Silicon Valley Virtual Reality

Heading to #GDC2025 this week? Be sure to include these #SVVR folks in your schedule! * Bernard Yee ?? GDC will moderate a lively panel including a "Project Runway-style" product bakeoff with a variety of viewpoints from alumni of Oculus, Niantic, Magic Leap & more on Monday @ 2:40pm: https://lnkd.in/gsPFpMTd * Fan favorite and game industry doyenne Nicole Lazzaro ??? ?? GDC will be talking about 3D haptics with Miraisens on Thursday at 9:30am: https://lnkd.in/gSzSEcM2 * SVVR OG and accessibility expert Jazmin Cano of Owlchemy will share lessons from developing accessible VR games on Tuesday @10:50: https://lnkd.in/gJs2xVpA * Julian Gómez & Founders Inc. are hosting a Unity + XR panel off-site (no GDC badge req), featuring John Dagdelen and other XR luminaries: https://lnkd.in/ghFQ7MYS * And after hours, if you're heading to the SF Game Development Indie Arcade Party on Tuesday evening at DNA, be sure to seek out Sam Mateosian 's VR pinball demo and Nicole Lazzaro ??? ?? GDC's Follow the White Rabbit AVP demo: https://lnkd.in/gTvPQDit

Couldn't make it to SVVR tonight? Check out the presentations right now on our livestream: https://lnkd.in/gUmsjDAC

Greetings XR Friends! SVVR Meetup #91 this Wed Feb 19. Speakers: - Angel Say from Y Combinator-backed construction company Resolve - Caitlin Krause with MindWise XR design studio founder / Stanford lecturer w/a special interactive session on digital wellbeing and creativity Get your tickets now! https://lnkd.in/gxAXkTZ8

Happy Valentine's week, friends in XR! We'd ?? to see you at our SVVR Meetup next Wednesday Feb 19. Featuring a talk by Angel Say from Y Combinator-backed construction company Resolve and a special interactive session on digital wellbeing and creativity in XR & AI from MindWise XR design studio founder and Stanford lecturer Caitlin Krause, you don't want to miss it! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gWABQpw7 #VR #AR #XR #UX #entrepreneurship #innovation

Looking to make some progress on your XR project? Come join our free monthly Workjam this afternoon, hosted by Elma, hang out with like-minded folks and get motivated! Details & RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gP65BvnQ

SVVR Meetup #90 YouTube Livestream is up! ~ https://lnkd.in/g7xnQybb

This Thursday, come join us for the first SVVR of the year! Demos are always welcome - bring what you're working on to share with the community. And if you were at #CES2025, we look forward to hearing your thoughts on the show and cool things you're excited about! More details on our speaker Bill Wang and link to register are below - see you there. #VR #AR #spatialcomputing

Friends in XR! Heading to #CES2025? There's just one place to be to check out the latest in spatial computing, including from SVVR regulars! Tues Jan 7 starting at Noon, no-host bar in the evening. RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gtuzsUr7 Can't wait to hear your stories from the show at our next meetup on Thursday January 16!

Happy new year, friends in XR! Our first meetup of 2025 will be on Thursday January 16, featuring ?? Bill Wang, winner of the Niantic VPS Challenge (2023) and the Meta+AWS Generative AI Hackathon (2024), as our speaker. You may have tried his very cool Zero Art Garden (3D printable!) kinetic sculpture VR app at a previous meetup - come learn more about his XR journey developing across VR, AR & AI technologies. As always, bring your demos to share and kick off your year with the best community in spatial computing! Register here: https://lnkd.in/gAs2eT9N (and for those of you at CES - good luck and have fun - look forward to hearing your stories from the show!)

The holidays are almost here, and there’s no better way to wrap up the year than with one last get-together! Join us next Wednesday, Dec 18, from 7-10 PM at Guildhouse in San Jose for a cozy holiday hang with all your favorite XR folks. ?????? Bonus: Guildhouse has table games to borrow—feel free to bring your favorite board or card games too. The more, the merrier! ???? RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/gYu45Fxe (Space is limited, so don’t wait!) Looking forward to catching up and hanging out before the new year—and maybe chatting about CES plans too. ?? #AR #VR #XR #HolidayVibes #IRL