How can we create XR experiences with purpose and why does it matter?
Last week's MeaningfulXR conference at UC Davis and in VRChat brought together a dynamic XR community from across the globe to explore the answers and featured some of the latest academic research using XR across disciplines including education, psychology, design, AI, health and wellness, tracking data and more.
On this special episode, I’m sharing the audio recording of our MeaningfulXR panel, Creating platforms and apps to better people's lives
Led by Carsten Becker, Faculty, Media Design and Extended Reality USC Iovine & Young Academy and featuring Avi Bar-Zeev, XR Pioneer, founder and president of the XR Guild.
I highlight some of the exciting projects I saw on Day One of the conference and Carsten shares his industry insights, the importance of ethics and purpose driven XR, as well as how to overcome building and investment challenges for new XR students and builders.
We also hear from Carsten’s Neely Center student mentees who are designing purpose driven XR for social impact.
Special thanks to Robby Ratan and the MeaningfulXR team!
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FEATURED CONFERENCE PROJECTS/CREATORS:
- Reimagining Land Acknowledgment: Co-Designing Location-Based AR with Indigenous Communities - Kai Lukoff, Sean Hauze, Madison Nguyen, Isabella 'Amne Gomez
- CN Vision: A Novel AR Tool for Enhanced SLP Neuroanatomy Learning - Maura Philippone, Jesse Sanderson
- Immersive Religion: Enhancing Religious Literacy through Extended Reality -John Soboslai
- Navigating Ethics in Augmented and Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Design for Dyslexia Interventions - Aurelia O'Neil
FEATURED LINKS:
- MeaningfulXR Conference
- Neely Purpose Driven XR Library
- Neely Center for Ethical Leadership and Decision Making
- XR Guild
- XR Guild Library
- VIDEO Lightning talk: A Deep Dive into Eye-tracking in XR with Avi Bar-Zeev - Stanford Cyber Policy Center
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