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Agog House Event | SXSW: How to Fest - Agog SXSW can feel exhilarating—and overwhelming. Between packed schedules, parallel tracks, and endless “must-see” moments, it’s easy to miss some great stuff. As sponsors of the Agog Immersive Impact…

Whether you’re SXSW-bound or nowhere near Austin, this is your chance to engage with the work directly and connect with community.

🗓 Feb 26 | 1–2 p.m. PT
🪩 VRChat | 🎥 YouTube livestream
🎟 Free + open to all

👉 RSVP now agog.org/event/agog-h...

🏛️ The Founders Pillars
An AR experience that transforms the neoclassical pillars of the Texas State Capitol into a memorial for African Americans, confronting histories of slavery, coerced labor, and power through decolonial futurist storytelling.

“Layers of Place” is a site-based AR exhibition transforming Austin’s public spaces, revealing hidden histories and imagined futures through works created with local artists and community partners.

During the event, you’ll even encounter one of its projects inside Agog House:

Then stick around after the Q&A for a live preview of one of this year’s experiences:

✨ Layers of Place: Austin
Led by Sarah Wolozin and Rashin Fahandej from MIT OpenDoc Lab’s AR and Public Space Artist Collective.

⏰Countdown to our next Agog House event!

In 2 days, we’re hosting an insider session with SXSW’s Blake Kammerdiener and Agog’s Mary Matheson to unpack this year’s XR program.

Agog House by Agog Admin Welcome to Agog House‚ home of our Community Meetup․ At Agog we support creators and non-profits using immersive media like virtual reality to create human connection‚ cultivate empathy‚ and inspire…

Come explore, then join us live Feb. 26 for SXSW: How to Fest.
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Agog House is our custom VRChat world and it’s always open 🌲
Thousands have explored it over the past year. You don’t have to wait for an Agog Event to check it out. Drop in anytime to:
🎭 grab an avatar
🎨 draw collaboratively
🌈 discover hidden interactions
🌊 swim + explore underwater spaces

She pairs rigor with care, loves a good dashboard, and helps mission-driven teams stay aligned and moving forward.
Very glad to have you, Ty 💜
#AgogHires

Meet Ty Walker 👋
Ty just joined Agog as our new grants coordinator, bringing over a decade of experience turning big, messy goals into clear systems that actually work.

Agog House Event: SXSW: How to Fest Mark Your Calendar Thurs, Feb. 26

Feat. Blake Kammerdiener Senior Manager Film & TV, XR Programming SXSW

Moderated by Mary Matheson Head of Production Agog

Join us for a practical, insider's guide to navigating the SXSW XR Experience exhibition this year, whether it's your first time or fifth trip back. Men in headsets sit under a spacescape. Women in headsets interact with hand controls.

Headed to SXSW or just curious where XR is going?
Join us Feb. 26 for a live Agog House conversation with SXSW XR 10-year veteran Blake Kammerdiener and immersive storytelling leader Mary Matheson on what’s shaping the field right now.
RSVP now: agog.org/event/agog-h...
#XRforGood #AgogHouse #SXSW

Signs, Snowstorms, and Imagining Climate Futures - Agog Reality Hack at MIT is an annual immersive tech hackathon where students, artists, and technologists come together to prototype what’s next for XR. This year, Agog showed up as a sponsor and mentor, r...

Snowstorms, signs, and serious XR energy at Reality Hack MIT 2026 ❄️⚡

Our latest blog shares a candid debrief from Agog mentors on community, resilience, & imagining collective climate futures through XR.

Read the recap → agog.org/signs-snowst...

#RealityHack #HacktheFuture @realityhackatmit.com

Read the details: agog.org/agog-announc...

Big thanks to Reality Hack at MIT, our judges, and every incredible hacker we met last weekend. 💫

And this year’s winners of Agog’s EcoDreaming: XR for Collective Futures track did not disappoint. They are:

🌇 Mannahatta 2100
🌀 TierSpace

Two immersive experiences. Two different approaches. One shared goal: using XR to spark collective climate imagination.

Supporting Reality Hack at MIT is a highlight of our year, watching nearly 1,000 devs, researchers, and technologists build inspiring immersive creations.

#RealityHack #XRforGood #HacktheFuture
@realityhackatmit.com

Raul Carvajal and Vanessa Pfeiffer from Agog smile excitedly in front of a neon sign that reads: "Reality Hack: MIT XR Hackathon"

Stoked to be representing @weareagog.bsky.social at @realityhackatmit.com this year! We've sponsored the EcoDreaming prize track seeking social XR prototypes with a climate storytelling focus. If you're at the Hack or hanging around Cambridge, let's meet up!

