Nicola Bozzi joins CAVRN to share an interview with Jeremy Bailey, an artist who has worked with augmented reality face filters in creative and reflexive ways. Check it out here: cavrn.org/platform-art...

Platform art & the actually existing metaverse: An interview with Jeremy Bailey

In a recent paper published in Information, Communication and Society, I interviewed four artists working with augmented reality (AR) face filters. The article discusses the role of social media platf...

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In our first post of 2025, Katerina Girginova distills the Social Grammars of Virtuality report, reflecting on the motivations underlying this yearly review and delving into their insights on how we (should) talk about virtual and augmented reality. Check it out here: cavrn.org/talking-abou...

Talking about virtual and augmented reality

By Katerina Girginova

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With @benegliston.bsky.social and @kateeuph.bsky.social , our new article on Meta's $50m XR Programs and Research Fund in IC&S is out today www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JQ3DU...

Value and virtue in the extended reality (XR) industry

It is increasingly common to see policymakers, industry, and regulators calling for governance of the ‘metaverse' – often envisioned as a technological stack supported by extended reality (XR) tech...

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and we are now @cavrn.org not @cavrn.bsky.social, which is a super neat feature of bsky!

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Hello Bluesky, we are the Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality Research Network (CAVRN)—a scholarly group & publication for academics critically studying emerging VR & AR technologies 👋

This week on CAVRN, @tylerb.bsky.social and Daniel Harley reflect on the promotion of the Apple Vision Pro, its branding as a ‘spatial computer’, and conceptions of spatiality and spatial media within and across XR disciplines. Check it out here: cavrn.org/xr-as-spatia...

XR as Spatial Media Across Disciplines

By Tyler Blackman and Daniel Harley

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A short teaser for the book I'm working on. Play often obscures the data-collecting aspects of locative media and augmented reality games. I give some insights in this short post for CAVRN cavrn.org/how-play-sha...

It’s a CAVRN starter pack! Share broadly if you’re interested in critical approaches to XR! go.bsky.app/3KGvRse

You can also check out the inaugural volume of the CAVRN Syllabus, a compilation of 16 critical perspectives on AR & VR; focusing on policy; media theory; responses to the metaverse; and VR experiences and storytelling. A great intro to XR source 😎 Link: ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/...

CAVRN was launched by @marcuscarter.com, @benegliston.bsky.social, @kateeuph.bsky.social, and Luke Heemsbergen in 2022 to to provide useful and accessible introductions to AR & VR scholarship outside of traditional modes of academic publishing 🎉 We aim to post articles on cavrn.org fortnightly.

Hello Bluesky, we are the Critical Augmented and Virtual Reality Research Network (CAVRN)—a scholarly group & publication for academics critically studying emerging VR & AR technologies 👋