Meetup #22 – Liminal VR
Date: Friday, December 8th, 2023
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 CET
Location: Online
For our last Meetup of the year, we have a particularly fun and interactive one. As a must, you’ll need to have a headset at the ready…
After meeting on MS Teams for a quick welcome and introduction, we’re going to simultaneously explore an app titled Liminal VR.
As the Melbourne based company behind the app describe themselves, “Liminal VR is a multi-award winning digital studio delivering emotionally moving augmented, mixed and virtual reality experiences in areas as diverse as training and simulation, sales and marketing, brand activations, education, research and development, corporate wellness and clinical applications”.
“With a world class creative and development team and dedicated research team of neuroscientists and psychologists, we pride ourselves on pushing the boundaries of what’s possible with immersive technologies”.
As we individually explore the many and varied experiences on the app, we will ask you all to consider how each might be used within an educational context, in what aspects they might perhaps be enhanced and altered, and in which ways they might prove a source of inspiration. After approximately 15 to 20 minutes, we will once again gather together on Teams to share our thoughts.
Within Liminal VR, much of the content is somewhat abstract, designed specifically to appeal to the emotions and there is much which we believe merits discussion.
Don’t forget to install the app on your headsets the day before we get started and we’re looking forward to seeing you soon!
How to Join
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About the Meetups
XR ERA organizes regular meetups to share knowledge, ideas, and experiences on various XR-related topics. Got an insight, experience, or project to share, or would you like to start a discussion? You’re welcome to present your work, questions, and challenges during a meetup. The XR ERA team organizes the meetups. Reach us at xrcommunity@llinc.leidenuniv.nl with your topic suggestion.
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