Thread by @kentbye

1/ Here's a thread of my @IEEEVR conference coverage of workshops & sessions (Zoom, YouTube/Twitch) posters & demos (@VirbelaHQ) with private backchannel in Discord.

#IEEEVR2021 sessions run from 9a to 9p UTC+1 [1a to 1p PDT] Sat to Fri.

Schedule:
ieeevr.org/2021/program/o…

2/ #IEEEVR2021 sessions & (some) workshops will be livestreamed on Twitch or YouTube, but also in @VirbelaHQ auditoriums.

Twitch streams:
twitch.tv/ieee_vr_stream…
twitch.tv/ieee_vr_stream…
twitch.tv/ieee_vr_stream…

YouTube:
youtube.com/user/ieeevrcon…

Schedule:
ieeevr.org/2021/program/o…

3/ There's also A LOT of backchannels set up on the Discord for #IEEEVR2021 registrants.
A category/audio channel for each session + channel for each paper.
Here's a screenshot of a channel for AR paper that links to the paper PDF & YouTube demo:

4/ Most sessions are recorded, but I'd highly recommend catching the #IEEEVR2021 poster/demo sessions live to chat with researchers.
Mon: Expo A, 3p UTC+1 (7a PDT)
Tue: Expo B, 9:30a UTC+1 (1:30a PDT)
Wed: A+B & 3DUI Contest, 2p UTC+1 (6a PDT)
Thur: A+B, 10:30a UTC+1 (2:30a PDT)

5/ There's 3 auditoriums in @VirbelaHQ where #IEEEVR2021 talks are happening (also mirrored on YouTube/Twitch).
You can quickly hop to other talks, but you spawn in the entrance aisle & can either find a seat or click the zoom icon in upper right hand corner to go full screen.

6/ I toured around the @VirbelaHQ space, & the underlying architecture for #IEEEVR2021 has stayed pretty much the same since last 2 confs with a handful of new social venues.

Here's my @lavalvirtual thread from April 2020, which was my first deep dive:

https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1253756156947750912

7/ We're actually using the @immersiveLRN instance of @VirbelaHQ for #IEEEVR2021, which originally had cached the info from the previous #iLRN2020 conf from June 2020, which I covered here:

https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1274806489899651072

8/ It's now been over a year now that #IEEE2020 went virtual & I immersed myself into the @MozillaHubs & Slack experience.

Lessons from the organizers:
voicesofvr.com/912-virtual-co…

This year, I'll be experimenting w consuming #IEEEVR2021 sessions in real-time

https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/1241704882223992833

9/ I just had my first virtual conference collision that happened during a break during a talk/workshop.
You can watch the #IEEEVR2021 talks on Twitch/YouTube, or you can stream them into @VirbelaHQ in 2D mode & then chat with attendees during breaks or afterwards.

10/ #IEEEVR2021 attendees get access to the full conference proceedings.

Here's the abstracts:
1.) 2021 IEEE Virtual Reality & 3D User Interfaces
&
2.) TVCG Special Issue on the 2021 IEEE Conference on VR & 3DUI
ieeevr.org/2021/program/p…
3.) Workshop Papers
ieeevr.org/2021/contribut…

11/ @VirbelaHQ Expo Halls have #IEEEVR2021 demos & posters. Some vids👇

1.) Posters
ieeevr.org/2021/program/p…

2.) Doctoral Consortium
ieeevr.org/2021/program/d…

3.) Demos
ieeevr.org/2021/program/d…

4.) 3DUI Contest videos
ieeevr.org/2021/program/3…

5.) Videos
ieeevr.org/2021/program/v…

12/ #IEEEVR2021 Mixers & Birds of a Feather
Mon: 5:30p UTC+1 (9:30a PDT) Welcoming Reception
Tue: 4p UTC+1 (8a PDT) BoF
Tue: 6p UTC+1 (10a PDT) Mixer
Wed: 9:30a UTC+1 (1:30a PDT) BoF
Wed: 6p UTC+1 (10a PDT) Mixer
Thu 9:30a UTC+1 (1:30a PDT) BoF
Thu 4:30p UTC+1 (8:30a PDT) Closing

13/ That's an overview of content being featured at #IEEEVR2021 including some of the live/interactive events happening within @VirbelaHQ.

If you're timeshifting sessions, then you should be able to find the current livestreams & previous sessions here:
youtube.com/user/ieeevrcon…

14/ #IEEEVR2021 Interactive Storytelling for VR tutorial by @MirjamV & @spieleforscher shared @JanetMurray citations, VR story pubs, & Roth's Ludonarrative Meaning-Making Model:
degruyter.com/document/doi/1…

Beyond Myth & Metaphor: Narrative in Digital Media
read.dukeupress.edu/poetics-today/…

15/ @MirjamV shared a prototype conceptual model for VR interaction, but it has a mutually exclusive dialectic (active/passive) on one axis with one that's not (narrative/physical).
I prefer Lebowitz & Klug + my elemental approach using Aristotle's hot/cold & wet/dry dialectics.

16/ It's nice to see more academic discourse on immersive narratives, albeit early conceptual phases.
To me, seeing the work is super important, but 75% of immersive narratives never go beyond the festival circuit.
Here's my 20-minute take on the topic:

17/ Two ways I've been thinking about context:
1.) Lessig's Pathetic Dot Theory takes a flat approach.
2.) Nested Contexts takes a mereological (whole/part) approach where culture -> laws -> economy -> design frameworks -> user experience -> tech HW & SW (with feedback loops).

18/ As I look at @spieleforscher's Ludonarrative Meaning Making model, I'm noticing how it's at the intersection between 3 contexts:
1.) Intentions of the designer
2.) Technologically-mediated experience
3.) Phenomenological reaction, meaning, & mental frames of the interactor.

19/ Lots of #IEEEVR2021 workshops Sat/Sun.

Amy Banic's opening keynote on Novel Input Devices & Interaction Techniques (NIDIT) had some intriguing XR input device research & 3DUI implications:
sites.google.com/view/nidit

VOD ~4hrs in [may disappear]
twitch.tv/videos/9650021…

20/ Privacy paper being presented at #IEEEVR2021

B. David-John, D. Hosfelt, K. Butler & E. Jain, "A privacy-preserving approach to streaming eye-tracking data," in IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics
ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/93829…

pre-print:
arxiv.org/abs/2102.01770

21/ More XR privacy citations from the #IEEEVR privacy workshop:
Happa et al. "Cyber Security Threats & Challenges in Collaborative Mixed-Reality"
frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…
Guzman et al. "Security & Privacy Approaches in Mixed Reality: A Literature Survey"
arxiv.org/abs/1802.05797

22/ SeatedVR #IEEEVR2021 workshop discussed Sitting vs. Standing in VR research.
Great summary from 2020 workshop "Towards a Systematic Classification of Challenges & (Dis)Advantages" by @EagleSixty6 & @BernhardRiecke
computer.org/csdl/proceedin…

Brainstormed other lines of research.

23/ @FBRealityLabs Research has a poster at #IEEEVR2021 where they can estimate your eye gaze in a VR scene based on your head & hand pose.
This is just the beginning of this type of sensor fusion + ML in FB's mission to know what you're looking at for their contextually-aware AI