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Join us on the last Thursday of every month at 18:00(CAT) for the live stream
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the VRtual meetup

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...


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Our 2019 360 video meetup at the TMRW Gallery on the Keyes Art Mile.
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A 2020 Hubs meetup hosted by the legends at MakeGamesSA
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VRChat pikachu coming home form the gym

...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?

I'm on Windows (PC)
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download
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
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Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month!
I'm on Steam (PC)
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download
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
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Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month!
I'm in Virtual Reality
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is my headset supported?
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
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Finally: Search for the WeAreVR Meetup and join us at 18:00 on the last Thursday of every month!

Great! So, when's the next meetup?

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    • Play in XR
  • Community
    • News
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    • The ViRtual Meetup
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  • Contact