First shipment of donated
#VR
headsets(35+) are ready to travel to
#Uganda
to jumpstart the XR ecosystem! Who can spot your donation? We’re still accepting donations of hardware, software & money for this initiative! Get into the
#GivingTuesday
spirit for the devs/artists of UG🇺🇬
Look at this crazy cool, VR language-learning experience! Learn Japanese naturally, through immersing yourself in the experience of grabbing some tea at a local cat cafe 🙌🏽
I'm proud to present Vernacular, the immersive language learning experience my team and I created for
#Oculus
Launchpad. Fusing
#LANGUAGE
#learning
with
#VR
has long been a dream of mine -- OLP + an incredible team provided the perfect opportunity to bring this idea to life!
Last night, I created an open room on Clubhouse called “XR Professionals - bored on a Friday.” What started out as an awkward, 3 person room, turned into an 80 person powerhouse discussion w everyone I could think of. Thanks to everyone for being there. More to come, for sure 🥰
1/2
#VR
family, I need your help! I am in
#Uganda
currently, & there is a huge community of incredibly talented artists who are interested in learning & transposing some of their skills into the virtual realm, through virtual reality. I am looking for people willing to donate
I decided to stay in
#Uganda
for an extra month to continue helping to build a
#VR
and
#AR
ecosystem, from the ground up. Thank you to everyone who has donated, pledged, and offered support for this initiative thus far. Many updates to come!
🇺🇬 HELLO
#UGANDA
!! 🇺🇬 I am in Uganda for the rest of this month & am looking to make some connections ☺️ Product partnerships, collaborations, new friends & more! I’m looking forward to talking about possibilities 🥰💛
I'm SO excited to announce that my co-founder,
@AinomugishaAlex
& I have officially started
@FXG_VR
's newest branch
@FXGUgandaVR
🇺🇬 We're currently working with the UG government to build an XR ecosystem to directly address developmental goals & job creation! Please follow/share
I'm working on building the
#VR
#AR
ecosystem in
#Uganda
from the ground up. It's turning out to be very costly to cover my travel expenses, time & resources to the initiative. Support me on
@Patreon
so I can dedicate more resources to succeeding 🙏🇺🇬
In 2012 I was diagnosed w late stage
#LymeDisease
&
#Epilepsy
in the same year. Doctors said they were not connected. Last winter I was finally cleared of Lyme, & I had my first ever EEG with no seizure activity within the same few months. Happy
#InternationalDisabilityDay
😭🥰🥂
I'm in
#Uganda
, filming the beautiful, Murchison Falls National Park, and all of its gorgeous, animal inhabitants, in 3D 360, to be experienced in
#VR
🇺🇬🤩
Our teammate,
@MaxN0ir
is in
#Uganda
, where she visited
#MurchisonFalls
National Park to capture the falls & safari animals such as elephants, giraffes, hippos, & more in 3D 360! We can't wait to check out the experience in
#VirtualReality
. Which animal do you want to see?
Today I left the
@ARHouseLA
. My time there was full of so much creativity, inspiration & playfulness. I am sad to say farewell to my friends from the first cohort, but am also excited to meet cohort
#2
in a few weeks as well. AR House is the best. I am sold lol 🕹
"I knew I was good at technology since preschool. I started designing animated, hyperlinked video games in Power Point when I was in kindergarten."
Learn about how one FXG teammate started her career in the Chinese VR industry, and where it's taken her✨
We have partnered with
@FXGUgandaVR
to provide free virtual tourism at the
@Vumbula_Uganda
x
@NileSpecial
Festival at the Uganda Museum.
Revelers that come to our
@ExploreUganda
showcase get a virtual tour of Murchison Falls using immersive VR sets and walk away with a freebie.
1/2Today I'm excited to officially announce my new social media agency focused on job creation & evolving the XR industry in Uganda! My team has years of experience working in the international
#VR
#AR
industry, & social media marketing! East Africa has the talent but needs jobs.
Can someone please explain to me why you wouldn't want to credit someone who you hire to create something w you? If you hire someone you vibe w, who's creating something you believe in, don't u want to help them find more work & also show people u are collaborative + more reach?
Very stoked to announce I started my new position this week as Community Manager at
@livingcitiesxyz
!
"Reflecting the real-world into the mirror-world... experience the Metaverse like never before…"
Read more about Living Cities:
LIVE at
#VRTO2021
.
@MaxN0ir
discusses what it's like to live life w. chronic illness, & gain an understanding of the potential that
#VR
has to dramatically improve the lives of people living w. debilitating physical & mental obstacles.