Agog is back at Reality Hack at MIT! 🌱✨
We’re mentoring the EcoDreaming: XR for Collective Futures prize track, supporting projects that imagine a more just and joyful world through XR.
Join our Discord to stay in the loop: agog.org/discord
#MITRealityHack #HacktotheFuture
@realityhackatmit.com

What does it take to create a celebrated 10-person immersive theater piece that spans mixed reality and live performance?
Find out Jan 28 at our next virtual event: Blur: A Case Study in XR Innovation 🎭🕶️
🔗 agog.org/event/commun...
#XRforGood #AgogEvents #ImmersiveStorytelling

We’re thrilled to welcome Nisha Kadaba as Agog’s new Director of Programs!
She brings 20 years of experience building impact-driven programs at the intersection of tech and social change—and we can’t wait to see what we build together.
#AgogForGood #Leadership #XRforImpact

Join Agog’s Dec 15 meetup for a behind-the-scenes look at “ENCODED,” the AR takeover that transformed the Met’s American Wing through Indigenous artistry and immersive media. With @tracyrectorart.bsky.social, @cassgardiner.bsky.social, and @aaronhuey.bsky.social
RSVP: forms.gle/4HZGpnQBLqio...

Excited to chat with Tizzy ( @tizzy.bsky.social ), Scout (Carey Wheeler), and JustJaime ( @jaimens.com ).

Join Agog’s Nov 19 Community Meetup for a live VRChat conversation with Trans Academy—exploring how virtual worlds foster safety, creativity, and belonging across identities.

RSVP forms.gle/qPCCyWW9BSK4...
#VRChatCommunity #XRforGood

Help wanted: Organizer of Chaos [zoom screenshot with participants using a variety of AR filters and background effects]

📣 Agog is hiring an Executive Administrative Partner!
Support our senior leaders, streamline systems, and help us keep our mission on track.

📍 U.S.-based remote (LA, SF, or SEA preferred).
Apply here: jobs.lever.co/schmidt-enti...

#AdminJobs #XRforGood #Hiring

Keep the grants flowing and your avatar glowing [VRchat avatar with luminous flower accessory]

🗂️ New role alert: Agog is hiring a Grants Coordinator!
Love systems, spreadsheets, and social good? Join us.

📍 U.S.-based remote (LA, SF, or SEA preferred).

Apply here: jobs.lever.co/schmidt-enti...

#GrantsJobs #XRforImpact #hiring

In NYC? Don’t sleep on this:
⚠️ Final weekend for KIN at WSA (slide 1) + Collective Body at Lincoln Center (slide 2)—two must-see immersive XR experiences.
✨ Just added: ENCODED at The Met (slide 3). Indigenous AR reclaiming the American Wing. Thru Dec 31.
Got XR recs? Share!
👉 tours.agog.org

Agog’s next Meetup explores connection & creativity in virtual worlds—with a special #VRChat screening of “The Reality of Hope” & conversation with Joe Hunting.

🗓️ Oct 30 | 12:30–2 PM PT

@joeahunting.bsky.social @hiyu.bsky.social @photographotter.bsky.social

agog.org/event/commun...

Community Meetup | The Reality of Hope: Connections Across Worlds - Agog Join us in VRChat or on YouTube for a special screening of The Reality of Hope, a powerful short film that premiered at Sundance and the 2025 Venice International Film Festival. 📅 Thursday, Oct 30th🕐 ...

Don't forget to RSVP! Our next meetup with @joeahunting.bsky.social is this Thursday! agog.org/event/commun...

Welcome Alex Capriotti, Head of Marketing & Communications [headshot of Alex]

🚀 After launching three mission-driven cultural institutions, it’s fair to say Alex Capriotti is pretty stellar.

Now she’s our new Head of Marketing & Comms, and we’re over the moon to have her. 💫

Agog House just got a little... haunted. 👻
We’ve given our VRChat world a Halloween makeover—just for a limited time. Come explore if you dare.
Or join us on Oct 30 for the next Community Meetup: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
#VRChat

AgogVRC Helping creators and nonprofit leaders harness the power of extended reality to imagine a more just and sustainable future. http://agog.org

So sorry to miss you, but we'll post the recording here: www.youtube.com/@AgogVRC

Join the next community meetup. Thursday October 30th, 12:30pm-2pm

Featuring Joe Hunting, Director, Painted Clouds (We Met in Virtual Reality, The Reality of hope) [Headshot of Joe]

Special Guests Hiyu & Photographotter

Schedule: 12:30-1pm: Special screening in Agog House "The Reality of Hope" 1pm-1:45pm Moderated conversation & Q&A 1:45-2pm World hop social: "Furality Aqua" & "Room between realities"

Join Agog’s Oct 30 meetup for a in-VRChat screening of “The Reality of Hope,” followed by a talk with Joe Hunting, Hiyu & Photographotter, exploring connection & compassion in virtual worlds. RSVP: forms.gle/sTz5xbQVYdSJ...

@hiyu.bsky.social @photographotter.bsky.social @joeahunting.bsky.social