Happy to have contributed in a small way to the upcoming Polygirl* app from @cybereality.bsky.social (parts of it use my Blender plugins for facial mocap and audio lip-sync). Looking really nice! www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Fg... * polygirl.ai

Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in #3D digital form after deep sea expedition “We’re scanning these wrecks and collecting thousands of high-resolution 3D images that are then kind of knitted together ...We’re seeing these ships magically appear..." www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Get your tickets for FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2026 - *online version* - at link below. Highly recommend. Diverse and international plate of immersive content Easy access & lotsa fun! #xr #vr #ar #mr @fivars.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/fivars-fes...

The spookiest hole in one 🫣🏆 in Fruit Golf history! Out now on Quest: vr.meta.me/s/23JXFBDfn0... #fruitgolf #VR #steam #trickshot #partygame #indiegames

Says the guy who, after losing in a free & fair election, incited an insurrection against his own country: the very definition of treason. #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison

Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what’s still unsettled. #worldmodels #ai #robotics #3d arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/s...

AI ‘Organisms’ Come Alive in Kuala Lumpur as Dutch Artist Unveils Immersive Show www.yahoo.com/entertainmen... #ai #immersiveexperiences

A dozen bad prints on my 3d printer with a complicated part...can't get it beyond a couple layers. "What if I set the temperatures to the heat of the sun?" Works great, totally makes sense.

Let’s elect a president that will appoint Jack Smith as Attorney General.

What is the future of opera in a virtual reality? Coole Stevenson, who holds degrees in both opera performance and in computer science with a specialization in artificial intelligence, first became fascinated by the idea of simultaneous performances... #vr #xr #opera classic107.com/articles/wha...

Brooklyn! July 28! Salon! Hosted by Gabe and Allie and a bunch of our friends.

Deconstructed CTR Wilson's cloud chamber (1912). When users snap it back together in #VR, they can understand how the expansion chamber works. Based the model on the Univ of Cambridge version. #xr #science #physics

Got tempted by coloured chalks and a black sketchbook in an art supply store while in Rome 😅

Now free to play - FastHands is innovative, single and multiplayer fun. Run, jump, glide, dive, climb and shoot #vr #gamedev www.meta.com/experiences/...

A new book by the Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan contends that Trump ran in 2024 for one reason above all: “This was about staying out of prison.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/ns4CGV

The neural render proxies paper popped up on my YouTube feed today, looks really cool: youtu.be/jgD5w3RM0k4?...

Get your tickets for FIVARS Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories 2026 - *online version* - at link below. Highly recommend. Diverse and international plate of immersive content Easy access & lotsa fun! #xr #vr #ar #mr @fivars.bsky.social www.eventbrite.com/e/fivars-fes...

www.businessinsider.com/dataland-wor... #ai #aiart #refikanadol

He’s not even in office anymore and he’s still more presidential than the man who is.

New Haven map, 1641. Ancestor Thomas Powell's plot of land in pink. Happy 250th, America.

“We the People” means all of us. Republicans can have January 6th — the 4th belongs to everyone else. Happy Independence Day🇺🇸

Unable to find the virtual museum experience he wanted, Eric Mosinger built it himself. That idea eventually grew into ArtQuest VR, one of VR's most ambitious virtual museums:

Jon Ossoff, ‘Next Obama’ Dem, Surges Into Lead Against Trump-Backed Rival #JonOssoff www.thedailybeast.com/next-obama-j... via @thedailybeast

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Art and Japan-based TOPPAN Inc. are partnering to advance the museum’s growing digitization efforts, starting with implementation of cutting-edge virtual- and augmented-reality experiences. #xr #vr #ar #museums #Smithsonian #art www.si.edu/newsdesk/rel...

YES! A #BlueWave will allow us to make this happen. It is up to us, good people. Make a plan to vote! #Solidarity

Meta and EssilorLuxottica Launch New Meta Glasses AI Eyewear Line www.auganix.org/xr-news-meta... #ai #ar

Advanced Health Research on Station Using Augmented, Virtual Reality Tools #xr #vr #ar #space #NASA #spacestation #healthtech www.nasa.gov/blogs/spaces...

