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VR Meeting Spaces/Collaboration Apps

  • Spatial
  • Horizon Workrooms
  • AltSpaceVR

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Icebreaker/ Poll Question

  • Have you used/heard of any of these VR Meeting Apps? If so, which ones? Feel free to mention your thoughts/experiences with them so far!

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    • Yes!
    • I’ve never heard of any of them

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Spatial

  • Create your own personal room separate from meeting rooms

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  • Custom 3D objects to personalize your own room

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  • Can link with 3rd party apps (Google Drive and Slack)

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  • Send and show local files, can place them on a virtual screen

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  • Max VR users: 40

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Horizon Workrooms

  • Change layouts for meeting spaces (Academic, Small Professional Meeting)

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  • Less max users (16) for VR than Spatial. But higher max users appearing via webcam (50)

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  • Desktop Passthrough: Use keyboard and mouse while using VR. AR Capabilities

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  • Owned by Meta

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  • My experience: Smoother than Spatial, easier to get started, more intuitive.

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AltSpaceVR

  • Social VR Experience

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  • Good for student events/collaboration like clubs and social gatherings

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  • Acquired/owned by Microsoft

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  • Users: 40 – 50 users

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Virtual Meeting Spaces in Education

  • We have Zoom, but will VR meeting apps be next? What about AR?

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  • Will metaversities standardize meeting apps?

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  • In general: Universities or metaversities using many different apps may confuse students. Is there one VR meeting app that can out-compete the others?
    • If so, which one?
    • If not, how do we manage using so many different applications?