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After many in-person WeAReVR Meetups, our team decided to go 100% digital for the safety of everyone in our community.
(2020, right?) This was a big new step. The virtual world is pretty spacious and there are so many ways to host a virtual event... So how would we host our meet-ups? Zoom, Skype and Google Hangouts do the job. Our friends over at Immersive Tech Africa have hosted some great group chats using this technique, but we wanted to push the envelope a bit further... We investigated Mozilla Hubs, which allows us to meet up with a phone, on a PC or in VR. But as of early 2020, there's a limit to around 20 people per room... Some of our artists and developers are working in VRChat, but there's also a serious limit to how many people can join a session... |
Our 2019 360 video meetup at the TMRW Gallery on the Keyes Art Mile.
A 2020 Hubs meetup hosted by the legends at MakeGamesSA
VRChat pikachu coming home form the gym
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...finally, we settled on
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Altspace is a Microsoft-owned (watch out, MS Teams) PC-VR application. It allowed some of the WeAReVR community members to create a virtual podcast studio, a meditation garden, virtual offices, build custom avatars,
...and most importantly, to continue hosting our meetups! |
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So, how do I join?
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I'm on Windows (PC)
Step 1: Download and install the app from the Windows store.
Step 2: Create and verify your own Altspace account Step 3: Run through the short introductory tutorial Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month! |
I'm on Steam (PC)
Step 1: Download and install the app from Steam.
Step 2: Create and verify your own Altspace account Step 3: Run through the short introductory tutorial Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month! |
I'm in Virtual Reality
Step 1: Power up your headset and downlaod altspace from your device's store
Step 3: Create and verify your own Altspace account Step 3: Run through the short introductory tutorial Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month! |
