The Immersive Wire - 20 June 2021 (Sunday edition)

The Immersive Wire - 20 June 2021 (Sunday edition)

June 20, 2021

SUNDAY READ EDITIONCurated VR/AR analysis every Wednesday and Sunday

// 20 June 2021

I have a plant called Phoenix, because they died and came back to life twice now. Honestly, it's impressive dedication.

 

I visited London’s Victoria and Albert (V&A) museum to see Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser, an exhibition on the works and impact of the titular book - and includes a VR experience. Visitors tumble through the rabbit hole of Lewis Carrol’s works, from the petite drawings of a scramble of animals passing judgement, to an eclectic array of cutlery and crockery laid on dimension-bending tables.What particularly struck me was the impact of the work across culture and art movements; for example, did you know

as well? Or that early 1900s America was obsessed with the story? The little nuggets of information recontextualised the story away from the Disney film, and showed me its wider influence in ways I had no idea previously.Yet while the exhibition was excellent, it wasn’t the only reason why I was there. HTC VIVE Arts supported it with an experience created by PRELOADED, where visitors can fit into the dainty shoes of Alice.The player falls into Wonderland, drinks a shrinking potion, then meanders their way into a rose garden where they play croquet with playing cards. The colours and smooth animations painted a picturebook aesthetic, combined with a fun game at the end. Staff attended the installation perfectly, using face covers and regularly cleaning the equipment to ensure that VR headsets were good for repeated use.

For more on the VR experience, click here.

A neat installation for a small experience. Photo credit: Tom Ffiske.

Smash Drums, an arcade VR drumming game that will shake your house, is now available! Get ready to ROCK and DRUM HARD in this VR rhythm game for the Oculus Quest! Embark on an epic drumming journey that will have you destroying multiple environments through chaos and flames! Be prepared to smash drums to 21 awesome indie rock songs at launch, with more content coming after release! This is Smash Drums! Rock & roll has never been more alive...DEMO: Check out the free demo now on

.TRAILER: Watch the launch date announcement

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Q&A with...

Dinesh Punni, Founder and CEO of immersive insiders

What is your background? I had my first contact with immersive technologies back in 2014 when I tried out the Oculus Rift DK2 at Gamescom in Cologne. I fell in love with the technology, and I completely immersed myself into AR/VR ever since. Over the years, I have applied AR/VR in several sectors such as gaming, medical training, mechanical engineering, retail and interior design. In 2017 I started to teach my learnings and insights at meetups, universities and later on my YouTube channel as well.What are you working on, and what’s a key learning that you’ve had from it? Today, I spend most of my time on creating educational content around AR/VR. I help upcoming professionals to get into the industry by teaching them how to create AR and VR applications. Recently I launched my own education platform immersive insiders where you learn everything you need to get started as an AR and VR developer. The platform is aimed at absolute beginners and intermediate developers. One of my key learnings from creating content over many years is that no matter your situation you should be building your personal brand within your industry. It is unbelievable how much it helps your career if you create content online. And you do not have to be an “expert” for this. Just share your learning process and your lessons learned. Your future self will thank you for it.If you had to give one piece of advice, what would you give? Since the AR/VR industry is still quite young and evolving there are tons of opportunities right now. And you are not required to have a computer science degree to get started. So, the best thing that you can do (if you want to have a career in this field) is to test and build your ideas and share your wins and failures online. This helps you to gain a lot of experience and grow your personal brand online.

If you want to know more about Dinesh Punni, click here to find out more.

 

Jobs board

B2B Virtual Reality – 3 x BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGERS, UK. VRTUOSO, a rapidly growing and multi-award winning company, is looking for three full-time B2B Sales Managers who are excited about technology advancements, and able to sell to CxO/Director level within enterprise accounts.

B2B Virtual Reality – HEAD OF MARKETING, UK. VRTUOSO, a rapidly growing and multi-award winning company, is looking for a Head of Marketing capable of taking VRtuoso to the next level. We’re looking to make the leap to working with enterprise level companies at scale and we hope you’re the one to help us accomplish this.

B2B Virtual Reality – CHANNEL SALES MANAGER, UK. VRTUOSO, a rapidly growing and multi-award winning company, is looking for a Channel Sales Manager to lead the channel and reseller programmes. The role is primarily responsible for onboarding new partners, serving as the primary liaison for new partners, growing the sales of existing partners, and assisting with sales/marketing initiatives for our reseller channel as a whole.

B2B Virtual Reality – DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING, UK. VRTUOSO, a rapidly growing and multi-award winning company, is looking for a Director of Engineering to lead our engineering department and help us build, deliver, and maintain the leading VRtuoso Virtual Reality products for the enterprise market.

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