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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-10/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup-january-2026-5/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260506T183000
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SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-7/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260422T183000
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SUMMARY:MN VR and HCI Apr 2026: Mastering Space & Time
DESCRIPTION:MN VR and HCI monthly meeting for April 2026: David Mann – SpacetimeDB and XREAL One Pro SDK\n\n\nSpacetimeDB is a new approach to scalable networking for both VR and general game projects. Bonus quick overview of the XREAL One Pro glasses SDK. \n \nMastering Space & Time – David Mann \nUsing Dungeonpunk Online as the case study\, David Mann will walk through the multiplayer architecture he has been building\, with a focus on how SpacetimeDB\, Unity\, modern authentication flows\, and live simulation fit together in practice. As part of that work\, he built dungeonpunk.dev\, a custom authorization portal created out of necessity to handle identity\, token exchange\, and secure game connectivity. The talk focuses on the design decisions\, integration challenges\, and tradeoffs involved in keeping the overall system simple\, maintainable\, and realistic to operate as a team of one. \nThe presentation will also include a short addendum on the XREAL One Pro glasses\, covering what David found while attempting to integrate them into a real game project. It will examine the current state of the tooling\, the developer ecosystem\, and the practical realities. \nDavid Mann is an independent developer and craftsman of fine technology with experience across games\, web development\, DevOps\, VR\, and real-time multiplayer systems. He uses that broad skill set to build custom systems spanning product\, infrastructure\, and operations. \n \nSchedule: \n\n6:30 Social and setup\n7:00 Kickoff / announcements\n7:15 David Mann\n~8:45 Tear-down\, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse\n\n \nAttending and Parking: \nThis 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 \nPark underground and take the central red elevator to ground level\, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below. \n \nAbout MN VR and HCI: \nMN 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.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/mn-vr-and-hci-apr-2026-mastering-space-time/
LOCATION:REM5 STUDIOS\, 1639 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260415T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260415T213000
DTSTAMP:20260415T172300Z
CREATED:20251111T180731Z
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-9/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260409T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260409T213000
DTSTAMP:20260409T162257Z
CREATED:20251113T182416Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T162257Z
UID:10000091-1775759400-1775770200@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup-january-2026-4/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260408T213000
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SUMMARY:IGDATC Gamedev Meeting April 2026 - Michael Tetzlaff
DESCRIPTION:Join local game devs in-person for an evening of talks and networking!\n\n\nThis event is open to the public! IGDA Membership not required. \n \nGamedev Meeting is Live and in Person @ 2DHQ\nPlease join us for a night of industry and community presentations! Postmortems\, live demos\, and talks on game design\, art\, marketing\, audio\, community\, social issues\, and more\, given by developers from the Twin Cities and all over the world. \nWe also stream live on youtube.com/igdatc. \n \nThis Month: Michael Tetzlaff (He/They)\nShedding Light on Global Illumination Techniques in UE5Unreal Engine 5 has a wide range of options for simulating global illumination — from the relatively new Lumen system to older legacy implementations like lightmaps\, reflection capture probes\, and screen space reflections. Unfortunately\, the complexity of having so many layers in one engine\, with documentation scattered across multiple pages (and sometimes inaccurate information on third-party sites) can make it less approachable for novice users. Incorrect configuration or combinations of settings can break lighting builds\, resulting in wasted development effort. This talk aims to demystify all these options\, diving into the technical aspects of how they work\, and discussing their tradeoffs along with compatibility restrictions. \nMichael Tetzlaff is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Wisconsin – Stout with 6.5 years of experience teaching game design courses at the undergraduate level. Tetzlaff received a B.S. in Computer Science from Bethel University in St. Paul\, and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Minnesota. Tetzlaff is the development lead for Kintsugi 3D\, an open-source software project to support heritage photogrammetry with improved color appearance accuracy. Research and creative interests include computer graphics and game design education and applications of computer graphics in cultural heritage. \nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-tetzlaff-06282439/ \nGitHub: https://github.com/michaelt919 \nKintsugi 3D project: https://michaelt919.github.io/Kintsugi3DBuilder/ \n \nAnnouncements & Plug My Thing\nAt the beginning of our in-person meetings\, we like to put a call out for game trailers\, demo reels\, and other short game development related announcements. Please come 15min early or contact us (Discord is best) beforehand if you can! \n\nAgenda (approximate)\n\n6:30: Youtube stream opens\, meeting intro and monthly slides.\n\n\n7:00: Presentations.\nAfter: we head to a nearby restaurant to get food/drinks and socialize!\n\n\nOther Happenings\nJoin us on our Discord server! \nHelp us find interesting presenters\, use this easy form to let us know.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/igdatc-gamedev-meeting-april-2026-michael-tetzlaff/
