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Meetup #37: Human-centred XR & AI Innovation at Imperial Business School – Feb 5th (16:00-17:00 CET)
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Recaps from past meetups
360° Videos in Healthcare Education | Recap Meetup #35
On October 30th, we were delighted to welcome Nynke de Jong, who presented Maastricht University's extensive implementation of 360° videos in their healthcare education. This implementation started in 2016, after students in the Care in Context module experienced a...
XRScaleKit: Managing Devices, Community, & Content | Recap Meetup #34
On September 4th, we were delighted to welcome Arno Freeke and Luuk Goossen to introduce us to TU Delft’s XRScaleKit – a virtual toolbox which allows users to easily access, share, and manage XR content. With services such as safe and secure authentication, remote...
VR’s Impact on Youth Mental Health | Recap Meetup #33
On July 1st, we were joined by Nina Krupljanin, a PhD candidate at Leiden University's Institute of Education and Child Studies who has been researching the use of Virtual Reality as a means of conducting trauma therapy for children. In her presentation, she guided us...
Flanders’ XR Action Plan | Recap Meetup #32
For our 32nd Meetup, we were thrilled to be joined by Louise Paepe from RTC Antwerp to share with us the process and successes of the Flemish XR Action Plan. Working with several hundred Flemish educational institutions allowed those involved in the large-scale plan...
Brain Man VR, Neuroscience, and Pizza Maths | Recap Meetup #28
For our October Meetup, we welcomed Richard Lewis, Neuroscientist and Founder/CEO of Brain Man VR, the company behind the VR game Pizza Maths. Richard guided us through the history of Brain Man VR and Pizza Maths, showcased the game's mechanics, and shared his...
International Virtual Exchanges & XR | Recap Meetup #27
On September 26th, we were delighted to welcome Dario Fazzi to share with us his successfully-implemented Virtual Exchange (VE) programme at Leiden University in the Netherlands. Following a call from the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science to...
Client-led & Value-based Practices for Mental Health in VR | Recap Meetup #26
On the 6th of June, we were thrilled to welcome Nina Salomons, the Co-founder and CEO of the XR visualisation tool, Anomie. Intended for use within therapy, the platform aims to create safe spaces for personal expression within the virtual realm. As Nina explores in...
Accelerating XR workflows with Artificial Intelligence | Recap Meetup #25
On the 26th of May, we were thrilled to collaborate with the Media & Learning Association for a Meetup on the pertinent topic of “Accelerating XR workflows with Artificial Intelligence”. Having been welcomed by Jeremy Nelson - Senior Director of Creative Studios...
Responsible Heritage & 3D Printing in Cultural Heritage | Recap Meetup #24
On the 17th of April, the XR ERA community was joined by John Walker and Liselore Tissen to delve into the often tricky realm of Responsible XR and, in particular, its intersection with 3D printing in cultural heritage. Having first gained a clear impression of what...
StereoKit | Recap Meetup #23
On the 13th of March, the XR ERA community gathered for an interactive workshop on StereoKit - an “easy-to-use open-source mixed reality library for building HoloLens and VR applications with C# and OpenXR”. Throughout the hour and a half spent together, we had the...
Future Forecasting in XR | Recap Meetup #21
On the 8th of November, the XR ERA community came together for an interactive workshop on the topic of Future Forecasting in XR. Grounded in the methodology of Future Foresight, we were challenged to contemplate a range of scenarios ranging from the commonplace to the...
XR Accessibility & Digital Literacy | Recap Meetup #20
Image courtesy of Vanessa Loring. On the 20th of October, the XR ERA community came together to discuss the fundamental, ever-relevant issues of accessibility and digital literacy, framing these terms within the context of Extended Reality (XR) to debate what may be...