To follow: a Twitter list of XR influencers

Mathieu G.

Social networks and private groups are used to share news and events. Not the fear of missing something, but certainly the idea of a real community behind virtual worlds: this is not a fantasy. In our field, XR influencers are real, and not only the ones you could think of!

After a year (happy us!) of activities and social posts, we gathered the most influencial/connected people who came across our Twitter radar. As it is a network of speed and live messages, as well as discussion, it’s the right way to discover new influencers and trends during professionals events such as festivals, meet-up or keynote.

>> THE LIST

We only registered professionals accounts of people there. For companies and association, please follow this link.

For others great Twitter lists in the immersive industry, please follow:

WomenInVRARImmersive by @JoannaPopper
VR/AR LBE LBVR Peeps by @JoannaPopper
VR Women by @fromthehip
AR-VR-pioneers by @MetaverseDance
XR Developers by @TechZerolight
MixedRealityMagic by @AshMRichter
VR/AR/MR/XR by @VRARASummit
Women In XR/VR/AR by @AndyFidel_
Immersive Art & Artists by @JesseDamiani
VR/AR Producers & Experts by @LucieLalumiere
AR VR Thought Leaders by @ARVRinSport

And the list goes on..

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A new VR work from Georgia at La Biennale di Venezia: I PITY THE GARDEN (by Mariam Natroshvili and Detu Jincharadze)

I PITY THE GARDEN by Tbilisi-based artist duo Mariam Natroshvili and Detu Jincharadze is an immersive artwork about a premonition of the end. Through large-scale video installation and VR experience, the viewer is led into a realm of magical realism

“To bring people in inaccessible physical and emotional spaces” – Sam Wolson (Reeducated)

Part of the lineup for the Virtual Cinema Competition at SXSW Online 2021, Reeducated, directed by Sam Wolson and based on the research and reporting of Ben Mauk, is immersive journalism at its best: a VR piece that makes you

“Social network users now want to turn their cameras to the real world” – Elisabeth Eon, David Letourneau (Atomic Digital Design)

The acceleration of immersive technologies over the past 10 years, along with the rise of social networking, has tended to divide virtual and augmented realities. On the one hand, a ubiquitous headset, and a slow take-up that still needs to

“We must stand for the independence of creation in virtual reality” – Michel Reilhac (Venice VR Expanded)

The Virtual Reality section of the Venice Film Festival (La Mostra, included in the more global art event called the Biennale) returns in September 2021. A pioneer of the genre among A-festivals, Venice VR will be expanded again this year

“Non solo un momento di ideazione, ma una vera e propria fase di sviluppo per costruire solide fondamenta ai progetti selezionati” – Maïwenn Blunat (CPH:LAB)

Bentornato, CPH:LAB! Dopo aver seguito da vicino l’edizione 2022-2023, non potevamo *non* parlare di nuovo del programma di sviluppo creativo di CPH:DOX, che “incoraggia l’assunzione di rischi creativi, celebra i talenti grezzi, facilita la collaborazione al di là dei confini

Studio 44 MocapLab: a digital studio for creation in Geneva, by Cie Gilles Jobin (2/2)

One of the most internationally renowned artists at the crossroad of choregraphy and technology, Gilles Jobin has been exploring the “Territoires Digitaux” of dance long before COVID profoundly impacted the world of performing arts. With works featured at major immersive