Hardware Hack Night! (Focus on XR in the Art World)

Date/Time
Date(s) - 2024/07/30
6:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Location
Sudo Room

Categories

• sudo room events

Hardware hack night – each Tuesday, we welcome sudoers new and old to bring their hardware projects to the space, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, 7pm til… whomever’s left standing!

• If you must do social media, *** WE ARE MOVING AWAY FROM MEETUP TO https://lu.ma/sudoroom *** and this event is at https://lu.ma/ef3cu6j7

Special Workshop Presentation and Explorations: XR in Art

What fine arts are doing with virtual reality / augmented reality and XR in general, and how can we make exhibits and virtual reality Art at SudoRoom and Beyond? We’ll be looking especially closely at the Venice Biennial Immersive and the Cannes XR Virtual Festival.

Also, how can you mix virtual reality with hardware? We have seen projects where people 3D print mountains or sculptures of maps.

Project Ideas

If we force you to watch a presentation, you’d better believe we’ll offer a workshop:

• Could we print a 3D printed map of Oakland or even make it out of paper machine and do light projection animations on it without having to use a headset?
• If we do have a VisionPro or Quest, could we use that to look at a 3D object?
• How can we make #webxr exhibits of our wonderful space and show off our projects? we already. have some throw-up explorations here https://fancy-charming-physician.glitch.me/

Hardware Hacking Tuesdays are better than ever! Plus Fix-It Clinic!

Each Tuesday we welcome all to bring their hardware (and software and firmware) projects to Omni Commons, or simply come by to learn and tinker! All welcome, about 7:30pm until ∞ …whomever’s left standing!

We are inside the Omni Commons at 48th and Shattuck, see the link at the end of this text to call in in case the doors are locked!

○ Projects: can range from building course materials for teaching local kids electronics to a robotic arm that draws, to light projection art, to people building their own microchip boards! We provide the space, tools and peer learning – you bring your project and enthusiasm!

○ Group Sewing: Learn to do simple mending or get help with technical fabric and textile projects. In addition to regular machines our Sewing Lab features heavy-duty industrial sewing machines and sergers. Our in house sewing guru CC has worked for Academy or Art College, Tesla, SuitX, and Zipline and has vast sewing machine repair and maintenance experience; bring your own machine to tune up for tip-top operation and sew alongside others.

○ General Repair: Fix it Clinic’s weekly Oakland residency: bring your broken, non-functioning things – electronic gadgets, appliances, computers, toys, sewing machines, fabric items, etc.– for assessment, disassembly, and possible repair. We’ll provide workspace, specialty tools, and guidance to help you disassemble and troubleshoot your item. First-time repairers and “Fixing Families” are heartily invited.

• Learn more at https://www.fixitclinic.org/ or https://sudoroom.org/wiki/FixitClinic

Join us every Tuesday evening for a trifecta of awesomeness; you can also jump in  virtually via our zoom-like video conference at this link: https://meet.waag.org/turtlesturtlesturtles