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Andreea Ion Cojocaru

@andreeavr

Toolmaker, XR dev, co-founder & CEO at NUMENA. Posts on tech, philosophy & HCI. https://linktr.ee/andreeavr

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Oh you were there???!! Wish we had said hi! Thank you so much for coming and for the kind words!

31.12.2025 13:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Our next A Christmas Carol VR live show is in 30 minutes!

Got a Meta Quest?

Come haunt Scrooge with us.

xmascarolvr.com

06.12.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks! I'm thinking of giving it a try here to see if I can get into a groove again.

23.10.2025 21:08 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I miss the days when I used to post weird philosophical things on Twitter, mostly about XR and multiple realities. For me at least, the X algorithm is not optimized for sharing and community building anymore. How is this site? Should I start posting "liminal" thoughts again?

23.10.2025 16:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh awesome! Can't wait to say hi!

23.10.2025 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you are attending AWE Europe in December, come to the most potentially-totally-out-there presentation I'm preparing with my partner in crime, Belgian artist Peter Vander Auwera. We'll introduce you to the ARG we've been working on for some time.

22.10.2025 19:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

And I have similar feelings about cool, fancy or hipster looking interiors. Yes, interior design does have an impact on mood. But the obvious thing is that you can be the most misserable person in an office that looks like a Vitra showroom & the happiest in a shed.

31.07.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love this concept. The increasing use of technology in architecture has, at this point, reached such monstrous proportions and consequences that I feel inclined to start a movement where drawings are hand traced and 3D models are built out of clay... (have used clay before for massingπŸ‘Œ)

31.07.2025 14:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Here's the most important take away, in the words of digital culture historian Kevin Kelly:

"Our most important thinking machines will not be machines that can think what we think faster, better, but those that think what we can’t think."

17.07.2025 11:38 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I have finally uploaded a series of lectures I gave on the topic of spatial intelligence for DIGITAL Futures:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

17.07.2025 11:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Like the moment to moment gameplay of:
talk to character -> quest -> go to place -> kill some dudes -> get a bunch of loot -> sell most of that loot -> repeat

Just doesn't do anything for me as a short to medium game loop anymore.

I'd just rather watch that game in Youtube as background noise now.

08.06.2025 17:40 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Super interesting, thank you!

10.06.2025 10:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Very interested in Interface and Us. Is it good?

05.06.2025 11:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Yep, we'll meet every Thursday for a while.

17.04.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Come get some VR writing done!

17.04.2025 11:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Have some tasks that just don't want to get done? We're coming together to work in NUMENA's Discord server tomorrow at 6p CET / 12p ET. Join us:
discord.gg/9u8HrZNp6w

16.04.2025 14:37 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I write narrative instead of fixing engine bugs. Maybe we can trade.

24.02.2025 14:13 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big news for us at NUMENA! We're excited to be part of the team building the digital future of archaeology. Stay tuned for updates, collab calls, and case studies.

17.02.2025 18:06 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Definitely beautiful!

02.12.2024 17:10 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@andreeavr.bsky.social is one of my favourite thinkers in this space. Only her can wave philosophy, architecture, design, computer science and more so gracefully.
A great and humbling talk on perspectives of perceived reality

30.11.2024 09:14 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you. Michal!

02.12.2024 16:53 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating 😺

30.11.2024 02:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

02.12.2024 16:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Is THIS objective reality?
Is THIS objective reality? YouTube video by Andreea Ion

Is there a human and a beyond-human reality? This video outlines the mental models I use to think about these things. I call it an "operational framework" because it comes in handy when developing concepts for immersive tech.

From a DigitalFUTURES workshop earlier this year.
youtu.be/kyLxmIuwFng

29.11.2024 19:30 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Anyone I know or you know familiar with using Unreal for VFX that can be added to real footage?

20.11.2024 21:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
How to doodle - a Jungian approach
How to doodle - a Jungian approach YouTube video by Andreea Ion

The concept of mysterious underwater currents that, now and then, shore up valuable ideas immediately rings true for creatives. Here's how reading Jung has turned my doodles into narratives I've been using for work:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGCb...

15.11.2024 20:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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First time seeing Jung's archetypes in the form of a spatial diagram. Compared to the traditional wheel, this is vastly more effective. It's also a beautiful example of spatial affordances used to communicate A LOT of abstract ideas on a single page (something comics know all about).

15.11.2024 18:46 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Towards a new notation: Cage, Laban and Cummings
Towards a new notation: Cage, Laban and Cummings YouTube video by Andreea Ion

There's something missing in XR storyboarding. I wish we had something more abstract, like a notation for spatial experience. It shouldn't show you things, but help you play them in your head instead. Still working on it, but here's a look at music, dance and poetry.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixpu...

13.11.2024 22:00 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@andreeavr.bsky.social is smart and interesting and always up to fascinating projects. If you don’t believe me look up any of the interviews she did with @kentbye.com on his Voices of VR podcast 😺

13.11.2024 03:11 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you, much appreciated! Hope to see you there, would love to say hi.

13.11.2024 13:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0