LOCATION:2DHQ\, 1325 Winter Street Northeast\, #108\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55413\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260401T213000
DTSTAMP:20260401T145419Z
CREATED:20251117T190925Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260401T145419Z
UID:10000116-1775068200-1775079000@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-6/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260325T213000
DTSTAMP:20260325T143748Z
CREATED:20260315T132503Z
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UID:10000156-1774463400-1774474200@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:MN VR and HCI Mar 2026: Blob Bash
DESCRIPTION:MN VR and HCI monthly meeting for March 2026: RJ White presents Blob Bash – Physics\, Combat\, and Multiplayer in BlobTown\n\n\nBlob Bash – Physics\, Combat\, and Multiplayer in BlobTown presented by RJ White \nWorking at RevelVR on BlobTown for the last year\, RJ has developed systems that added interactivity and game systems to a VR social app all about drawing with Blobs. In this talk RJ will go over : \n\nGenerating colliders and special physics properties from 3D objects that can be made in any shape\nHow these systems were applied and adjusted to create a competitive combat mode\nConsiderations and techniques to make this all work as seamlessly as possible in large multiplayer lobbies on Meta Quest hardware\n\n \nSchedule: \n\n6:30 Social and setup\n7:00 Kickoff / announcements\n7:15 RJ White\n~8:45 Tear-down\, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse\n\n \nAttending and Parking: \nThis 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 \nPark underground and take the central red elevator to ground level\, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below. \n \nAbout MN VR and HCI: \nMN 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.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/mn-vr-and-hci-mar-2026-blob-bash/
LOCATION:REM5 STUDIOS\, 1639 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260318T213000
DTSTAMP:20260318T140753Z
CREATED:20251111T180729Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260318T140753Z
UID:10000068-1773858600-1773869400@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-8/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T213000
DTSTAMP:20260312T130754Z
CREATED:20251113T182414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260312T130754Z
UID:10000090-1773340200-1773351000@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup-january-2026-3/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T213000
DTSTAMP:20260304T125421Z
CREATED:20251117T190922Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260304T125421Z
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SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-5/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260304T213000
DTSTAMP:20251117T190920Z
CREATED:20251117T190920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T190920Z
UID:10000112-1772649000-1772659800@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-4/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260225T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260225T213000
DTSTAMP:20260225T123910Z
CREATED:20260215T113822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260225T123910Z
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SUMMARY:MN VR and HCI Feb 2026: Arcology Zero
DESCRIPTION:MN VR and HCI monthly meeting for February 2026: Arcology Zero by Clement Shimizu and Carol Trindade\n\n\nThe Arcology Zero Hypothesis – Clement Shimizu and Carol Trindade \n@DrClementShimizu and @CarolTrindadeArtist had a dream of building an artist ARCOLOGY inspired by SimCity 2000\, When investors said\, “OBJECTION!”\, the pair took Delusional Action to make it real! \n \nIn this talk\, you will: \n\nFollow their EXPLOITS in academia\, VR engineering\, game design\, the arts and more.\nWitness the birth of a dream to build Arcology Zero\, a PARADISE that connects established engineers and game designers with emerging artists complete with housing\, studio space\, and a planetarium bar.\nConsider the investor’s OBJECTION that the dream was IMPOSSIBLE\, CRAZY\, and A WASTE OF TIME.\nBE DAZZLED by the hypothesis that it was indeed possible and how Dr. Shimizu\, Carol Trindade\, and friends\, ULTIMATELY willed the dream into reality!\nWitness the results from the EXPERIMENT and the aftermath!\n\n \nWe will conclude with a VR demo created as part of Arcology Zero: Take a pill and enter a hallucinogenic experience where you TRANSUBSTANTIATE into a living breathing BARBIE DOLL to have the TIME OF YOUR LIFE! \n \nSocial Media: \nhttp://www.clementshimizu.com \nhttps://www.instagram.com/caroltrindadeartist \nhttp://www.elumenati.com \nhttp://www.arcologyzero.com \n \nSchedule: \n\n6:30 Social and setup\n7:00 Kickoff / announcements\n7:15 Clement and Carol\n8:00 Demos\n~8:45 Tear-down\, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse\n\n \nAttending and Parking: \nThis 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 \nPark underground and take the central red elevator to ground level\, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below. \n \nAbout MN VR and HCI: \nMN 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.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/mn-vr-and-hci-feb-2026-arcology-zero/
