Friday, June 5th - Saturday June 6th 12PM-9PM EST
Virtua-Con Summer Edition June 5th & 6th
SPONSORED BY TASTY PEACH
Virtua-Con welcomes worldwide convention superstars Tasty Peach as an official sponsor for our summer session!
SPECIAL Summer Edition GUESTS
New for summer: Guest Panels!
FRIDAY
Day and Time
Featured Guest
Topic
Fri June 5th 1PM-2PM EST
Ryan Zanfei
Getting Started in Artist Alley
Fri June 5th 2PM-3PM EST
Chris Rager & Joshua Martin
“Happy Hour with Buu & Mr. Satan-A History of Anime’s Favorite Odd Couple ON AND OFFscreen for 25 years!”
Fri June 5th 3PM-4PM EST
Jason Meents
The Art of Creating “Tykes”
Fri June 5th 4PM-5PM EST
Ciarán Strange
Somewhere Under The Rainbow: Celebrating LGBTQ+ In Fandom!
Fri June 5th 5PM-6PM EST
Marcus Stimac
Opportunities in Acting
Fri June 5th 6PM-7PM EST
Brittany Lauda & Matt Shipman
Voice Acting Q&A
Fri June 5th 7PM-8PM EST
Professor ShyGuy
Chiptune Set
Fri June 5th 8PM-9PM EST
Kyle Hebert
Geek Talk
SATURDAY
Day and Time
Featured Guest
Topic
Sat June 6th 1PM-2PM EST
Ryan Zanfei
Getting started with Twitch for Artists
Sat June 6th 2PM-3PM EST
Marcus Stimac
Making Soup with Marcus
Sat June 6th 3PM-4PM EST
Jason Meents
Making a Mashup
Sat June 6th 4PM-5PM EST
Professor ShyGuy
Acoustic Requests
Sat June 6th 5PM-6PM EST
Chris Rager & Joshua Martin
“The Life and Business of Voice Acting”
Sat June 6th 6PM-7PM EST
Ciarán Strange
Indie Book Publishing Secrets w/ International Bestseller K.T. Strange
Sat June 6th 7PM-8PM EST
Brittany Lauda & Matt Shipman
Gaming Stream: Voting to start at 6:45PM EST
Sat June 6th 8PM-9PM EST
Kyle Hebert
Q&A with Kyle Hebert
What is Virtua-Con?
Virtua-Con debuted online on April 11th, 2020 to rave reviews. The event site received over 6,000 views in 24 hours, and featured live streaming from over 30 artists, vendors and publishers over that time. Viewers joined the event from facebook, youtube and twitch, and were able to interact directly with all exhibitors.
Virtua-Con returns for a summer session on June 5th and 6th, and we’ve made some imrpovements to streamline the experience for everyone. So what is changing?
The Twitch.tv Takeover
While having multiple streaming platforms for Virtua-Con was exciting, it was also very complicated. Some platforms like facebook dropped streams due to connection or copyright issues, leaving presenters unaware that their streams had been interrupted. Exhibitors using Twitch, however, had the best overall experience, and attendance, for the event. Twitch users averaged about 3 times as many views as those using facebook or youtube. Because of this, we’re encouraging participants to stream through Twitch.tv to give our attendees the best experience possible.
Why Twitch? Can I still use Youtube or Facebook?
As stated before, Twitch.tv exhibitors gained the most exposure during our last event. This is no coincidence! Twitch offers a streaming experience that is very user friendly, and more subject based than subscriber based. This means that you’re more likely to be found on Twitch by a new user than on any other platform. Twitch also allows users to post a static image when they’re not streaming, which might not seem like a big deal, but it’s a great way to retain viewership. Many twitch users post a schedule as their static image to let people know when to come back. For our next event, we will still allow participants to stream through YouTube, but we will not be embedding streams from facebook. Facebook streams are too volatile to rely on for an event like ours. We will still be making facebook a big part of our event, however. We will have a special section dedicated to updates on who’s streaming on facebook as it’s happening. So our attendees will stil be made aware of your facebook stream, it just won’t be a part of the main floor grid.
