Our XR Curator Santeri Suominen decided to “eat their own dog food”, and took a few steps deeper into the world of VR gatherings.
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HXRC Team: Our first virtual conference experience at Laval Virtual World 2020
We visited a big virtual conference for the first time in the form of Laval Virtual World 2020, and decided to write some thoughts on how it went.
HXRC Team: Testing Rec Room, a recreational VR platform
Next on our working remotely in VR expedition was Rec Room, a recreational virtual and social space. Is it suitable for work or not?
HXRC Team: Testing Bigscreen VR for meeting purposes
The third expedition in our “testing out virtual reality collaboration tools” series took us to Bigscreen VR. Can it be used for work?
HXRC Team: Testing AltspaceVR, a social VR platform
We are trying out remote working tools of AltspaceVR, one of the most prominent current social VR platforms. Is it also suitable for work?
HXRC Team: Testing Glue, a virtual collaboration tool
We are on a mission of trying out remote working tools. First one on our list was Glue, a virtual collaboration platform created in Finland.
HXRC Team: How will we work remotely?
We will share the journey of how our Helsinki XR Center team will work remotely in virtual reality. It’s time to do a little exploring!
Helsinki XR Center cancels all events in spring 2020
Due to the coronavirus situation, Helsinki XR Center will cancel or postpone all events, visits and group meetings for the spring 2020.
Helsinki XR Center 2019 wrap-up: full speed ahead!
To celebrate Helsinki XR Center’s first birthday, we will take a moment to reminisce how the first year was like.
Open Call for XR Developer Teams
Helsinki XR Center is now looking for new developer teams to join the Europe’s leading XR hub. Apply now in our Open Call, and join the XR family!
Meet the HXRC team: Sami Lehtinen
Meet Sami Lehtinen, HXRC’s producer. He is working on Match Up 2019 as a part of the Events and Communications team.
Meet the HXRC team: Janina Rannikko
Meet Janina Rannikko, the data curator. Her role is contacting and connecting academic researchers of VR, AR and MR in order to expand the scientific outreach of HXRC and enable XR cooperation between scientific and business world.