LOCATION:REM5 STUDIOS\, 1639 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260218T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260218T213000
DTSTAMP:20260218T113956Z
CREATED:20251111T180728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T113956Z
UID:10000067-1771439400-1771450200@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-7/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260212T213000
DTSTAMP:20260212T112331Z
CREATED:20251113T182413Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260212T112331Z
UID:10000089-1770921000-1770931800@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup-january-2026-2/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260211T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260211T213000
DTSTAMP:20260211T111013Z
CREATED:20260127T093855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260211T111013Z
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SUMMARY:IGDATC Gamedev Meeting February 2026 - Ezra Bao
DESCRIPTION:Join local game devs in-person for an evening of talks and networking!\n\n\nThis event is open to the public! IGDA Membership not required. \n \nGamedev Meeting is Live and in Person @ 2DHQ\nPlease join us for a night of industry and community presentations! Postmortems\, live demos\, and talks on game design\, art\, marketing\, audio\, community\, social issues\, and more\, given by developers from the Twin Cities and all over the world. \nWe also stream live on youtube.com/igdatc. \n \nThis Month: Ezra Bao (He/Him)\nGames for Cultural Empathy: Representation of Mongolian Cultural PracticesOver the span of 6 months Ezra Bao has researched and designed a short demo that focuses on Mongolian cultural representation through the games core mechanics. This talk will briefly address the process of research and design\, focus on audience impact\, and the value of his research to game designers. \nEzra Bao is a Twin Cities game dev and artist. He is set to graduate from Savannah College of Art and Design in Spring of 2026 with an MFA in Game Development. During his graduate studies he focused on system and mechanics design as well as programming. Post-graduation\, his plan is to teach and freelance. His projects are playable through : https://quaintcrow.itch.io/ \n \nAnnouncements & Plug My Thing\nAt the beginning of our in-person meetings\, we like to put a call out for game trailers\, demo reels\, and other short game development related announcements. Please come 15min early or contact us (Discord is best) beforehand if you can! \n\nAgenda (approximate)\n\n6:30: Youtube stream opens\, meeting intro and monthly slides.\n\n\n7:00: Presentations.\nAfter: we head to a nearby restaurant to get food/drinks and socialize!\n\n\nOther Happenings\nJoin us on our Discord server! \nHelp us find interesting presenters\, use this easy form to let us know.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/igdatc-gamedev-meeting-february-2026-ezra-bao/
LOCATION:2DHQ\, 1325 Winter Street Northeast\, #108\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55413\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260204T213000
DTSTAMP:20251117T190920Z
CREATED:20251117T190920Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251117T190920Z
UID:10000114-1770229800-1770240600@minnestar.org
SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-3/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260204T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260204T213000
DTSTAMP:20260204T101043Z
CREATED:20251117T190916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260204T101043Z
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SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night-2/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260128T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260128T213000
DTSTAMP:20260128T094313Z
CREATED:20260127T093853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260128T094313Z
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SUMMARY:MN VR and HCI Jan 20216: Display Glasses
