Our Coaches

Your areas of expertise
Performance and media art, participatory VR projects, designing virtual worlds
Your favorite VR app
I spend 100% of my time on @VRChat, but I’ve also had some great experiences on @RecRoom, @Spatial, and @Engage. I sometimes miss Mozilla Hubs and Altspace VR
Your most memorable moment in VR
“The first time, I think. When the staff at @Into VR & Video GmbH put a VR headset on me for the first time and I found myself standing with a horse in a pasture in Latin America. But also those moments of connection with other people during the lockdowns.”
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
“The ‘dreams about girls’ world in VRChat, where I recreated violent dream sequences that women had previously described to me in VR interviews. It’s been online since 2021, and over 23,000 people have visited it so far! Coded by @Roman Miletitch”
How many people have you shown VR to?
I'd say about 100 people
Links to your work
https://www.katharinahaverich.de/
Your areas of expertise
“VR Performance, Masculine Social Ritual, Hybrid Embodiment”
Your favorite VR app
“VRChat”
Your most memorable moment in VR
“Oh, that’s a tough one—there were so many great moments. Once, I came across a group of guys in VRChat who gradually enlarged their avatars to the size of a small building and then ate each other. They took turns growing and shrinking, eating and being eaten. They told me how they meet regularly and practice to feel the phantom touch of their avatars’ bodies. At first, they did simple things like tapping each other on the forehead. It reminded me of my little niece, who looks at her hand and doesn’t quite realize yet that it’s her own. I love the idea of returning to this toddler-like play with one’s own body to discover what it can do and feel—even if it’s an avatar body.”
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
“Come on, Fur(r)ies, dance!”
How many people have you shown VR to?
“That’s hard to say… about 30.”
Links to your work
https://www.instagram.com/rorywillats/https://www.rorywillats.com
Your areas of expertise
“Art & Technology: Concept / Curation / Project Management / Teaching in the Real World, Online, and in VR”
Your favorite VR app
“VRChat”
Your most memorable moment in VR
“My first multiplayer VR installation at Venice Immersive 2018”
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
“The Seminar ‘Artistic Practice in the Metaverse’”
How many people have you shown VR to?
“I’ve lost count… :)”
Links to your work
https://www.linkedin.com/in/fernandaparente/
Your areas of expertise
“Audiovisual + UX”
Your favorite VR app
“VR App: Binaural Headphones”
Your most memorable moment in VR
“A machine that is another—body swapping with VR.” https://beanotherlab.org/home/work/tmtba/
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
“Ghost Cities – my first VR experiment, in which I teamed up with a computer geek to create a virtual city using a city’s GIS data points.”
How many people have you shown VR to?
“About 100, as a steering committee member of Avoin glam Finland, which promotes open access to culture across various media, including immersive media.”
Links to your work
(Vimeo account required) https://vimeo.com/user/5579722/folder/2277660?isPrivate=false / Ghost Cities of the Winter War (VR experience inside a nuclear bunker) and WW2 diaries from Etty Hilesum, explored by an actress wearing a headset who walks across a dark stage while projecting images of the diary entries. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/458117079 / Rock video consisting entirely of archival clips. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/242739154 / Wannarchist (band) – Concert behind a screen with flowing old memories. https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/89256904 / If all the trees felled annually by Stora Enso were an Aalto stool.
Your areas of expertise
“Production, Direction, Policy-Making (Association Work)”
Your favorite VR app
“It varies; it’s hard to say right now. I always come back from various festivals with so many new impressions. So I’d say there are many different ones at the moment, depending on the time and purpose.”
Your most memorable moment in VR
“Seeing more than a hundred people interact at the same time for the first time and participate in a virtual conference on our platform during the COVID-19 pandemic, as the first lockdowns were being implemented—the feeling of having created a useful and helpful solution for everyone.”
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
“Our own social VR platform, which won at VR Days Europe 2020—because we developed it even before the metaverse hype, and even before Facebook rebranded itself as Meta—and we named it META.SPACE—so we were a little ahead of the curve ;-)”
How many people have you shown VR to?
“To hundreds, if not thousands, as a lecturer at universities, high schools, in workshops, and at hackathons—but also through my work with associations.”
Links to your work
www.invr.space 
Your areas of expertise
“Theater & Performance, Contemporary Politics”
Your favorite VR app
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Your most memorable moment in VR
“In ZU-UK’s hybrid performance ‘Good Night, Sleep Tight,’ I was put to bed like a child—both in VR and in real life.”
A VR project of yours that you're proud of
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How many people have you shown VR to?
“To all the students I have taught at the University of East London, Rose Bruford College, and City University of London.”
Links to your work
https://josephdunnehowrie.substack.com/