo Mukii Two women and a man wrangle. Each must hollow out the other’s core for fruits promised but only ever borne in dreams. A poetic symphony on Nairobi.
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Searching The Maya Underworld 2017, USA Go Pro US Experience Robbie Schmitner’s biggest discovery yet, the giant sinkhole, Yab Yum - in 360 degree spherical.
Sequoias - The Story of Giants 2017, USA Go Pro US Follow UC Berkeley tree biologists Anthony Ambrose, Wendy Baxter and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) field ecologist Nate Stephenson as they work together to untangle the fate of the impressive and ancient Giant Sequoia. United by a common passion and kinship to the forest, learn how they study the effects of a 4-year-long drought and how its affecting the Sequoias.
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Feel the Tour de France 2016 2017, France Go Pro Alps We’re bringing you Le Tour de France like you’ve never seen. From The Grand Depart at Kilometer 0 to hopping on a team bus and finding out what it to compete with the best, enjoy this 360 degree atmosphere from the Peloton.
Diving with Sharks 2017, USA Go Pro US Jeb Corliss Caribbean takes us along to experience hammerheads sharks up close with 360-degree views of hammerheads, lemon sharks, and Caribbean reef sharks in the Bahamas, the shark diving capital of the world.
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Asteroids 2017, USA Baobab The highly-anticipated followup to the award-winning VR animation INVASION! Mac and Cheez are back with their robot sidekick Peas, this time on a dangerous, deep space mission.
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Invasion! 2016, USA Baobab Immerse yourself in this tale of aliens trying to take over the planet. They’re thwarted by the Earth’s meekest and most adorable creatures – 2 fluffy white bunnies – and you are one of them.
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Anshar Wars 2
2016, HTC Vive, Adventure Crows Crows Crows & Squanchtendo The modern field of Accountancy is a serious and honourable profession. Many human beings have spent their lives toiling over the hard science of numbers. Thousands have died so that we may get to the level of understanding that we have today. Thousands have died.
2015-2016, Gear VR, Space Shooter OZWE The Ansharian Empire is in peril. The Nergal, an ancient and fierce enemy, have unleashed a galactic super-weapon capable of decimating entire planets. Anshar Wars 2 lets you take the role of a newly enlisted pilot in the deadliest squad in the Ansharian arsenal.
Hell Eluja
The Lab
2016, Gear VR, Horror Oniroforge Hell Eluja is a Virtual Reality (VR) multiplayer game, in which a player uses a VR headset, while another uses a digital tablet. Hell Eluja explores new ways to design a video game, using the benefits of a VR game like immersion or isolation.
2016, HTC Vive, Free to play Valve Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more.
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Rec Room
2017, HTC Vive, God Game Vlad Lomnasan Using potions like an Alchemist, you’ll create land, trees, or plants useful to feed it’s creatures and give birth to new ones while keeping an eye on the fearsome Giant in the background.
2016, HTC Vive, Simulation Against Gravity Welcome to Rec Room, the virtual reality social club where you play active games with players from all around the world!
Rick and Morty
Robot Recall
2017, HTC Vive, Adventure Owlchemy Labs Rick and Morty : Virtual Rick-ality smashes together the absolute VR chaos of the award-winning Job Simulator with the ridiculous, all-out, take-no-prisoners comedy of Rick and Morty.
2017, HTC Vive, Shoot Epic Games An eruption of defective, homicidal robots is inundating RoboReady customer service, where you’ve been promoted from tech repairman to Recaller. Thrown into the fray, you must rely on your wits, reflexes and a vast arsenal of weaponry to eliminate the robot uprising.
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Space Pirate Trainer
2016, HTC Vive Otherworld Be careful where you look, because something or someone doesn’t want you here. Live the first chapter of Otherworld Interactive’s Sisters, designed for VR.
2016, HTC Vive, Action Space Pirate Trainer Space Pirate Trainer puts you inside the arcade game – fighting off relentless waves of droids with all the weapons and gadgets a Space Pirate would ever need. You had better dodge some of those incoming lasers though, since just using your shields won’t get you in the top rankings!
Surgeon Simulator
Starblood Arena
2016, HTC Vive Bossa Studio Surgeon Simulator : Experience Reality is taking the ER to VR, where you can perform all of Bob’s favourite procedures with your OWN TWO HANDS in brand new surgery environments designed from the ground up for VR!
2017, Playstation VR Playstation Test your mettle in furious arena combat as you move, evade, and attack in any direction pilots from every corner of the galaxy. Fight for glory, credits, and your life as the StarBlood Network broadcasts every lawless match for the universe to see.