DESCRIPTION:MN VR and HCI monthly meeting for January 2026: Display Glasses overview and demos\n\n\nAnother 50/50 split of presentation and hardware demos. Check the demo and parking details below! \n \nSmart Glasses Overview and Display Glasses in Depth – David Mann and Zach Wendt \nWith the recent debut of consumer smart glasses that look fairly normal\, descriptors like AR are getting butchered worse than ever. We’ll do a quick overview of the different tech and capabilities\, then a deep dive on “display glasses” that focus on image quality\, and demos of the two most popular brands. \n\nStrengths/weaknesses of different optics\, displays\, power and compute\nChoosing tradeoffs for your use cases\nWhat’s coming in 2025\, including adjacent VR/MR tech\nDeep dive on Xreal and Viture display glasses – the most mature/popular category\nDeveloper options\, and “tinkerer” options with no coding\n\n \nDisplay Glasses Demos – Xreal One Pro and Viture Luma Pro \nWe’ll be demoing the most feature rich\, and the clearest/brightest display glasses available\, so you can go eyes-in yourself. You should be pleasantly surprised at the current quality of affordable micro OLED and optics. You might hit an ergonomic issue – look up your IPD if you can (we have two sizes) and wear contacts if you own them (but one pair of glasses can adjust up to -4 diopters for near-sightedness.) \n \nSchedule: \n\n6:30 Social and setup\n7:00 Kickoff / announcements\n7:15 David and Zach\n7:52 Demos\n~8:30 Tear-down\, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse\n\n \nAttending and Parking: \nThis 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 \nPark underground and take the central red elevator to ground level\, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below. \n \nAbout MN VR and HCI: \nMN 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.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/mn-vr-and-hci-jan-20216-display-glasses/
LOCATION:REM5 STUDIOS\, 1639 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260121T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260121T213000
DTSTAMP:20260121T090858Z
CREATED:20251111T180727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260121T090858Z
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-5/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260115T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260115T213000
DTSTAMP:20260115T085527Z
CREATED:20260114T085302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260115T085527Z
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SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260108T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260108T213000
DTSTAMP:20260108T081017Z
CREATED:20251113T182402Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T081017Z
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SUMMARY:Game.wav Audio Meetup\, January 2026
DESCRIPTION:Discussions and deep dives on game audio.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/game-wav-audio-meetup-january-2026/
LOCATION:13100 College View Dr room h183\, 13100 College View Drive\, #room h183\, Eden Prairie\, MN\, 55347\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260107T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260107T213000
DTSTAMP:20260107T081026Z
CREATED:20251117T190902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260107T081026Z
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SUMMARY:Jam Night!
DESCRIPTION:An open co-working night for creatives of all types! Bring something to work on\, and enjoy the company of designers\, developers\, and more!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/jam-night/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251203T213000
DTSTAMP:20251203T222356Z
CREATED:20251112T180903Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T222356Z
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SUMMARY:IGDA Twin Cities Holiday Gathering 2025 @ Gamezenter
DESCRIPTION:Join us Dec 3rd\, 6-9:30pm\, at Gamezenter\, as we celebrate another great year in MN Gamedev!\n\n\nHear ye\, Hear ye! ‘Tis with great merriment that we announce – the IGDA Twin Cities Holiday gathering cometh! Join us as we go over the accomplishments of the past year\, from both our community and our organization! \nWednesday\, December 3rd from 6PM – 9:30PM we will once again be meeting in person at the Roseville Gamezenter located at 1975 County Road B2 W\, Roseville\, MN 55113 \nWe’ll bring a few board games\, and Gamezenter also has a library of board games\, but feel free to bring things to play with others as well! We’ll provide pizza and beverages for everyone to enjoy\, though a kitchen with coffee and alcoholic beverages is also available at the venue (please drink and plan responsibly!). \nWe’ll also be running a version of the comedy game show “Um\, Actually!” The game consists of the host sharing trivia about video games\, movies\, and more\, but every statement is inaccurate and it’s up to you to correct them for points. Will there be a big prize for the winner? Maybe! \nCOVID guidelines for this event are: Masks encouraged\, but not required. If you are sick\, please stay home. Follow Minnesota Department of Health and CDC guidelines to keep everyone safe. \nLooking forward to seeing you all there\, and gaming together once again!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/igda-twin-cities-holiday-gathering-2025-gamezenter/
LOCATION:Roseville Gamezenter\, 1975 County Road B2 West\, Roseville\, MN\, 55113\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T213000
DTSTAMP:20251111T180728Z
CREATED:20251111T180728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T180728Z
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-6/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251119T213000
DTSTAMP:20251119T194422Z
CREATED:20251111T180723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T194422Z
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SUMMARY:Twin Cities Playtest
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by IGDA Twin Cities\, an evening of in-development games hosted at Noble Robot and streamed on YouTube!
