After “From Here to Anywhere” · Bin Youn · FPT University · 21 October 2026
The talk is over. Here is what to do next, where to aim, and the tools and links from the slides.
This week
Tick them off as you go. Your ticks and your sentence stay on this device only.
Ask one real question about their work. Every door in my story opened with a person.
@arselectronica · @acmsiggraph · @siggraph_digitalarts · @siggraphasia · @iseainternational. Turn on notifications for one of them.
A sketch, a test, a failed render. Your feed becomes your archive, so when a call asks for documentation, it is already there.
Follow the five steps below with the Elemental WebAR kit. One afternoon, no app, free.
Keep both. You will need them for the 2027 workshop.
Pick SIGGRAPH Asia, ISEA or a DAC call. Note what it asks for: format, words, documentation, deadline.
I wrote this sentence in Seoul in May 2025. Write yours, then tell one person.
Your first AR, in one afternoon
This is the same A-Frame + MindAR route I used to start. Everything runs in a phone browser and hosts for free.
High contrast and lots of detail track best. Avoid plain skies and repeating patterns.
See example worksUpload your image to the MindAR compiler and download the .mind file.
MindAR image compilerCopy the kit, add one entry in config.json, and drop in your target and overlay (video, image or 3D model).
Kit guideTurn on GitHub Pages for your copy. Your work now has a URL.
GitHub PagesUse the kit’s “qr label” button, print it beside the photograph, and test on two phones.
QR labelsStuck on which tool to use? The AR Build Atlas compares every way to build AR: WebAR, no-code platforms, engines, tracking and hardware. Venue tip: self-host your library files, because gallery wifi often blocks CDNs.
Where to aim
Go first, even as an observer. Then set the goal to be part of it the next year.
The Asian edition of SIGGRAPH, at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre: the first in Malaysia and the closest to us. Art Gallery, Art Papers, Emerging Technologies and student volunteering.
The International Symposium on Electronic Art, in a new city every year, with an online component this year. Artworks, papers, panels, artist talks and workshops.
The big computer graphics and interactive techniques conference, with an Art Gallery and Art Papers. 2026 was in Los Angeles, 19–23 July.
Online exhibitions, open calls and Sparks talks. The easiest first step: no travel needed. This is how I got into SIGGRAPH.
A festival since 1979, the Prix Ars Electronica, and the Ars Electronica Center. 2026 ran 9–13 September across Linz.
See what got accepted before you apply: past artworks, papers and talks from ISEA and SIGGRAPH.
Always check the call itself. Categories, fees and deadlines change every year. Look for student volunteer programmes and student rates.
Apply and build
Build your portfolio as you go, so applying is mostly collecting what you already have.
| A-Frame | 3D and AR scenes written like HTML |
| MindAR | Image and face tracking in the browser |
| Three.js | The 3D library under most WebAR |
| MediaPipe Hands | Hand tracking, as in Uncanny Garden and Glitch Mori |
| Tone.js | Sound and music in the browser, as in Sacred Tree |
| Luma AI · Meshy | Turn photos of an object into a 3D model |
| model-viewer | Show a 3D model in AR with one HTML tag |
Try the works from the talk
Use a phone with a camera, and allow camera access when the page asks.
| Gelora series | The hub for Gelora, Sacred Tree and the rest of the series |
| gelora-xr.xyz | Gelora and Sacred Tree in WebAR |
| Uncanny Garden | Summon five Flowergirls with hand gestures |
| Glitch Mori | Offer your open palm, and a vanished flower grows |
| AR Build Atlas | Every way to build AR, compared |
| Elemental WebAR | Photographs that open in AR, plus six experiments |
| M-NODE archive | The student hackathon projects |
| github.com/binyoun | The code behind all of it, open to read |
Next year · a field workshop with you
Bring one image and one sound from a place that holds you. Through AR, they become a creature that is both from there and strange to it. No coding needed. Sign-up opens in 2027; follow @o.binyoun.o so you don’t miss it.