With lighter headsets on the horizon, the number of ways in which users might consume media in the future are endless! So for our latest contest, we asked ShapesXR users to come up with innovative prototypes for mixed reality applications that suggest new and exciting ways in which people might consume media in the metaverse.
We asked designers to consider how media consumption, in a mixed reality environment, would adapt to real world spaces, integrate social interaction, and enhance the overall experience for users.

Final

On December 16th, five finalists presented their prototypes, LIVE from ShapesXR, to a panel of industry professionals from Netflix, Meta, and Google.
Audience members tuned in from around the world via YouTube live to watch each finalist take to the virtual stage to present their ShapesXR design for a mixed reality application that innovated a new and creative way for users to consume media in the future.
Each finalist had five minutes to present their project, and our three winners were announced at the conclusion of the event.

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Welcome to a brand new ShapesXR update with plenty of improvements and bug fixes!

Teleport with snap turn

Teleportation is a great alternative to navigating the space either when you want to experience it at 1:1 scale or when newcomers hop for the first time in ShapesXR. To improve locomotion we have added the ability to “snap turn” directly on the thumbstick. We also added a “rewind” option to backtrack your steps along and fixed little bugs here and there. You now have no excuses not to bring in your teammates in VR and let them explore the scene you have created.

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New sign-in system

We would like to introduce ShapesXR accounts. This is our first step in improving our web experience and providing extra value directly in your inbox. As of today, you don’t need a Meta account anymore to log in to the shapes.app web panel. You can either use your google account or your preferred email address. For all of you that already have an account on shapes.app, just log in with Meta as usual and you will be asked to connect your google or standard email.

Improved Gizmo and Grabbing

In order to improve the interaction and manipulation of objects we have reworked some UI and UX elements for grabbing objects and the Gizmo. Examples include stronger haptic feedback on “hoover” and extra feedback on “grab”. Moreover, we made it possible to quickly cycle through gizmo modes while hoovering the objects (and not the Gizmo handle like before…yes you could already do that 😉).

More flexible text tool

We have revamped our text tool and added several features. You can now easily change the text size, alignment, and style. We have also improved the whole typing and text manipulation experience and fixed some bugs. We hope typing in VR is not as painful as before 😅

Other fixes and improvements:

Onboarding improvements:

- Added teleportation step

- Improved steps wording

- Improved first and last steps in the tutorials

Folders UX fixes:

- Improved hovering over interaction

- Made it possible to rename a folder once you’re in it.

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Get Started

2 place

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2 Place - Imtissal Hallak

Imtissal is an immersive designer and came up with an innovative way of incorporating mixed reality into the analog experience of reading a magazine. For her design she showed how an MR application could be used to dramatically enhance the experience of reading National Geographic. Imtissal incorporated sidebar overlays, audio cues, and even an interactive 3D model of the solar system into her design.

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3 Place - Michael Markman

Michael is a senior XR designer and prototyper. Michael prototyped a social media, mixed reality application called Portals. Portals would allow users to interact with short form media content in highly immersive ways. Not only could users watch portal content in AR, they could create volumetric immersive content directly from their phones.

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Finalists

Jayson Hahn

Jayson is an AR/VR designer at Spatial. Jayson’s presentation was a master class in XR design theory. He demonstrated how mixed realities applications could easily adapt to the needs, experience levels, and desires of individual users.

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Jose Somolinos

Jose is a solutions strategist and XR lead accedo.tv. José designed an interactive, social application that allows users to watch media in real time with friends, view volumetric content, and interact with AI avatars based on characters from the movies they are watching.

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Honorable Mention

Andrew P. Alderete

Andrew is a content creator, XR developer, digital strategist, and world builder at CineConcerts. Andrew's highly immersive design would transport audiences into virtual concert halls, where they’d be fully immersed in live orchestra performances of scores from popular movies, all while watching the films unfold on giant virtual screens.

The first ShapesXR contest

Final

Update — New Sign-in System, Improved Teleport, Gizmo, Text Tool and more

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Teleport with snap turn

New sign-in system

Improved Gizmo and Grabbing

More flexible text tool

Other fixes and improvements:

Winners

1 Place - Diego Millan

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2 Place - Imtissal Hallak

3 Place - Michael Markman

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Finalists

Jayson Hahn

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Jose Somolinos

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Honorable Mention

Andrew P. Alderete

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