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/twin-cities-playtest-4/
LOCATION:Noble Robot\, 326 East Hennepin Avenue\, #206\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251112T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251112T213000
DTSTAMP:20251112T180932Z
CREATED:20250820T055354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251112T180932Z
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SUMMARY:IGDATC Gamedev Meeting November 2025- Jas Sanghani
DESCRIPTION:Join local game devs in-person for an evening of talks and networking!\n\n\nThis event is open to the public! IGDA Membership not required. \n \nGamedev Meeting is Live and in Person @ 2DHQ\nPlease join us for a night of industry and community presentations! Postmortems\, live demos\, and talks on game design\, art\, marketing\, audio\, community\, social issues\, and more\, given by developers from the Twin Cities and all over the world. \nWe also stream live on youtube.com/igdatc. \n \nThis Month: Jas Sanghani (She/Her)\nThe Power of a Post \nYou don’t need a massive budget to make a big impact – that’s the power of social media! Yet so many studios hold off on posting out of fear\, perfectionism\, or not knowing where to start. In this session\, we’ll dive into why not showing up is one of the biggest missed opportunities in indie game marketing. You’ll learn how organic\, authentic content can drive visibility\, build community\, and open unexpected doors – even without going viral. Posting now\, not perfectly\, is what matters and this session will give you the push you need to finally hit “publish”. \nJas Sanghani is a former video game content creator who built a TikTok following of 1\,000\,000+. Growing up alongside social media\, she developed a deep understanding of what makes content resonate online. Today\, she brings that expertise to the world of games marketing as the Social Content Strategist at Midwest Games\, where she specializes in digital marketing\, content strategy\, and community management. \n \nAnnouncements & Plug My Thing\nAt the beginning of our in-person meetings\, we like to put a call out for game trailers\, demo reels\, and other short game development related announcements. Please come 15min early or contact us (Discord is best) beforehand if you can! \n\nAgenda (approximate)\n\n6:30 Youtube stream opens\, meeting intro and monthly slides.\n\n\n6:45 Presentations.\nAfter: we head to a nearby restaurant to get food/drinks and socialize!\n\n\nOther Happenings\nJoin us on our Discord server! \nHelp us find interesting presenters\, use this easy form to let us know.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/igdatc-gamedev-meeting-november-2025-jas-sanghani/
LOCATION:2DHQ\, 1325 Winter Street Northeast\, #108\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55413\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251022T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251022T213000
DTSTAMP:20251022T145619Z
CREATED:20251017T140954Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251022T145619Z
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SUMMARY:MN VR and HCI Oct 2025: Gaussian Splatting
DESCRIPTION:MN VR and HCI monthly meeting for October 2025: Gaussian Splatting and VR demos of Meta Hyperscape\n\n\nOur last meeting of 2025 will be about 50/50 presentation and VR demos of Hyperscape and Gracia. \n \nIntro to Gaussian Splatting – Zach Wendt \nGaussian Splatting (GS) is a great way to render detailed real world scenes and polygon unfriendly content like plants\, fences and hair on low power GPUs like Quest and phones. They’re also scalable to huge data sets and degrade in a pleasant DOF/impressionistic way when the viewer gets too close or moves to an unscanned area. (Pictured on purpose so it doesn’t just look like a photo.) \nMy brief intro will cover: \n\nGS pros\, cons\, history and why it effectively replaced NeRFs for real-time\nSuper quickstart using