Very inspirational day yesterday (vrdays.co/programme/)! Apart from all the cool new HMDs (, , etc.), demos, and wonderful chats, a few key highlights:
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Haptics & Sensors session (vrdays.co/programme/#/20), specifically 's pitch for , who are doing great work in the affective computing and XR spaceπ
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Mel Slater () gave a wonderful talk (thank you!) βMeet yourself and celebrities in VRβ, running through past ~30 years of shared VR, showing powerful examples of how co-presence (& self-presence) can create novel (& sometimes highly emotional) social experiences.
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Simultaneously loved and hated the Quantum Bar (quantumbar.ai) by . GPT-3 can perhaps make great conversation, but with response latency, calling me Jake π, and NO action coupling, the drink I repeatedly requested never got made. No +ve sentiment! π
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TY so much for your in-depth review & please approach me at the reception tonight, so that I can invite you to the drink you asked for IRL ππ₯π
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Oh pity I'm not there tonight, tucked away in Amsterdam. Next time though, have a good one! π₯
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