{"id":272,"date":"2020-01-12T18:56:39","date_gmt":"2020-01-12T18:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendgenerator.club\/?p=272"},"modified":"2020-01-12T19:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-01-12T19:01:20","slug":"friend-generator-presentations-fall-2019-wrap-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendgenerator.club\/?p=272","title":{"rendered":"Friend Generator Presentations &#8211; Fall 2019 Wrap Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Fall of 2019 was a super busy and successful time for us here at Friend Generator. In addition to winning the <a href=\"http:\/\/3.151.107.52\/?p=255\">People&#8217;s Choice Award for Best Interactive Experience<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/fivars.net\/\">2019 Festival of International Augmented and Virtual Reality Stories<\/a>, I had a chance to present our work at a number of academic conferences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Sept. 21, I had the privilege to sit on a panel with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidrokeby.com\/\">David Rokeby<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chrissalter.com\/\">Chris Salter <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lindalauro-lazin.com\/\">Linda Lauro-Lazin<\/a> as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/humanities.utoronto.ca\/events\/mixture-digital-art-and-compositional-realities\">MixtuRe: Digital Arts and Compositional Realties symposium<\/a>. We discussed our creative practices using technology in the context of experimental research creation. I&#8217;ve long been a huge fan of David Rokeby&#8217;s work, as well as Chris Salter&#8217;s work in research creation. It was such an honour to meet and chat with these incredible artists and scholars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-instagram wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B2sRx6Gn51E\/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Nov. 5, I was invited to present <a href=\"http:\/\/3.151.107.52\/?page_id=5\">After Dan Graham <\/a>as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/toasterlab.com\/2019\/10\/14\/registration-open-for-the-first-toasterlab-mixed-reality-performance-atelier-symposium\/\">Toasterlab&#8217;s Mixed Reality Performance Symposium<\/a>, sponsored by <a href=\"https:\/\/sensorium.ampd.yorku.ca\/\">Sensorium: Centre for Digital Arts &amp; Technology<\/a> at York University and the <a href=\"https:\/\/canadacouncil.ca\/\">Canada Council for the Arts<\/a>. Despite a few minor technical glitches (who knew that technology isn&#8217;t always 100% reliable?) the presentation was a success and I really enjoyed our discussion afterwards. The wonderful people at <a href=\"http:\/\/toasterlab.com\/\">Toasterlab <\/a>are doing some <a href=\"http:\/\/toasterlab.com\/projects\/albion-library-virtual-reality-project\/\">incredible things in mixed reality<\/a>, so please do check out their work if you&#8217;re interested in this field. If you&#8217;d like to see the presentation, check out the video below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Novel Interactions and Closing Remarks at the Mixed Reality Performance Symposium on Tues 5 Nov 2019\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tcg36QZ160A?start=1151&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And last, but certainly not least, I presented my experiences working with VR as a creative medium at the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/humanities\/canadian-studies\/two-days-of-canada-conference\/\">Two Days in Canada Conference<\/a> sponsored by the Centre for Digital Humanities at Brock University. Not only did I get a chance to speak about how my experiences leading community-based VR workshops (such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaembassy2018.blogspot.com\/2018\/07\/day-1-getting-into-virtual-swing-of.html\">Media Embassy at Lawrence Heights<\/a>) have influenced my own creative approach to work with Friend Generator, but another media scholar,  Justin Baillargeon, included After Dan Graham in his presentation on interactive VR experiences!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Peak conference BINGO me: taking a picture of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavyDangerpants?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DavyDangerpants<\/a> watching Justin Baillargeon talk about David\u2019s VR project <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/friendgener8or?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@friendgener8or<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ys9DhI1Zic\">pic.twitter.com\/ys9DhI1Zic<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Claudia Sicondolfo (@claudia_sicon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/claudia_sicon\/status\/1192886243979399168?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 8, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, it was a busy Fall, and hopefully, things will continue to be busy as we head into 2020. With any luck, we&#8217;ll be showcasing After Dan Graham again in the near future as we continue to develop new features as well as push towards integrating it onto other VR platforms. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fall of 2019 was a super busy and successful time for us here at Friend Generator. In addition to winning the People&#8217;s Choice Award for Best Interactive Experience at the 2019 Festival of International Augmented and Virtual Reality Stories, I had a chance to present our work at a number of academic conferences. 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