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Chronogram 2016, Oculus, Data-driven design experience EPFL+ECAL Lab Chronogram reveals the scale and richness from a sample of 260 years of archives from the watch manufacturer Vacheron Constantin. × Room 4
Meta 2 Demo* Augmented Reality Meta The ultimate augmented reality engine, Meta 2’s game-changing breakthroughs in optics include a full 90-degree field of view and 2560 x 1440 high-dpi display. *On invitation only × Room 4
Tag Heuer 2016, GearVR, Simulation Tag Heuer Get ready to discover an amazing Virtual Reality experience about the Carrera Heritage, Nuit de la Glisse and our most recent Virtual Reality experience in tribute to our partnership with the BMC Racing Team. × Cafeteria Special Programme
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Switzerland is home to many talents in the field of the new VR technology. Therefore, every year it will have its own space within our summit in order to present the most innovative projects for universities and start-ups.
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Artist’s Studio Utrillo-Valadon in Montmartre, Paris 2017, HTC Vive, Heritage, Educational Art of Corner On HTC Vive and Oculus RIFT, our VR App about the french painter Utrillo allows the user to be immersed in the artist’s studio in MONTMARTRE with a 3D Photo Realistic rendering.
Wonen.tv 360 videos VRT Webvr interactive 360 player, online platform connected with TV housing show. People can look inside architectural houses in VR and activate media.
ImmersiaTV 2016-2018, Immersive broadcast VRT ImmersiaTV will create a novel form of broadcast omnidirectional video, content production and delivery offers end-users a coherent audiovisual experience across head mounted displays, second screens and the traditional TV set, instead of having their attention divided across them.
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Archpray 2017, HTC Vive, Game S.T.U.S.T Archpray is a small game studio founded in 2017. We believe the human emotional experience is the key to bring unique experience. Our mission is making games that touch your heart like your favorite movie.
Falling Wishes 2018, HTC Vive, Documentary S.T.U.S.T How beautiful is it when you see your wishes fly to sky with lamps? But how ugly the mountain’s surrounding looks like when those lamp’s wreckages fall down? The VR documentary shows the conflicts of town between environmental protection and cultural attraction.
Metamorphosis 2018, HTC Vive, Interactive painting S.T.U.S.T This VR work lets stationary paintings to become interactive animations. Audience can enjoy the fantastic garden created by artists. It will bring new possibilities for observing paintings.
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Wake up and dream dreamscape immersive Hyperverse The lost pit vr kenzan studios Enigmattic vr kenzan studios
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Parties Thursday, May 11th
Cocktail Valaisan* Sponsored by Business Valais 6:30PM - 8PM Congress Center Le Régent
Soirée Fantastique In collaboration with NIFFF and RED BULL Introduction word of Sam Rossetti, Imagine the Future, NIFFF 8PM - 10:30PM Dôme VR Cinema, Congress Center Dj set by Michigang DJs
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Evening Aperitif In The Swiss Tradition* Sponsored by Lombard Odier 7PM - 10PM Le Constellation Lounge Bar, Crans-Montana
Surprise Party DJ set by Oddsiris Family Music by Salzunpepper 10:30PM - 1AM
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AWARD CEREMONY* 7PM - 10PM Grande Salle, Congress Center Le Régent Show by encor studio
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TESLA
Through VR you can walk around Times Square or drive an amazing car, immerse yourself in a video game or an interactive movie with no physical limits. Tesla is just like VR, to understand it you need to experience it, and we Through VR you can walk around Times Square or drive an amaguarantee that you will love it!
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zing car, immerse yourself in a video game or an interactive movie withsummit, no physical limits.VR Forum teams up again with TesFor its second annual World Tesla is just like VR, to test understand it you need toCrans-Monexperience it, la Motors to offer you a wonderlicious drive in amazing and we guarantee that you will love it! tana from May 11th to 14th with the Tesla S and the new Model X. Let
yourself be carried away and go home with a 360° video sponsored by For its second annual summit, World VR Forum teams up again Ricoh Theta S. with Tesla Motors to offer you a wonderlicious test drive in amazing Crans-Montana from May 11th to 14th with the Tesla S and the new Model X. Let yourself be carried away and go home with a 360° video sponsored by Ricoh Theta S. From Thursday 11th* to Sunday 14th 9AM From Thursday 11th* to- 6PM Sunday 14th 9AM - 6PM
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President
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Saskia Vellas
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Maria Guta
Mauricio Chavez
Director of Programming
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LoĂŻc Pin
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Maryam Barry
Nikki Ernst
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International Relations
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Julien Gondard
Pierre-Edouard Hunkeler Chief Technical Officer & Investor
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