Beyond the 2D Web: Building the Spatial Internet

— Rochester, NY

📅Wed, Sep 9, 2026 · 🕐11:00AM – 12:30PM

Join the Center for eXtended Reality for an exclusive live session with Sean Mann (Founder and CEO of RP1) and Dean Abramson (Founder and Chief Architect). Together, they will walk through why web browsers and websites need to evolve to handle spatial computing, and Dean will show a live, early alpha of Artemis, the first native metaverse browser, running on the open-source Sneeze engine. The session will cover: Why the web must evolve — how today's browsers and websites, built for flat 2D pages, fall short for physical AI, robotics, digital twins, and shared 3D spaces, and what a spatial-native foundation needs to do instead. The Sneeze Engine — the open-source engine that powers spatial browsers, think Blink or WebKit, but for the 3D internet. See how Sneeze composes content from many independent sources into one seamless, high-fidelity spatial scene across devices, proving the metaverse can be fully interoperable and accessible, with no walled gardens or vendor lock-in. Artemis, the first native metaverse browser (early alpha) — built on Sneeze. Dean will demonstrate real-time copresence, multiple people sharing the same 3D space across devices, and how anyone can host a spatial fabric (the evolution of a website) that others simply browse to. The Academic Potential — how your team or department can leverage this open infrastructure today to build next-generation AR/VR applications, run complex multi-user experiments, and train students on the true frontier of spatial computing. Open Q&A — bring your questions, technical, research, policy, or otherwise. Who Should Attend: Faculty, researchers, and students interested in spatial computing, physical AI, immersive 3D design, digital ontology, or the ethics and governance of open web infrastructure.