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Elizabeth Tasker

Everyone, we're expecting... a VR experience at the International Astronomical Union GA Exhibition Hall!

If you're in Cape Town for the , you can try a VR headset and step fully into the virtual venue for the conference, chat with online attendees, check out the virtual exhibits and sit on the IAU sign (the VIRTUAL sign. Do not sit on the physical sign!).

Remember, if you're registered for the conference, you can also join the virtual space from anywhere on your laptop or smartphone.

@elizabethtasker you are just next to our booth, I think! Want to try (when there is a bit less going on at our booth than I expect tomorrow to be 😉)

@elizabethtasker
Can you visit from home.if you have a VR headset?

@guysoft Yes if you're registered for the meeting (you don't even need a VR headset: the space is cross-compatible on browser and smartphone)

@elizabethtasker
A little pricey for a virtual event to hop in to. Pehaps in the future if I get more seriously in to a astrophysics MSc

@guysoft the talks are actually been streamed for free on YouTube! But aspects such as the virtual venue are for registered attendees, and it is quite steep yes!

@elizabethtasker @guysoft just to clarify, if I have a VR headset at home do I enter the event by loading a website with VR capabilities? e.g. via WebVR?

I'm interested in the technical aspects of this.

@Polychrome @guysoft there is an app for the Quest headset for the platform that we’re using: spatial.io. Unfortunately, I think other headsets aren’t supported.

Indeed, I have a quest 2 that I use, but I only use it via ALVR off the internet so even though I have a quest 2, it will not work for me neither.