You might have read <https://appleinsider.com/inside/xros> how Apple changed it's plan to call its VR operating system xrOS to visionOS. It was probably because of the strong existing XROS community. Here we see three of their projects [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16739>On *Thursday, August 17, 2023* at *11:00 EDT / 15:00 UTC / 00:00 JST (Aug 18)* the *Accessibility VR Meetup <https://www.meetup.com/A11yVR/>* hosts '*Report on XR Access XR Open Source Projects <https://www.meetup.com/a11yvr/events/294791838/>*' with three presentations from the *XROS Fellowship Program <https://xrosfellowship.ficci.in/>* involved in open source projects done in collaboration with *Equal Entry <https://equalentry.com/>* and *XR Access's Prototype for the People <https://xraccess.org/workstreams/prototype-for-the-people/>*. *1. Developing an Open Source Caption System for XR in Unity* *Savio Menifer <https://savi.ooo/>* shares his insights on using Chirp, an open-source caption system for extended reality projects developed in Unity. *2. Vision Accessibility Toolkit for VR* *Yuvraj Kadale <https://github.com/Yuvraj-kadale>* shares best practices using the VRC5 based vision accessibility toolkit that developed as part of his XROS fellowship. *3. Multiple Locomotion Styles in Virtual Reality for People with Disabilities* *Shivam Sharma <https://www.linkedin.com/in/shivam-sharma-143421215/>* will discuss the different types of locomotion styles that can be implemented in VR for disabled persons, as well as the factors that should be considered when choosing a locomotion style for a particular application. The session will be webcast live via a partnership with the *Internet Society New York Chapter Accessibility SIG <https://a11ysig.org>* (A11ySIG). *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr31 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/a11yvr31> *(open captions) *PARTICIPATE VIA YOUTUBE: **https://youtube.com/live/8K12J_v92a4* <https://youtube.com/live/8K12J_v92a4> (open captions) *REAL TIME TEXT: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=a11yvr>* *TWITTER: @a11yvr <http://bit.ly/A11yVR> @Equal_Entry @ficci_india #a11y #AR #XR #VR #XROS* *MASTODON #a11yvr <https://mastodon.social/tags/a11yvr>* *SIMULCASTS* (open captions) *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/a11yvr31 <https://archive.org/details/a11yvr31>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -