Chris Lowery (Fasility)
Kathy Trogolo (Fasility)

MIT Student Center, Room 307

A-Frame is an extension of HTML created with JavaScript, THREE.js, and open collaboration. It sits on top of the proposed WebVR standard, making it easier to access and promoting interoperability between the very different cardboard, mobile, and high end VR vertical markets.

We will look at A-Frame, its origins at Google and Mozilla, and THREE.js, the popular, free library A-Frame uses to talk to graphics cards via WebGL.

A-Frame’s code and community have grown quickly. Its openness, HTML and smart defaults have enabled mainstream web developers to get their feet wet, and even seasoned WebGL 3D developers have begun to use it as a reliable compatibility library. When the Web embraces a technology, it accelerates, gets adaptive, and goes mainstream. WebVR is just getting started. Thanks to A-Frame, it has the familiarity of HTML behind it, and a new generation of web developers learning a new medium that turns websites into nearly physical experiences.

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Chris Lowery
Chris Lowery

Chris Lowery is a UI artist and CXO/co-founder of Fasility. He is an app developer, WebVR and A-Frame evangelist, and HTML5/CSS/JavaScriptengineer. He combines left and right brained thinking to create comfortable, powerful new interfaces. He co-founded 3D toon shading pioneer ThinkFish Productions, invented a grayscale pixel font system called Ultrafonts, and co-authored FlashDash for Pocket PC, a futuristic Home screen experience that rivaled modern Android offerings. One year before Siri, he created SiteRider XL for iPad, the world's first mainstream speaking and listening browser. Chris holds a Bachelor of Fine Art in Graphic Design from The Rhode Island School of Design.

 

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Kathy Trogolo
Kathy Trogolo

Kathy Trogolo is an educator and CEO/co-founder of Fasility, a WebVR studio centered on accessibility and user empowerment. She has extensive classroom experience with students and teachers as a technology specialist and administrator in public and private schools, as well as private sector sales and software development experience. She was a founding board member and subsequently Assistant Head of the Tremont School in Weston, MA, a new progressive school focused on student empowerment and experiential learning for academic, social and emotional growth. She brings her startup experience, marketing and technical backgrounds, strategic planning skills, and love of teaching and co-creating to the Fasility team. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Cornell University and a Master of Arts in Educational Technology Leadership from The George Washington University.