MN VR and HCI Aug 2026: PresenceLink

PresenceLink – David Montecalvo VirtualGo

VirtualGo is developing PresenceLink, a system that connects mixed reality and virtual reality players within the same real-world environment. Local players can share a physical space through MR co-location, while remote VR players can navigate a scanned representation of that same room and its furniture.

I’ll share the journey behind VirtualGo and our Quest titles Hauntify, FPS Enhanced Reality, and MissionRift, along with how our work in continuous scene meshing and spatial scanning led to PresenceLink. I’ll also cover our expansion into location-based entertainment, lessons from exhibiting at Augmented World Expo, and some of our experiments with outdoor and large-scale mixed reality.

Schedule:

• 6:30 Social and setup
• 7:00 Kickoff / announcements
• 7:15 David
• ~8:45 Tear-down, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse

Attending and Parking:

This event will be in person at the REM5 STUDIOS new office in West End and the presentation will be streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/igdatc

Park underground and take the central red elevator to ground level, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below.

About MN VR and HCI:

MN VR and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) welcomes developers, tinkerers and enthusiasts working with all variety of VR, AR, HCI, hardware hacking, creative coding and interactive art. Members are working on projects with custom displays and lenses, projection mapping, mocap, tiny computers, servos and sensors, interactive art and a wide variety of VR, AR, motion and computer vision applications. If you’ve only been to our parent group IGDATC meetings, MN VR and HCI is a slightly different format: We aim for smaller group discussions and lots of specific details.