Not just a weekend, a full season of Virtua-Con!
Our first event was a huge success, and we know it left attendees and participants wanting more, so we’re giving you more. Beginning with our summer session, The Virtua-Con main floor page will remain active even after the weekend event has concluded. While this means that events such as panels and special discussions will be fewer and farther between, channels embedded in the main floor will remain active for attendees to check back with all season long. This is a great way for exhibitors to share an audience and grow their brand recognition.
Rotation For Balanced Exposure
While we didn’t see a very significant difference in views based on placement in our last event, we don’t want placement to affect an exhibitors experience. We also want attendees to see a variety in our presentation, so for our next event, we’ll be rotating rows on the main floor every hour, so that every exhibitor gets equal time placed in the top row of their section. We’ll also be keeping the same rotation once a week during the rest of the season, so that a new top row will appear weekly, giving everyone equal, prominent exposure.
A Social Media Blitz
Support for participants will not end following the official show weekend. We’ll be continuing to share your streams, events, and specials throughout the season. We want to keep our participants and attendees continuously engaged, and offer great content year round, so look for a big effort on our part to promote what you’re doing, even after the event.
ARTIST PRICING
Full Sponsorship
ONLY ONE AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream headlining Artist’s Alley
- Customized Bio Page
- Sponsor announcement on main page
- Sponsor announcement on social media
- Promotion on social media when live
Featured Artist
ONLY 15 AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream Featured in Artist’s Alley
- Customized Bio Page
- Large Embedded Stream in Top Section
- Guest Announcement on Social Media
- Inclusion in “Featured Artist” Rotation
Artist's Alley
35 SPOTS AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream Included in Artist’s Alley
- Links Attached to Stream (unlimited)
- Announcement on Social Media When Live
- no bio page
- no guest announcement
VENDOR PRICING
Full Sponsorship
ONLY ONE AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream headlining Vendor Hall
- Customized Bio Page
- Sponsor announcement on main page
- Sponsor announcement on social media
- Promotion on social media when live
Featured Vendor
ONLY 6 AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream Featured in Vendor Hall
- Customized Bio Page
- Large Embedded Stream in Top Section
- Guest Announcement on Social Media
- Inclusion in “Featured Vendor” Rotation
Vendor Hall
12 SPOTS AVAILABLE- Embedded Stream Included in Vendor Hall
- Links Attached to Stream (unlimited)
- Announcement on Social Media When Live
- no bio page
- no guest announcement
Ready to Register?
Let’s get started! Fill out the registration form below, and then proceed to submitting your payment.
Step One: Fill out this form. Read Carefully!
Step Two: Complete Payment
ARTISTS
VENDORS
GAMERS
Customize Your Page
We allow all exhibitors who register for a package that includes a bio page to customize that page. You can upload a logo, a background, and even sample images of your work. There are specifications to follow for your customizations. Please ensure your uploads meet the requirements.
VERY IMPORTANT! Name every file you upload with an extension that includes your display name, otherwise we will not know who uploaded the file. For example, Tasty Peach would upload a background with a file name of Tasty_Peach_Background, and gallery images as Tasty_Peach_Gallery_001, and so on. If your upload does not have your display name in it’s title, it will be deleted and not opened.
MAX UPLOAD SIZE IS 128MB.
Do not exceed 2000 pixels in length or width. This is a website, not a print project. There is no need to upload any file bigger than 1920 pixels wide on any axis.
Page Background: JPEG, GIF or PNG only, 1920×1080, RGB only.
Logo: JPEG, GIF or PNG only. RGB only. We recommend a short and wide logo, but will use an logo you submit.
Additional images: JPEG, GIF or PNG only, RGB only. No larger than 2,000 pixels on any side. Named according to purpose (background, logo, gallery, etc)
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