Four weeks, four spatial challenges, one workflow under pressure
The CLAD Summer Hackathon was a chance to find out whether my workflow survives contact with Lens Studio.
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15 reports on conferences & community, drawn from field work, research and practice.
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What SIGGRAPH looks like from the other side of the volunteer shirt
Seven a.m. shifts, a thousand-piece puzzle, computer-graphics legends walking beside me, and a convention center that somehow became home.
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I built a SIGGRAPH planner in half a day, and 500 people used it
I had absolutely zero expectations for this 😭
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From playing Unity games to winning a Unity-sponsored XR hackathon
When I was 12, I was just playing games built with Unity.
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Winning the Android XR Hackathon before my first AWE
My first AWE is officially in the books. And wow... what a week!
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Winning a 45-minute product hackathon
We just wrapped another Big Nerd Hackathon and it keeps getting better.
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Maanvi was my first real product
I just realized something... I’ve never really talked about my first job!!!
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My first day inside the CAVE
January 17, 2023, First day of grad school ! After orientation, I went to meet my advisor, Dr. Arya Basu, He had set up a tour of the Emerging Analytics Center at UA Little Rock... I was not
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What if a kinetic sculpture could ignore gravity?
A tiny VR pendulum became my way of exploring kinetic art as something you can pause, manipulate, learn from, and prototype before touching a single physical material.
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Presenting privacy-preserving VR telemetry at IEEE VR 2025
Reflecting on an Incredible Experience at IEEE VR 2025!✨ I had the privilege of attending IEEE VR 2025 in the beautiful city of Saint-Malo, France, where I presented our poster on "Preservin
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Mentoring at MIT Reality Hack for the first time
What an amazing experience at MIT Reality Hack 2025!
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My first IEEE VR podium
Finally, I can say I've reached a small milestone in my academic journey. Standing at the podium of the IEEEVR 2024 conference, presenting our paper titled "Navigating Gender Biases in XR: T
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Why XR inclusion became personal
Thank you, Dr. Basu, for your invaluable guidance and mentorship throughout this journey. I am grateful for the opportunity to work on this important research, and I'm excited to continue ta
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Volunteering at the 50th SIGGRAPH
Deeply honored to have been a part of 50th SIGGRAPH 2026 as a student volunteer! The experience of contributing to such an incredible event alongside fellow enthusiasts has been nothing shor
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My first international conference started with privacy
We need to be more responsible and have the right to live in a more safe and secure world where our Privacy is not violated. Even after working for a decade in experimenting and implementing
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