Dance a Hotbox #1

Blast Off
This is an A.I. themed Kanata dance project. The idea is to begin dancing with others in Virtual Reality, with a VR headset on, in a 3D immersive environment from Kanata.

There are no dance clubs in town, and near zero places for youth culture, so why not make it happen in VR from the comfort of a known place!

We can explore how A.I. might be used in this setting.

Tech Specs
You need a VR headset for this such as the Meta Quest 2 or a similar.

Sign up for a free account on spatial.io - this is the website for the VR experience. Spend a few minutes there browsing to get to know that there are public spaces people make. Consider making yourself an avatar.

Download the spatial app into your VR headset and login. Compare with website.

By signing-up for this event you get a link to the first unique Kanata dance room on spatial.io which you can enter on your laptop website first, and then see it in your VR headset as a recent room.

Let's see what can be built together over the summer of 2023!

Extra Notes
After your first setup, all you do is join the dancing in VR. Sign up for a workshop to learn to make your own hotbox to for dancing.

Alternatively you can join in a non-immersive way using your flatscreen laptop or another desktop computer, even through your smartphone app. This defeats the purpose of VR and is not the recommended experience but at least something can be seen and heard.

There is no designated speaker in the space, you can remain anonymous, or build your avatar and interact as you wish.