August XR Design Salon at WeWork Labs

August XR Topic TBD

WeWork Labs in Downtown Seattle is generously hosting the August XR Design Salon. We’re still confirming our program, please contact us with suggestions at [masked].

Agenda (tentative)
7:00-7:15 pm Hangout and chat
7:15-7:35pm Salon announcements and activities
7:35-7:45pm Presentation
7:45-8:30pm Group activity
8:30-9:00pm Share your ideas with salon

As usual, we’ll have plenty of time for questions, discussion, and connections. Slides are here: http://drive.google.com/open?id=1zmetxGXqjg17JdCmR9ccEoTRDaVuCSN2

Our September salon will be at the Best Buy Technology Development Center in South Lake Union. Please contact us if you can host a future salon at [masked].

Join us on the Seattle VR Slack #designsalon channel to discuss the format for the meetup and how you see design in VR/AR/MR/XR. If you’re new to Seattle VR Slack go to http://seattle-vr-slack.herokuapp.com/ to join. Or comment at the blog. Please email us if you want to post a blog about your experiences at the salon or about design in XR. We’re also looking for food & beverages sponsors at our upcoming salons.

DESIGN SALON DESCRIPTION
Seattle VR and PlutoVR are hosting the Design Salon monthly meeting to provide a forum for UX professionals, designers, researchers, students and VR/AR/XR/MR enthusiasts to deeply discuss current literature, practices, research and tech from a design perspective.

We’ll focus on a number of design issues which are unique to immersive environments, but look at each one in depth and leave time for discussion. Concepts central to UX design, user research, storytelling, collaboration, cognition and related disciplines will be applied to both the hottest and the most overlooked areas vital to designing usable immersive realities. Bring your curiosity!

Salon Goal: To examine how design choices affect the user experience in VR/AR/MR/XR.

“What are the boundaries of Design?”
“What are the boundaries of problems?” – Charles Eames

TRANSPORTATION
Bus: hundreds of bus routes stop within a block of the WeWork labs office. 3rd & Union, Union & 4th are the closest stops.

Parking downtown is difficult, but there are some garages that offer evening rates. Here’s a link to options: http://drive.google.com/open?id=0B3GkcjcCsu4fTFEwVHFoUFhobjA2a2E3ZEExa0lJVmlsd1ZN

Our meetup is safe and welcoming. Anyone and everyone is invited! Are you interested in sponsoring, demoing, or volunteering for Seattle VR/AR? Then email [masked] to learn more about opportunities.

Are you interested in sponsoring, volunteering for or speaking at the XR Design Salon? Contact Susan at [masked].

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