Punchdrunk announces new immersive project in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE at the upcoming Wynn Al Marjan Island. Guests "will be able to select a traditional seated performance upstairs, or a roaming immersive journey downstairs and backstage…." www.arabianbusiness.com/t-mag...

Can VR help save a 2,000-year-old tomb? #EXCALIBUR pitched its XR + digital twin toolkits at Immersive Tech Week 2026 in Rotterdam. Here's how 👇 excalibur-eccch.eu/excalibur-at... #EXCALIBUR #XR #CulturalHeritage

The Smithsonian will be celebrating our 250th (July 17-18) in a different way: "The Smithsonian Castle is set to be transformed into an AI-driven immersive art experience called 'Smithsonian Dreams' by media artist Refik Anadol." #AIart #multimedia blooloop.com/news/refik-a...

In time for World Cup Seattle, augmented reality art pops up downtown #xr #ar #art #installations #augmentedrealityart www.seattletimes.com/entertainmen...

West London looking like Savannah #photography

“If we lose, people might investigate us" is a helluva campaign pitch for "innocent" politicians.

This week on the pod we're talking about the state of XR -– from what's happening with the new tech to the out-of-home experiences that are actually drawing audiences – with Scarlett Kim, Ray Mosco, Rory Mitchell, and NoPro's Toronto curator Katrina Lat, and host Noah Nelson.

Dark Fantasy-Inspired Animated Short In Blender With Unique Painterly Style Made entirely by humans. #animation #Blender #b3d www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSQe... 80 Level post: 80.lv/articles/dark-fantasy-inspired-animated-short-in-blender-with-unique-painterly-style

www.immersivegamebox.com/en-US/venues... #immersiveexperiences

Sony Pictures invests $100 million in virtual reality venue Cosm #xr #vr #experientialentertainment #immersivestorytelling www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

You have until the end of the month to submit internet-related art! Sculptures, immersive worlds, paintings, etc all considered.

Anytime any respectable journalist mentions our two chief negotiators with Iran, Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff, they should note both receive sizeable paychecks from Middle Eastern nations with deep equities in these talks. It is a fundamental corruption.

RT Forbes: New Global Prize Signals Immersive Storytelling’s Growing Cultural Clout A 30-minute augmented-reality experience that transports participants back to 1950s Montgomery, Alabama, to witness one girl’s act of defiance against segregation... #xr #ar www.forbes.com/sites/leslie...

This was so fun! I like how you can choose to take the higher road or go down and dirty with your crimes!

"A democratic society depends on citizens who can hear things they dislike without falling apart." - J. Hopkins Learn resilience, folks. Democracy depends on it.

People Who Used Instagram for Years Were More Likely to Be Fooled a Stranger’s Face Was Their Own in Bizarre #VR Experiment A new study suggests Instagram may shape not just how people judge their looks but how their brains decide what counts as their own face #xr www.zmescience.com/science/psyc...

Let’s check in on how Jared and Ivanka’s luxury Albanian resort is doing…

Dialog, the private network co-founded by Peter Thiel, uses a hidden ranking system that scores attendees based on wealth, fame, and relationships. The rankings help determine who they meet, who they sit with, and who no longer belongs.

Apathy = Death. #HoldFast

On June 14, Colored (Noire) by French arts collective Novaya was crowned winner of the inaugural Annwn Prize, the world’s first arts award dedicated to immersive storytelling... Novaya’s piece, Colored (Noire) brings the US Civil Rights struggle to vivid life. #xr #ar www.wales.com/news/united-...

Saw this photo online (c Stuart J Sykes) and just makes me think that while it’s whimsical, this is the imagined state that the right wing want back, at least in their own heads. Time has moved on lads!

Just bc

Reminder that just because something gets a lot of coverage in the media doesn't mean it's any better than its peers. Sometimes there are equally capable (or even more capable) teams that can't or won't buy their way into the news cycle.