04 Feb Innovators for Purpose Session and Open VR Screening Nights

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The time between semesters is an opportunity to reach out and engage with MIT and local communities.

The lab ran a session with Innovators for Purpose on Saturday, February 3rd.

Innovators for Purpose is a “Student-Centered Creative Exploration of Design, Science, Technology & Entrepreneurship.”  IfP develops creative and technical skills in kids from Cambridge-based under-represented communities so that they not only gain experience innovating but begin to think of themselves as future participants in the innovation economy, currently mostly a white male club.In our session, they experimented with Fellow Halsey Burgund’s audio augmented reality Roundware app and presented their Cambridge Arts Council public art proposal for discussion and feedback. We also talked about our own work and fielded questions.

During IAP, we opened up our VR library and invited the MIT Community to experience festival premiered VR projects using our equipment.
We had lines; the interest in VR is big!