🌴🌎 CodeMiami x OpenMiami: Bring Your Campus to the MiamiVerse!
🌴🌎 CodeMiami x OpenMiami: Bring Your Campus to the MiamiVerse!
📅Date: Thursday, November 6th
🕖Time: 7-9PM
📍Location: Online via Zoom + optional in-person meetup @ Miami Dade College Wolfson Ai Center
Hosted by: CodeMiami · OpenMiami · SustainaCities · CurioXR - MDC Ai Lab
💡 About the Event
Miami’s next innovation wave starts right on campus!
Join CodeMiami and OpenMiami for an interactive challenge:
“Bring Your Campus to the MiamiVerse!” 🌎
Students, developers, and creators across FIU, UM, and MDC will learn how to design immersive 360° digital campus experiences using CurioXR, MUDVerse, and the MiamiVerse — a regional digital twin ecosystem powered by SustainaCities and global tech partners like CyberCity3D, Nextspace, NVIDIA, and Siemens.
This is your chance to help co-create Miami’s Smart Campus Network — connecting education, creativity, and sustainability in one digital layer.
🎤 Speakers & Collaborators
Dr. José ] — Smart Campus Initiative, Miami Dade College
Denise Méndez — Microsoft XR Lead, showcasing extended reality tools for digital learning and collaboration
Dr. Susan Jacobson — FIU iSTAR / Lee Caplin School of Journalism & CodeMiami Director, on immersive storytelling and digital civic engagement
Kevin DeVito — SustainaCities Partner, CyberCity3D & NextspaceJS, on scaling from campus twins to urban-scale digital twins and integrating 360° content into the MiamiVerse
Silvio Pupo-Casco — CEO, Logos Capital & Founder, SustainaCities, on how the MiamiVerse connects campuses, cities, and ecosystems for real-world impacY
🚀 What to Expect
🎥 Kickoff Challenge:
Create a 360° campus tour of your school in CurioXR
📸 The first 20 sign-ups receive a 360° camera to start capturing!
🌐 Integration: Showcase your world inside MiamiVerse.world
🏆 Recognition: Featured projects will appear on the MiamiVerse portal and in upcoming showcases during Miami Tech Month 2026!
🌱 Why It Matters
This isn’t just a challenge — it’s the foundation for Florida’s first Smart Campus Network, linking local schools into a shared digital twin ecosystem. Together, we’re merging storytelling, data, and XR technology to make Miami a living classroom and a global hub for sustainable innovation.
🖱️ RSVP Now
🎟️ [Register on Luma/Eventbrite link]
🔗 [Zoom Link upon registration]
💬 Please share this Sample Invitation Message
Hey Miami Tech friends! 👋
We’re hosting an exciting CodeMiami x OpenMiami event this Thursday — “Bring Your Campus to the MiamiVerse!” 🌎✨
Join speakers from Microsoft XR, FIU iSTAR, CyberCity3D/Nextspace, MDC, and SustainaCities as we kick off the first Smart Campus Digital Twin Challenge — building immersive 360° tours and bringing our campuses online with CurioXR and MiamiVerse.world.
🎥 First 20 participants get a 360° camera to start creating!
Register here 👉 [link]
Let’s build the future of learning, together. 🚀
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