#Neurodiversity
Today I officially launch my social media consultancy and agency, servicing the AR/VR/immersive industry. I take back my power after reaching a deeper understanding of my value and experience in this industry, and discovering that I can succeed under my own leadership. Hire me ✌️
1/2It's been a long time coming - but Noir Media is finally officially born. As a way to increase agency as a female professional in the tech industry, I,
@iammaxnoir
, have built my own business, servicing the
#AR
#VR
industry with social strategy, content creation & community ✨
Honored to be featured in
@avibarzeev
's "100 Original Voices in XR" article, alongside my love,
@_LucasRizzotto
, and so many more of my beloved friends. We are stronger together,
#XR
fam 🥰
Just received word that I'll be having my first piece of professional writing published in early May. It's a short essay on my mental health journey through almost 10 years of learning to cope with suddenly onset
#Epilepsy
& Chronic
#LymeDisease
. I'm humbled to share my story 🥰
NFTs. I get it. Art is cool, and here is a new evolution of it. But people are goin crazy with it. Tokenizing tweets & minting just about everything right now. What about the planetttt? This is a land grab. People are colonizing. random. shit. and it's so detrimental.
Welp, I got laid off after 3 months & uprooting myself to a new city/country haha terrified but hopeful for discovering a new, exciting way forward. Actively looking for Community / Social Media Management roles. Been doing this for the
#VR
#AR
industry for 6 years! Hit me up 😊
I'm doing a talk tomorrow about XR & how it's being used in marketing. It's a long talk. Any examples or resources of XR marketing would be greatly appreciated 🥰🥳
My team is based in China, and we work with all of the major XR hardware companies there, including
@Huawei
. Shoot me a message if you're interested in selling your VR content/experience in the world's largest VR market 🇨🇳🥳💸
1/3 COMMUNITY CALL TO ACTION: As you may know, I've been working with
@HopeforHaitiFL
to build a
#VR
app & raise money for education in
#Haiti
. The situation now is dire with ANOTHER massive earthquake just 1 month after the president's assassination. We're looking for donations,
Uganda
#AR
/
#VR
ecosystem update: We began receiving headset donations from everybody! Every day becomes more exciting, with more generous individuals/companies reaching out to help. Meetings w the government & NGOs started last week, & the progress so far is crazy. More to come!
1/2
#VR
family, I need your help! I am in
#Uganda
currently, & there is a huge community of incredibly talented artists who are interested in learning & transposing some of their skills into the virtual realm, through virtual reality. I am looking for people willing to donate
Last week I spent a beautiful day doing a photoshoot with Miss Elite Africa,
@iam_judithheard
at the
@AFKampala
, followed by demoing
#VR
experiences that I shot of a safari, & a Juneteenth march in Brooklyn, to
#Uganda
's Former Minister of Health,
@Mukulaa
🔥🥰
1/2Through
@FXGUgandaVR
we want to support musicians across the African continent through innovation + production of 360
#VR
music videos, starting in
#Uganda
. We're looking for community sponsorship for phase 1 of 100k USD to produce 10+ VR music videos for artists. Who's in?
Community call! If you haven't already, join the "ARVR to the Moon (AttM!)
#Discord
server. We are a community, pro-self-promotion, aiming to all mutually support each other until we're able to get AR & VR to the moon!
Trying to explain to people how the "Metaverse" won't be a single-product, immersive escapist world, but similarly to the internet, will be mostly for utility use in relation to the real world.
It was wonderful to demo our 360
#VR
safari experience of one of Uganda's most beautiful places, Murchison Falls, to Uganda's Minister of ICT & National Guidance,
@CHRISBARYOMUNS1
, and the State Minister of
@MoICT_Ug
,
@KabbyangaB
. Great things to come for
#Uganda
🇺🇬
I'm in LA now for an undefined amount of time! Testing it out as a place to possibly live... send me events and cool things, and also, let's grab coffee!
For anyone who is interested in learning more about Malawi, Orant Charities Africa is hosting a
#VR
event next week inside of
@MozillaHubs
. Immerse yourself and learn about education, water & more in Malawi. Accessible w VR, computers & smart phones. I'll be checking it out!
👨👩👧👦 Join us for the Orant Charities Africa Virtual Experience this August 9th-14th.
🌍 Step into a custom 3D world and experience 360 immersive videos.
🛰️ Access via phones, computers, or VR headsets.
👉
Step into a new reality and explore destinations like never before with
@FXGUgandaVR
.
Happening on 10th-12th March at Nile Nest Resort, Jinja.
#VumbulaUgandaFestival
I started a
#Discord
server called "ARVR to the Moon! (AttM)" Join to promote you art, work, post jobs, share news, learn, find opportunities for speaking engagements, film festivals, accelerators, & more! Help support each other & get XR to the moon 🌛
Hit me up if you're trying to distribute your VR content in China. We'll create a localized name & logo for you, and help you distribute it with our Chinese HMD partners 🔥
Congratulations to
@PicoInteractive
for launching your newest VR headset, & special congratulations to
@synthridersvr
for being one of the launch titles! We were honored to create the Chinese name & logo for you through our localization services! We know China will love you 🥰
@SyrmorS
Yes, I think it’s incredibly important that non-incarcerated people start hearing the voices of the incarcerated. Their stories deserve to be heard.
There are a lot of smart, creative people in the
#VR
#AR
industry who are building things just because they can. Where is the purpose? I hope to see more of that. I really appreciate the work of those building with intention.
