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UNWRAP 2023 was all about energy, connections, and insights! ???? Catch a glimpse of the event in our quick recap video—thanks to Jarne and the team for representing PreviewLabs so well. Check it out! ?? UNWRAP | Future of Digital Entertainment Festival , Flanders Game Hub, Hangar K, Howest - Digital Arts and Entertainment, Department of Culture, Youth and Media, HOWEST Hogeschool West-Vlaanderen, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds, Flemish Games Association

Another great UNWRAP with the PreviewLabs team! From lively discussions to some fun moments, our Belgian office brought their energy to this year’s event. Huge thanks to Jarne and the rest of the crew—Joren, Jitse, Aymeric, Lorenz, and Domien—for representing us so well! ?? To all the students and professionals we connected with: let’s keep the conversations going! Curious about game prototyping or joining our team? Reach out anytime - or sign up to our jobs mailing list here: https://eepurl.com/ge1IJD

?? PreviewLabs is Growing – and We’re Hiring a Business Developer! ?? If you’re driven by sales, creativity, and have a passion for technology, this could be your opportunity. At PreviewLabs, we specialize in rapid prototyping with game tech, helping companies—from startups to NASA—bring innovative ideas to life. ?? What you’ll do: You’ll be more than a seller—you’ll build relationships, understand our clients’ needs, and uncover new market opportunities. This role is about shaping the future of our growth alongside our CEO, Bernard. ?? Watch the video for a behind-the-scenes look at why this role is essential, and find out if you’re a fit for our team! More details are in our recent blog post (see comments). #Hiring #BusinessDeveloper #JoinOurTeam #GameTech

Bernard is gearing up for MEET & BUILD this Saturday, where he’ll dive into why prototyping is essential for game projects. ?? Check out the video for a sneak peek, and if you’re attending, we’d love to connect! Feel free to reach out—let’s meet up and talk more at the event. #GameDev #Prototyping

Ever had a potentially groundbreaking idea, but weren’t sure how to bring it to life? That’s where we came in for Lutz Lüdtke when he was starting his company Keep Vision GmbH to experiment with new ways of visualizing data, on a quest to help companies find what they need more quickly in their file storage. As a startup founder, he was looking to explore this concept and try it out with clients. With the?Data City, we adopted a collaborative approach and turned his concept into an interactive 3D tool. Curious? Watch the video for a quick look, then visit the post that just went live on our blog about the project for more (https://lnkd.in/enraS3iu). Have a project in mind? Reach out via the contact form on our website—let’s prototype together!

Check out this exclusive video footage from?Year of the Cicadas, a project developed for the XR Pediatrics lab at Yale University — not publicly shared before outside of select conferences! ?? We're currently working on the third iteration of?Year of the Cicadas, a project built in Unity (supported by Unity for Humanity) for Meta Quest 2 and 3. ?? This emotionally powerful game, exploring grief over a 17 year period between cicada emergences, continues to evolve through our iterative prototyping process. ?? The video footage shared in Dr. Kimberly Hieftje,’s post gives a unique behind-the-scenes look at this ongoing project. Stay tuned for more exclusive footage, and follow PreviewLabs for the latest updates!

Many successful projects benefit from a team that listens, guides, and refines the concept through iterative prototyping. Bernard’s time in Belgium is all about connecting with forward-thinking professionals and discussing innovative approaches in game tech. At PreviewLabs, we’re ready to help your ideas take flight. ???Understanding?your unique challenges and needs. ????Guiding?you through technical complexities and gameplay/usability challenges. ???Using iterative prototyping to turn your ideas into reality. With Rosario Daratenas, Jarne Beaufays, steven V., Lorenz Delcol, and Xavier Lederer in pics of previous trips.

Earlier this week, we had the privilege of being Silicon Harlem's guest and delivering an interactive session for an audience of teenagers eager to learn about technology and entrepreneurship, and in doing so, helping advance Silicon Harlem's mission to transform Harlem into a tech and innovation hub. Eric Cunningham, a seasoned startup mentor, received and introduced the speakers, setting the stage for an inspiring event. PreviewLabs' founder Bernard Fran?ois spoke about his own teenage years discovering game programming and the choices made that helped him launch his career in the game industry and start PreviewLabs in 2010. Abigail Crocker, a Yale graduate student at the Yale School of Nursing and collaborator at Yale XR Pediatrics, discussed the "Cutie" project with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, designed to help parents of premature infants navigate the NICU experience, a collaboration with PreviewLabs. Mona Sinha, postgraduate associate at Yale XR Pediatrics, who started her first company at 16 and has previously run a business managing the personal social media of A-list celebrities, inspired everyone with her talk on pitch decks and visual design. A highlight was seeing the teenagers dive into VR experiences with Meta Quest headsets, giving them firsthand experience with the technology. They then worked on pitch decks for their concepts, guided by what they had learned earlier in the day. Huge thanks to Clayton Banks for this opportunity, and to Kimberly Hieftje, and Asher Marks, to have us steal two of their talented team members for the day. At PreviewLabs, our passion for prototyping goes hand in hand with supporting startup ecosystems. If you need speakers for your event or want to inspire future tech leaders, reach out to us!

PreviewLabs' founder Bernard Fran?ois and Dr. Frederick Shic from the University of Washington will be giving an online talk on developing games and apps for scientific research studies, specifically within the realm of neurodevelopmental disorders. ?? Date: May 23, 2024 ?? Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (PST) ?? RSVP: https://lnkd.in/eFD7AMRt This talk can help clinical researchers learn how to develop research-focused software, even without internal technical infrastructure. Topics include: - Practical Guidance: Learn how to develop research-focused software even if your research group lacks internal technical infrastructure. We'll cover how to find, vet, and collaborate with software vendors and contractors. - Design Approaches: Discover strategies that accommodate the iterative nature of research development and analytics, including tradeoffs in designing for flexibility and the pros and cons of post hoc vs. real-time measurement. - Special Considerations: Gain insights into adapting methods for neurodiverse children or those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. All researchers are welcome to RSVP through the link above. We look forward to seeing you there!

Anarchitects, a new VR game by Squido Studio, launched for Meta Quest devices over two weeks ago... ??It is already rated 4.8/5 based on 300 reviews! ?? The game features advanced collaborative multiplayer physics—a challenging feat. ??We at PreviewLabs were thrilled to help by developing the technical proof of concept. ?? This aided Squido Studio in raising CAD 1.5M to develop the game. Witnessing Anarchitects' early success has been truly rewarding!