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February 2019
Bubble M.R. : Framework for Incorporating Real World Spaces into Shared MR Worlds
Kedrick Brown will be giving a talk on a proposed framework to make mixed reality worlds both broadly accessible and intuitive to navigate. We'll have an Oculus Rift, an HTC Vive, and an Oculus Go for attendees to try. Brief presentations will be given about the current and upcoming VR hardware and software. The more hardware, the merrier, so if you have equipment, feel free to bring it in! Everyone is welcome!
Find out more »May 2019
Comparing the Oculus Quest, the Rift S, the Valve Index, and the HP Reverb
IMPORTANT NOTE: While we are holding this meetup at TXRX Labs, we will be holding it in the photography lab in the building adjacent to the main one. We will have signs posted to guide you to the new location. May is turning out to be a banner month for new VR headsets! The super-high resolution HP Reverb is out now. The startlingly good standalone Oculus Quest is shipping next week. The complicated side-grade that is the Rift S is…
Find out more »July 2019
VR Book Club
Both in fiction and non-fiction, VR has been a central element of many great books. Let's take a moment to share some of the best: influential books, personal favorites, or just books that play with novel ideas in ways we'd like to discuss! You're welcome to just show up and talk, but if you want to throw a few slides up or lay claim to presenting a particular book, drop me a line at eric@houstonvr.com to let me know! The…
Find out more »September 2019
CANCELED: How to Build Your Own Beat Saber Track! Plus Beat Saber w/SubPac M2 Bass Vest!
UPDATE: Unfortunately due to the inclement weather we will have to cancel tonight's meetup. We apologize to our attendees for any inconvenience this may have caused. Please stay safe out there and we look forward to seeing you next month. This month were going all-in on Beat Saber! * Play Beat Saber while wearing a Subpac M2 Bass Transducer Vest, so you can feel the bass and the beat in your body! * Learn how to sideload community-built Beat…
Find out more »October 2019
HoustonVR Meetup – Oculus Connect 6 Wrap-Up
While the hoped-for Augmented Reality announcements didn't materialize, Oculus unveiled a number of exciting new features at this year's Oculus Connect. A number of us made the trek out to San Jose for the conference to try out the latest and greatest in person, and we're ready to report back on how they performed. Learn about the new Link feature allowing Quests to tether to a PC and play PC VR games, hand tracking, Oculus for Business, Mixed Reality capture…
Find out more »December 2019
HoustonVR December Social @ Zero Latency Houston
Hey everyone! Exciting news! Zero Latency is sponsoring our December Social! We'll have the place to ourselves from 7:30pm to 9:30pm with plenty of opportunities to try out their arena-scale team-based VR experiences! There will be pizza, drinks, and desserts. PLEASE RSVP on Meetup.com or on Facebook so we have an accurate head-count.
Find out more »February 2020
February HoustonVR Social
Come talk shop about VR and AR with fellow professionals and enthusiasts! What used to be the Coffeehouse VR Chat is now the HoustonVR Social, on the First Friday of every month. And as we're expanding beyond coffeehouses, this month we'll be hosting the chat in the Biergarten behind Karbach Brewing Company! While we won't have presentations or demo stations (those will always happen at our Prime meetup on the 3rd Thursday of every month), we'll always have a couple…
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