Meetup archive

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WE ARE VR meetups are themed per episode and run on last Thursdays. Nights with no surviving record are left out, not guessed.

Season 1 (2019, TMRW Gallery)

Ten nights, Nature to XR in 2020. See archive-season-1.

Season 2 (2020, TMRW then AltspaceVR)

From March 2020 the meetup moved into AltspaceVR.

1. Healthcare — Thu 30 Jan, TMRW — ft. Malcolm Che (Eden Immersive), Brooklyn J. Pakathi (TMRW) & Dale Deacon
2. Design & Development — Thu 27 Feb, TMRW — ft. Daliso Ngoma, Matthew Klein (Unity/VR developer) & Steven Tu (Make Games SA)
3. Education in XR — Thu 26 Mar, first virtual meetup — ft. Daliso Ngoma, Shmerah Passchier (Afrocyborg VR Collective) & Herman Myburgh (University of Johannesburg)
4. Remote Collaboration — Thu 30 Apr — ft. Rick Treweek (Eden Labs) & Steve Pinto (New Reality)
5. Immersive Audio — Thu 28 May — ft. Sean Devonport (immersiveDSP) & Samkelo Mahlalela
6. Immersive Community — Thu 25 Jun — ft. Arome Ibrahim (Immersive Tech Africa)
7. XR for All — Thu 30 Jul — ft. Brian Afande (Black Rhino VR) & Steve Pinto (New Reality / LvlUp)
8. Digital Creations — Thu 27 Aug — ft. Brooklyn J. Pakathi (TMRW), Kirstin Lee Grey, Tarha McKenzie & Rati Muyambo (Electric South)
9. Ethics in XR — Thu 24 Sep — ft. Kavya Pearlman (XRSI), Kent Bye (Voices of VR) & Malcolm Che (Eden)
10. Fak'ugesi: Digital Identities — Thu 29 Oct — ft. Daliso Ngoma, Melisa Achoko Allela (KE), Jason Stapleton (SA), Joey Ekunwe (NG), Johana Riquier (Unity, UK) & Vanessa Lorenzo Toquero (CH)
11. Virtual Storytellers — Thu 26 Nov — showcase of Black XR creators with Kaleidoscope Black Realities & Ìmísí 3D, ft. Judith Okonkwo (Ìmísí 3D), Skhumbuzo Dlomo & Joey Ekunwe

Season 3 (2023)

1. Ways to Use AR & VR — Sat 28 Jan 2023, online (Zoom) — ft. Daliso Ngoma & Dale Deacon

No later Season 3 nights are on record.

Season 4 (2024, MIX, Rosebank)

1. Leaps & Bounds — Thu 29 Feb — ft. Mic Balkind (SodaWorld) & Mmuso Mafisa (Veza Interactive) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNYn9WXxVq8
2. Women in XR — Thu 18 Apr — ft. Lebo Leitch, Amy Bell & Aluta Null — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxnyPB6mQgk
3. Spring 2024 — Thu 22 Aug — ft. Luke Draper, Xopher Wallace & vonMash — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG2lf6pv2fQ

Season 5 (2026, MIX, Rosebank)

1. Welcome to the Future — Thu 29 Jan — ft. Dr Izak Potgieter (Glassbox 3D) & Karien van Biljon (Habitat XR) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDg7R6CaJUw
2. Innovate Mzansi — Thu 26 Feb — ft. Lauren Fletcher (French Institute of South Africa), Adwoa Ankoma (Electric South) & Andrew McHenry (Mobile Monday SA) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf91FunZjpQ
3. Virtualization — Thu 26 Mar — ft. Kamikaze Chan (BB Interactive, formerly Battle Bunny Interactive) & Gilbert K. (head of the University of Johannesburg VR lab) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_uJ4h0MH9A
4. Spatial — Thu 28 May, Open Window, Blairgowrie — casual night, no speakers

Episode 4 (April 2026) is not on record. A 25 June night at Open Window was planned (Open Window nights were casual, no speakers); later nights are not on record yet.