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The 2024 XR Lab supported eight Indigenous or equity-deserving producers from across Canada and Turtle Island working in XR, video games, immersive installations, and AI.
The 2024 inaugural Signals XR Lab created a unique platform for those dedicated to XR, virtual production, and immersive storytelling, providing them with the necessary structure, tools and support they’d need to innovate, network, and showcase world-class projects from September 27th – October 6th at the 2024 Signals Creative Tech Expo.
We received applications from across Turtle Island, of which six projects from eight talented producers and storytellers were chosen for the 2024 XR Lab.
Over five months this talented crew worked with the Signals Curatorial team and a generous group of mentors to refine and build their projects to premiere at the Signals Creative Tech Expo from September 27 through October 6, 2024.
Aexia, a VR role-playing platform to create, share and play showcased using a piece by Stephanie Wong – Calling Home, a narrative role play experience built using Aexia.
Digital Feast, a mixed reality exploration of cultural practice and ceremony.
Huckleberry, an interactive projected video offering a prayer song to honour and protect the land.
Trevor Twells
Point of Reflection, an interactive video installation exploring themes of delayed trauma and introspection.
Will Selviz and Manuel Sainsily
Protopica, an immersive journey exploring the meaning of “home”.
Loretta Todd
Debi Wong
Loc Dao
Casey Koyczan
Dene Interdisciplinary Artist
Eric Cheng
Meta Reality Labs
May 2024
To get started, producers define their projects for exhibition and received creative direction mentorship & paper planning with the Signals Curatorial Team.
June – July 2024
During this project phase, producers prototyped their XR content and experiences with the support of Signals alumni.
August – September 2024
Once their work was underway, producers started testing it with users, and refining their project in preparation for exhibition at Signals. They also participated in Business-to-Business opportunities and pitch sessions.
September 27 – October 6 2024
Finally, their projects were showcased for exhibition at the 2024 Signals Creative Tech Expo.
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