It is super excited to hear that after suggesting to have an oculus rift session in the library, Brennan worked wonders by talking to Bryan, who loved the idea as part of a stress reliever during finals week in the library. The SIF team will officially be showing how the 3D Atlanta project is coming along through Oculus Rifts in Library North 1st floor from 10 AM-4 PM. It is very exciting as we have planned to have a session like this for 2 years now, and we finally have a few building blocks ready for preview. I am super pumped. I will be working with Kaydee Wilson, communications coordinator for the library, to design a digital sign to put up on the screens of the library, and possibly working with Dylan to help revamp the SIF site, and particularly the 3D Atlanta site. This project will be gaining more internal press after the TEDxGeorgiaStateU, and the Oculus Rift session. Stay tuned for more updates on the project.

Til next time,

Krisna 

Last week I had the honor of speaking as a speaker at the TEDxGeorgiaStateU. It was a wonderful event, where I got to meet some really cool people who had amazing things to talk about. The talks varied from environmental problems in west Atlanta to denial of racism to how we interpret lyrics of singer-songwriters to how we are hurting more than helping in nonprofits, and much more. It was an amazing night to be a part of. I have to admit I was VERY nervous about my talk. Even though it was about 3D Atlanta, and I knew enough about the project to talk for a day, I felt nervous to speak in front of 100 people. I didn’t know what kind of a crowd to expect. I felt a bit bad because I was rehearsing my talk in my head when a friend of mine went to give his talk. But then, when I was introduced, I just went up there, and pretending like I was talking to a group of friends. Went through my talk, and before I knew it, it was over. The crowd applauded, and everyone took out their phones to take a picture of the 3D Atlanta website link. It was a proud moment for me to represent the SIF program and the 3D Atlanta team at this event. For now, I will post the slides I used for my talk,  but stay tuned for the full TEDxGeorgiaStateU video coming soon.

Til Next Time,

Krisna