Hey everyone! I'd like to invite you to subscribe to my YouTube channel,
@LunchHourVR
! It's where I host my weekly VR talk show which showcases members of our XR community, & their work every Thursday! I'm new to this so help show my channel some love 🥰
2/2 headsets that they're no longer in need of, to be distributed to talented artists here in UG, so that a VR art community here can flourish & grow. Donations of creative softwares are also welcome! Please share & tag as much as you can. DM me for donation information. Thanks!
Rest in peace to
@AltspaceVR
. You have been a staple and a home of love & growth for our community from the earliest of days. Your platform helped shape the Metaverse in many ways, and will always be at the forefront of many of our minds as we reflect on how far we've come 💛✨
I'm spending 5 weeks in the Dominican Republic jungle, living, working, and making art with some of the most wonderful, beautiful-souled VR friends I could ever ask for. Cheers to art and friendships, and a whoooole lot of multiplayer
@BeatSaber
🎨🥂
Here I’m using
@Nreal
MR glasses to play w augmented beautifies that are flying around me, changing sizes & landing on my furniture. I’m stoked to see what the future holds for these kinds of technologies, & what types of creations we can bring into our worlds 🦋
Okay, is anyone else feeling fatigued by social vr? I'm finding it difficult to WANT to go into social vr apps. The novelty has worn off so it's not enough anymore to have fun, customizable avatars. How do we revitalize?
Today on
@LunchHourVR
inside of the weekly,
@SpatialApe
tradeshow, I will be joined by
@CreativeClo
, Product Manager at
@oculus
, talking all things
#VR
! Join us at 12:30 PST / 3:30 EST by downloading spatial ape at ! Be there or be square 😀🥰
#StreetDanceofChinaS4
is China's biggest competitive dance show, integrating street dancers from around the world, led by celebrity dancers! This season is exclusively broadcasted on
@YoukuOfficial
, with an inaugural
#VR
episode premiering in August🔥
Our new, 12K 180 camera system, DUO, has finally come! Like the world's best pair of binoculars, DUO brings you super high-res details like no other. Come learn about it at our live demo & Q&A, TONIGHT in the
@vreducation
app 🥂🔥
Looking for recommendations for 360 VR journalists for a
#Clubhouse
discussion ☺️ All recs are welcome, though we could use some more women on the panel!
I'm LA for 2 weeks if anyone has any HMD donations for the Uganda XR ecosystem that they'd still like to make! I can bring them back with me in 2 weeks. My team & I have made great progress with the UG government in setting up an XR incubation space! More updates coming soon 😀
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR VR DEVELOPERS:
We are working with
@Huawei
to pay
#VRdevs
some good money to port their old VR content to the Huawei VR store 🔥 This is an excellent opportunity to become a successful developer in the Chinese VR scene! Email max
@fxgvr
.com to get started 🥳
My 2nd debut single, "Go", featuring renowned, Ugandan rapper,
@ruyongamusic
, is out NOW. As an emerging artist, if you like the vibe, any share, Spotify follow, like, playlist add helps a ton! I appreciate you 🩶🎵 also peep my AI lyric video!
Stream:
Honored to be co-hosting & speaking at this year's XR Innovation Summit by
@immersiveafrica
! I'll be a panelist on "Building an Inclusive XR Ecosystem: Strategies for Strengthening Diversity & Inclusivity"!
Register now:
#LensFest
by
@SnapAR
, with all of NYC’s spectacular AR creators
Thank you thank you, from the bottom of our hearts, for building with us. 💛 I feel so lucky to be in a community with such kind, smart and creative folks.
Tomorrow I'm co-modding pt. 2 of a beautiful discussion surrounding ECO-NFTs; how to reduce your carbon emissions when minting NFT pieces, & what the dedicated community has come up with since pt. 1, 1 month ago! Huge thank you to
@sutu_eats_flies
& others for putting it together
It was wonderful coming on as a guest lecturer for
@xrprof
's "XR for Social Change" course for the University of Oregon! I shared & answered the student's questions about my work with the XR ecosystem in Uganda, my VR film-making and managing XR projects for social change.
I am in need of a venue in NY/NYC! Preferably with a stage & a backstage. It'll be for a no budget, but super cool, boot-strapped, VR fashion experience, built by an insanely cool team of fashion artists! Any leads on a space would be much appreciated 🥰
Last year at
@ARealityEvent
, I did a panel w my incredible friends,
@VRchazen
&
@callieleone
on "Building Resilience through Neurodiversity & XR".At the beginning we asked a bunch of our friends to talk about their experience building resilience using XR 🌻
My next couple of months are officially planned out. After much rest & stillness in Pennsylvania, I'll be spending my July in South Africa & Uganda to reunite with some friends, & then meeting back up with
@_LucasRizzotto
in Serbia in August. I don't know how this plan formulated
My team in
#Uganda
& I are THRILLED to announce that we've been accepted by
@ARealityEvent
to move to the second round for the fight climate change XR project grant! We're stoked to build our AR app MVP which encourages Ugandan youth to take an active role in climate efforts 🇺🇬✨
Missing the road trip vibez. Luckily I shot a bunch of footage of my disco road trip with
@_LucasRizzotto
&
@Aidan_Wolf
in stereo 360 ayyy 🥳🥳 Compliments of
@FXG_VR
technology 🎥