This Wednesday, we're diving into Mulholland Drive. Specifically, the "Winkie's scene". This is one of the best moments in cinema. David Lynch basically moves his viewers through several layers of dream and reality without changing the scene. Why is this relevant to VR

Part of the series "Bringing anything I can to WebXR", cf x.com/utopiah/status… So far images, text, PDF, ODP, ODG, glTF, Blend. Suggestions welcomed.

TODAY! 12-6 PM Experimental Sound Studio 5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago A garage sale of epic proportions featuring synthesizers, DIY and boutique noisemakers, records, vintage A/V equipment, refreshments, and camaraderie galore.

During our weekly meandering on the path towards developing the Third Pill, we received amazing feedback & had beautiful conversations. As a way of saying thank you, this week's dev call is about helping you. Have an XR project you'd like feedback on? We'll be there.

XR UX is wicket hard. And with tools in general, the endless buttons & icons is sometimes what prevents non-professional users from trying things out themselves. To make our architecture editor as easy-to-use as possible, we truly spatilized the UI - and it worked.

The paradox: XR enthusiast: spatial interactions are natural, this tech will immediately feel so right! XR user: my hands go through this object & I don't know what to do... Oh finally, an options panel full of text & buttons, just like in my screen-based apps.

Andreea Ion Cojocaru Glanced over the Start Video and all I can say outright is: YES YES YES!!! That way of making the menus appear and how they wrap around the user, FULLY utilizing the 'infinite' space that a headset gives you is simply amazing. The exploding menu too! It's exactly the way to go.

Ben Lang Try Space Elevator by numena's Andreea Ion Cojocaru !

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Ian Hamilton SpaceElevator by Andreea Ion Cojocaru has some of the best thought out interface design ideas x.com/numenavr/statu…

🙏Still haven't tried out Space Elevator? Quickest way to prototype a space, or your money back!⬇️ meta.com/experiences/71…

Yes, Space Elevator does look this good.😊 PS: If things are tough right now but you have a Quest and would really like to give it a try, DM us for a key.

This Wednesday's dev call: We'll be discussing our upcoming campaign for Space Elevator, our VR architecture editor. If you're interested in wild promo ideas, or just wanna say hi, feel free to stop by. ➡️discord.gg/9u8HrZNp6w

All xR folks should know about numena and particularly Space Elevator. UX in xR is still a shaky, imperfect set of loose rules that can't be directly imported from 2D or even 3D. Whenever you find someone who's done it well, make a note to learn and share.

ARTEMIS has launched! A new era for archaeology & heritage conservation begins. We kicked off ARTEMIS, an EU-funded project that is redefining archaeological conservation with Reactive Heritage Digital Twins (RHDTs) 🔗 Learn more: artemis-project.eu

Big news for us numena! We're excited to be part of the team building the digital future of archaeology. Stay tuned for updates, collab calls, and case studies.

Brilliant!

Have some tasks that just don't want to get done? We're coming together to work in numena's Discord server tomorrow at 6p CET / 12p ET. Join us. ➡️discord.gg/9u8HrZNp6w

If you are attending AWE Europe in December, come to the most potentially-totally-out-there presentation I'm preparing with my partner in crime, Belgian artist Peter Vander Auwera. We'll introduce you to the ARG we've been working on for some time.