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CAVRN @cavrn.org · 22/04/2025

Nicola Bozzi joins CAVRN to share an interview with Jeremy Bailey, an artist who has worked with augmented reality face filters in creative and reflexive ways. Check it out here: cavrn.org/platform-art...

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Platform art & the actually existing metaverse: An interview with Jeremy Bailey

In a recent paper published in Information, Communication and Society, I interviewed four artists working with augmented reality (AR) face filters. The article discusses the role of social media platf...

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Sanrio Vfes in VRChat is so cute 🥲 Here’s some of the cosmetic items available: headbands and the mochipoly (モチポリ) avatar with sanrio costumes!! Though I wish there was some Marroncream or Hanamaruobake representation…

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CAVRN @cavrn.org · 28/01/2025

In our first post of 2025, Katerina Girginova distills the Social Grammars of Virtuality report, reflecting on the motivations underlying this yearly review and delving into their insights on how we (should) talk about virtual and augmented reality. Check it out here: cavrn.org/talking-abou...

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Talking about virtual and augmented reality

By Katerina Girginova

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Two recent things to be thankful for: my presentation at AANZCA on crip time and social VR; and a chat with students of a digital media governance course on the intersections of VR and disability.

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Scrolling through user reception to this (very long-awaited) feature in VRC and seeing obvious concerns about data privacy, desires for adult social spaces (safe spaces away from children!), and expectations for the silo-ing of players (fears of being stuck in ‘Quest kid day care’).

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

early morning interview set-up 🙂‍↕️

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Frances Ryan @francesryan.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

I’m so excited to reveal the cover for my brand new book, Who Wants Normal? The Disabled Girls’ Guide to Life. Out 17th April 2025 with Fig Tree, Penguin.

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

When creating PDFs, avoid using "Print to PDF." A screen reader user may still be able to access the text of PDFs created this way, but heading structure, alternative text, and any other tag structure will be lost. Using "Save As" or "Export" can preserve these tags.

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Great piece on CAVRN, which prompted me to think back to @trilliz.bsky.social's discussion of how ads shape cultural images of a technology's intended uses and users in her book, Restricted Access—and how we can turn to disability to unsettle and interrogate these hegemonic user arrangements.

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Please read and sign this position. People with ME and other energy limiting chronic illness are NOT lazy. They can’t WILL themselves better. If you push them - it causes devastating harm. It’s junk science, bad medicine and it needs to stop.

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user gay wizard 🧡🤍🩷 @number1maroonstan.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

disability justice needs less "disabled people can bring just as much profit to your endeavor" and more "dignity and comfort not should be based on productivity"

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Kyle Moore @kylejmoore.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

A short teaser for the book I'm working on. Play often obscures the data-collecting aspects of locative media and augmented reality games. I give some insights in this short post for CAVRN cavrn.org/how-play-sha...

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Maxwell Foxman @maxwellfoxman.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

It’s a CAVRN starter pack! Share broadly if you’re interested in critical approaches to XR! go.bsky.app/3KGvRse

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Wenqi Tan @wenqitan.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Sharing some screenshots from METAFES, a VRChat expo for user creations ✨ The PCVR version is exhibiting (and selling) avatars, outfits / accessories, illustrations, worlds, and music!

VRChat screenshot: An overview of the METAFES world depicting a stage, seating, exhibit displays, and a large rendering of the METAFES mascots (green blobs in multicoloured dresses).

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