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Macro Project Phase β
Macro Project Phase β
Dhruv Avdhesh
Dec 14, 2019
Playtesting
Playtesting
Dhruv Avdhesh
Dec 14, 2019
Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of…
Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of…
“Future Presence is a deeply personal examination of what connects us and an exploration of complex questions about what makes us human…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Nov 28, 2019
Visit by Tina Sauerländer
Visit by Tina Sauerländer
This week we had a very special visitor to our class, Tina Sauerländer (Co-Founder and Director at Peer to Space), directly joining us…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Nov 26, 2019
Visit by Leah Roh and Indira Ardolic
Visit by Leah Roh and Indira Ardolic
We had a visit by the awesome Leah Rohi and Indira Ardolic on November 12, 2019. They showed and discussed their work with the class…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Nov 12, 2019
Visit by Alexander Reyna
Visit by Alexander Reyna
Oh my god, the visit by Alexander Reyna (Director of Experience Design, Games, and VR at Major League Baseball) on November 4, 2019 was so…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Nov 12, 2019
Global Goal Videos
Global Goal Videos
Here is the progress I made during the Week 8 of the Fall 2019 semester. Following my production schedule, this week I collected the…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Nov 3, 2019
Mid-Term Feedback & Analysis
Mid-Term Feedback & Analysis
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 30, 2019
Macro Project Phase α
Macro Project Phase α
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 29, 2019
Field Research at United Nations’ Headquarter
Field Research at United Nations’ Headquarter
On October 7, 2019, I had the kind opportunity of visiting United Nations’ Headquarter located in New York City. The trip featured…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 24, 2019
What I Am Currently Most Excited About @ NYU
What I Am Currently Most Excited About @ NYU
Being an international student in the United States has a lot of advantages as well as a few disadvantages. One of the blessings, that…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 22, 2019
Feedback from Professor
Feedback from Professor
Here is the feedback I received from our Virtual Reality professor, Carla Gannis, regarding my Macro Project during the independent…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 15, 2019
Young India Challenge
Young India Challenge
This week, I travelled to India to mentor 4 teams at Young India Challenge held on 12th–13th October 2019 at Indian Institute of…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 15, 2019
CollabVRation Feedback
CollabVRation Feedback
From our Producer’s blog — Deborah. (https://www.deborahgorelik.com/virtual-reality)
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 6, 2019
Macro Project Phase II
Macro Project Phase II
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 6, 2019
Empathy in Virtual Reality
Empathy in Virtual Reality
This post is based on Chris Milk’s TED Talk on How virtual reality can create the ultimate empathy machine and the following articles:
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 1, 2019
Stress (VR)eleasing Presentation
Stress (VR)eleasing Presentation
Dhruv Avdhesh
Oct 1, 2019
Macro Project Phase I
Macro Project Phase I
I was looking for the kind of apps that already exist in Virtual Reality and realized that I am more drawn toward the ones that add some…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 19, 2019
VR Play
VR Play
Oh my god, the VR play experience was so stupendous! On September 19, I got to test HTC Vive and Oculus Quest at the New York University’s…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 19, 2019
Virtual Reality vs (Actual) Reality
Virtual Reality vs (Actual) Reality
The article is a two-part article: the first part talks about the thin line between virtual reality and actual or grounded reality and the…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 16, 2019
Field Study
Field Study
In a great turn of events, this past weekend (September 14–15), I had the privilege of representing Microsoft at Massachusetts Institute…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 16, 2019
Dream Study
Dream Study
Being away from home and family can sometimes get difficult. Since I traveled to India during the Summer for about 6 weeks to meet my…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 14, 2019
Virtual Object
Virtual Object
One of the virtual objects that I really admire is the Apple’s Don’t Blink video concept. Every year, in September, at the launch of new…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 9, 2019
Controlled Immersion
Controlled Immersion
The article titled Controlled Immersion by Mark Riboldi talks about the promise and disappointment of Virtual Reality. The great thing…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 9, 2019
An Ethereal Cube
An Ethereal Cube
The screen is a window through which one sees a virtual world. The challenge is to make that world look real, act real, sound real, feel…
Dhruv Avdhesh
Sep 8, 2019
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