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Defining Art and Ethics in VR: An Interview with Mariam Zakarian of Amaryllis VR

It’s rare for an artist to encounter a major medium that has no real art history yet, no rules, no language. It means you’re helping shape and define these things through your work, which is a great privilege. Both terrifying and exciting. How

Lance G Powell Jr

January 31

XR Bootcamp — Why Work in XR?

XR Bootcamp — Why Work in XR? www.xrbootcamp.comThis current, persistent wave of XR has been life-changing for me personally since it directed a significant amount of my post-graduate education — as I’ve been researching social

Lance G Powell Jr

November 28

Travel around the world, share unforgettable moments and kick off new immersive collaborative…

Travel around the world, share unforgettable moments and kick off new immersive collaborative projects. Join the XR Nomads Movement! www.xrnomads.comDo you know how VR/AR is developed, played and experienced in other countries? If you knew, you’d

Rahel Demant

August 5

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Europe

TU Graz
Aalborg University
Aegean
Comenius University, Fakulta matematiky, fyziky a informatiky
University College Cork
Dania Games
TU Darmstadt
University Hamburg
Universität Heidelberg
HTW Berlin
Manchester Metropolitan University
NHTV Breda
Kajaani University of Applied Sciences
Technology Companies Development Center
Paneuropean
RUBIKA
Warsaw University
Vilnius
Vigamus Academy
UCL
Talinn University of Technology
South East
Howest
Kosovo European College

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North America

CSU Monterey Bay
NMSU
NC State University
Oklahoma State University
Oswego NYSU
Purdue University
RIT Magic
Vancouver Film School
USC Viterbi
University of Florida
Carleton University
Instituto Tecnologico y de estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Queen's University

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Asia

BAU Bahçeşehir University
Ilia State University
Middle East Technical University
Sogang
Tsinghua University
Duy Tan University
University of Dhaka
Hacettepe University

2

Oceania

Canterbury New Zealand
Tafe

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South America

Universidad Militar Nueva Granada
Universidade de Sao Paulo
Anahuac Mayab University
Universidad del Valle de Guatemala

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Africa

University of the Witwatersrand

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Europe

Great Uni Hack
Wayray Challenge
Space Exploration Masters
Mixed Reality Hackathon

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North America

Reality Virtually
Creating Reality Hackathon

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Asia

hackathon@HKUST

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Oceania

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South America

SNX

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Africa

ARVR Africa

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