Hyperscape Capture on Quest 3/3S\nCapture tips for good automated results or in tough environments\nPointers to dev tools and OS projects for Web\, Unity\, Unreal and Blender\nActive areas of research and eye candy\n\n \nQuest demos of Hyperscape and Gracia – Amir\, Zach\, Paul and You! \nMeta just put OS 81 into general release last week\, which lets all Quest 3 & 3S owners try Hyperscape Capture for themselves. This is by far the fastest and easiest way to capture a high quality radiance field of an environment and move around inside it in VR. This gives extremely strong immersion that will have you (gently) bumping into IRL walls\, furniture\, pets and children. \nIf you make a good one\, bring your headset (no file sharing yet)\, or share your experience at the meeting. \nFor everyone that doesn’t have a Quest 3 or 3S\, we’ll be devoting about half of the meeting to demos of Hyperscape and Gracia (the king of on-device VR rendering and animated gaussian splats.) \n \nSchedule: \n\n6:30 Social and setup\n7:00 Kickoff / announcements\n7:15 Zach\n7:52 Demos\n~8:30 Tear-down\, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse\n\n \nAttending: \nThis event will be in person at the REM5 STUDIOS new office in West End only \nPark underground and take the central red elevator to ground level\, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below. \n \nAbout MN VR and HCI: \nMN 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.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/mn-vr-and-hci-oct-2025-gaussian-splatting/
LOCATION:REM5 STUDIOS\, 1639 Park Place Boulevard\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20251008T213000
DTSTAMP:20251008T132706Z
CREATED:20250820T055348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251008T132706Z
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SUMMARY:IGDATC Gamedev Meeting October 2025- Reese Valentine
DESCRIPTION:Join local game devs in-person for an evening of talks and networking!\n\n\nThis event is open to the public! IGDA Membership not required. \n \nGamedev Meeting is Live and in Person @ 2DHQ\nPlease join us for a night of industry and community presentations! Postmortems\, live demos\, and talks on game design\, art\, marketing\, audio\, community\, social issues\, and more\, given by developers from the Twin Cities and all over the world. \nWe also stream live on youtube.com/igdatc. \n \nThis Month: Reese Valentine (They/Them)\nScoping for Sustainability \nReese likes to think Sustainability and Production are one and the same. They will cover a handful of tools that you can use for your projects to manage scope and to keep you flexible\, which in turn will lead to a more sustainable practice. \nReese Valentine is queer\, trans masc\, & a founder of Amelore: a worker owned game studio that focuses on thoughtfully crafted stories & digital media. They are passionate about studio development\, all workers having a healthy worklife balance\, and peer supporting other games cooperatives. Reese wears many hats\, a small selection including bizdev\, production\, & rigging/animation. \n \nAnnouncements & Plug My Thing\nAt the beginning of our in-person meetings\, we like to put a call out for game trailers\, demo reels\, and other short game development related announcements. Please come 15min early or contact us (Discord is best) beforehand if you can! \n\nAgenda (approximate)\n\n6:30 Youtube stream opens\, meeting intro and monthly slides.\n\n\n6:45 Presentations.\nAfter: we head to a nearby restaurant to get food/drinks and socialize!\n\n\nOther Happenings\nJoin us on our Discord server! \nHelp us find interesting presenters\, use this easy form to let us know.
URL:https://minnestar.org/calendar2/igdatc-gamedev-meeting-october-2025-reese-valentine/
LOCATION:2DHQ\, 1325 Winter Street Northeast\, #108\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55413\, United States
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