Metaverse for Good (VR for Good)

Discover, explore and celebrate the impact and heritage of Black British music this weekend as we host the Black Sound Project in collaboration with the Gallery of Living History and Black Sound. Bring your artefact representing your experience or memory of Black/ black music in Coventry and be part our Heritage Collection Day on Saturday 8 February, 10:00 – 18:00. You can bring any object related to your experience of Black/black music in Coventry: for example, a concert ticket, a record, a photo etc. Your artefact will then be 2D or 3D scanned, and we will record a short audio clip of you explaining its personal significance to you. The completed scans and audio clips will then form a ‘citizen curated’ exhibition on Coventry Digital platform (https://coventry.digital). As part of the Heritage Collection day, we also have a series of talks and live performances by local musicians from Sofar (https://lnkd.in/ejUMa_nF) from 12.00 onwards. Full schedule below: 12.00 Performance: TBC 13.00 Sofar live performance - Serena Jasmine 14.00 The Record Store and Black Music: England’s Tastemakers documentary film screening followed by a Q&A led by Lloyd Bradley, featuring Simon ‘Schooly’ Phillips (Director) & Vejay Mistry (Producer) 15.00 Sofar live performance - John Bernard 15.30 The Importance of Archives - Ben Kyneswood Director of Coventry Digital talks about the significance of archives. 16.00 Champion Sound screening. Coventry’s DIY Culture - sound system discussion led by Lloyd Bradley: Daniella D (Sisters in Dub) + Trevor Evans (Coventry’s early sound system operator) 17.00 Sofar live performance - Daniella D #blackmusic #britishmusic #heritage #blacksound #freeevent #music #event #archives #coventry #heritagecollection Dr Margaret Casely-Hayford CBE Sameenah Hoque Ekari Kapondo Gianni Pyndiah Maullick Pushkarna Daniel Stinton Benoit Granier donatella maraschin Fred Mudhai Paul Fairburn Steve Galliford Steve Dawkins Shaun Hides Benjamin Kyneswood Sylvester Arnab Petros Lameras Dr Paul Smith Phil Upton Trish Adudu Malcolm Barnes Mark Hughes-Webb Rob Harrison Helen Barge Rachel Farrer Dr. Daren Pickles Rebecca Ryder-Caddy Craig Ashley Emma Holdsworth Karen Bull Paul Adkins Steve Birkett Adam Collis

Excited to welcome Sean Carroll and Clarice Hilton of ANAGRAM to our monthly online meet tomorrow. Sean and Clarice's talk is titled "Inside Mental Health: Building Empathy With VR". Anagram's Inside Mental Health project uses their award-winning Goliath: Playing with Reality VR experience to explore the limits of reality in this true story of so-called ‘schizophrenia’ and the power of gaming communities. Echo (narrated by Tilda Swinton) guides you through the many realities of Goliath, a man who spent years isolated in psychiatric institutions but finds connection in multiplayer games. Combining heart-felt dialogue, mesmerising visuals and symbolic interactions, weave through multiple worlds to uncover Goliath's poignant story. Goliath was winner of the Grand Jury Prize?for?Best VR Immersive Work at the 78th Venice International Film Festival and nominated?for?a News & Documentary Emmy Award in the Outstanding Interactive Media Innovation category. Goliath is the first part of a wider Insider Mental Health series in VR. Join us?for?an online meet exploring the Inside Mental Health project and how Anagram are approaching the use of immersive technologies to support mental health training. Join here: https://lnkd.in/dp66q_x tomorrow at 1pm EST/ 6pm BST! #metaverseforgood #immersive #metaverse #VRforgood #techforgood #mentalhealth #VR #virtualreality #XR #spatialcomputing #future #education #healthcare Vishal Shah Simon Wright Shaun Hides Amy Peck Amy Hedrick Caroline Kneafsey Demetrio Wazar-Santana Boyd Branch, PhD Sylvester Arnab Petros Lameras Malcolm Barnes Mark Hughes-Webb Devi Kolli Prajay Kamat Heraldas Gaspariunas Andy Winter Tom Ffiske Gabriele Romagnoli ?? Sarah Porter Helen Cuthill Clare Mitchell Hasith Reddy Tom Dolby

Join us tomorrow at 1pm EST/ 6pm GMT for our monthly Metaverse for Good Committee meeting! Our guest this month is Emily P., founder of readyr. Her talk is titled:?“Are We Missing a Trick??How Learnings from Commercial VR Could be Applied on a Public Level to Bolster National Resilience.” Bio: Since starting her career in 2007 as an Event Manager at the NEC, over the past 17 years Emily Peat?has gained unparalleled experience in exhibitions and live events. Most recently she is known for the seamless delivery of the UK’s second largest B2C exhibitions, attracting upwards of 100,000+ visitors each. Throughout her career, Emily has earned the respect of the industry, featuring in articles for both Exhibition News and NEBOSH, as well as delivering keynote speeches for Event Week Live and providing consultative services for industry newcomers. She is known for her meticulous attention to detail and thorough approach, valuing facts, collaboration, solid processes and creating beautiful, interactive experiences. Before entering the events industry however, Emily’s love for truth-seeking, learning and problem-solving developed during the many hours spent in the lab during her BSc, using sedimentary magnetic analysis to identify the primary source of problematic sedimentary build-up in reservoirs. This was later followed by a Masters in Applied Research and consultancy. Emerging from the pandemic, Emily saw not only an unaddressed gap in the market but also the wider implications of a society dependent on others and struggling services. From this observation, she developed a personal commitment to bring strength and resilience back to the nation. After months of consumer and business research and years of event experience behind her, the concept of Readyr was born. #metaverse #metaverseforgood #techforgood #immersive #VR #virtualreality Sarah Porter Kris Kolo VR/AR Association (VRARA) Bianca Wright, PhD

We need to postpone this month's Metaverse for Good committee meeting - we will see you all on Thursday, May 23rd!

Starting soon! Niantic, Inc. will be our guest speakers for today's Metaverse for Good session! Join us at 1pm ET today on the Google Meet link. https://lnkd.in/eSAJNEf

Don't forget to tune in THIS Thursday for a conversation with Niantic! When: Thursday, 3/28, 1pm ET Where: Online (google meet) https://lnkd.in/gKD7QJCu

Join us next Thursday, 3/28!

Mark your calendar for Niantic, Inc. next Thursday, 3/28! We will hear how Niantic and 8th Wall actively use AR to make a real difference in the world. When: Thursday, March 28th, 1pm EST Where:?https://lnkd.in/eSAJNEf Session: How Niantic Uses AR to Level Up Social Impact We will uncover the ways in which Niantic, the creators behind AR games like Pokémon GO, and the 8th Wall WebAR platform, harnesses the power of AR to elevate social impact. Learn how Niantic goes beyond gaming, leveraging AR to foster community connections, promote physical well-being, and champion social causes that truly matter. You’ll hear from Yennie Solheim and Pablo De La Hoya, who will each dive into the ways in which they directly engage their player base in real-world impact, and how they use AR technology to help connect end users with social good campaigns. Kris Kolo Bianca Wright, PhD Amanda Cordisco Chanel P. VRARA - Silicon Valley VR/AR Association (VRARA) VRARA - Korea VR/AR Association (VRARA) Montreal Chapter VRARA Aerospace XR Women XR Association #techforgood #VR #AR #augmentedreality #8thwall #niantic