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Cause + Christi explore the expo hall and see friends at AWE 2023

AWE 2023 Pt. 2: What We Saw in the Expo Hall with Friends!

In addition to getting on stage for our panel Meet The Makers and the Auggie Awards (see more in our AWE 2023 Pt. 1 post here ), we also had a great time reconnecting with friends from the XR industry and exploring the expo hall! In the expo hall, we tried out the Lenovo Thinkreality VRX headset, Varjo XR3, HTC Vive XR Elite, Magic Leap 2, the BHaptics suit, and did an interview with Maxwell McGee for the Virtual World Society podcast!

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Thank You Altspace From Cause + Christi

Thank You for Everything, AltspaceVR

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic as we were all locked away in our homes wondering when we might ever socialize again, many found refuge in a brand new world of virtual connectivity and creativity through an obscure little app known as AltspaceVR. It is here that we would begin our shared journey into XR design and creating immersive experiences. Altspace was our home for over three years, allowing us to find community and connection that will continue to surpass time (zones) and (physical) space. Thank you all for making so many memories with us! Now our journey continues…

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The Final Message from AltspaceVR

The Final Moment of AltspaceVR

AltspaceVR is now gone. It is no more. It ceases to be. Monty Python references aside, we both decided to attend the final moments of the platform, as apparently did many others. In fact, we had not seen that many friends and connections logged on simultaneously since the heyday of the first BRCvr during a time when everyone was essentially locked down and could ONLY be online. A true testament to the love and devotion we all had to our favorite VR platform.

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From Midjourney To 3D Mesh… Just Like That

Not in one fell swoop sadly. However the time saved on producing a quite beautiful low poly game artifact was substantial indeed! I set out earlier to create a panel of buttons for the interior of an elevator. Seems simple enough but then you begin researching styles across Google Images and there’s just too many to choose! Oh what to do?? “Save me, Midjourney!”

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Cause + Christi at the Hug Deli - Burning Man

Burning Man 2022

Cause + Christi out in the wild… We went to “that thing in the desert”!

It was only a couple of weeks before thousands would gather to co-create the physical Black Rock City, when we got the call: “so we have this new project and we need a hand… can you make it to Burning Man this year?”

Before we knew it, we were on a plane headed west.

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AWE 2022

For AWE 2022, we got on the main stage for the MetaTr@versal: A Day in the Life play! Additionally, Christi joined a panel to talk about immersive storytelling. We also joined a group of educators to tour the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and the Santa Clara University Imaginarium. Then, we had a big AWE Afterparty with tech demos at our MetaVilla Airbnb.

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