At the Immersive Technology Showcase I was able to see 3D scanned drone photography by TekTowr on a 270 degree cave, get up close and personal with some Guinea pigs in VR app developed for improving wellness for hospice patients, discovered that I would be useless as a medical professional diagnosing a patient in Virti’s VR learning platform, and went back in time to see the evolution of Derry with Zubr. I then visited the MyWorld Creative Tech Space and got to hug some inflatable robots, interact with some Stingrays in an Ocean Aquarium and create my first AI image using Midjourney. The final session of the day was the networking event, Tools for the Metaverse at Rocketmakers. We were treated to talks from Ben Trewhella, Opposable Games, showcasing the MetaPlatform - a framework for creating multiplayer games; Tom Livingstone, UWE, discussing the history of game engines via Victorian photography, and Richard Godfrey, Rocketmakers, introducing us to the Beam framework - a content management system for game engines.
