august review

content/blog/2024/Monthly Reviews/vvvvhat-happened-in-august-2024/index.md

@@ -4,38 +4,52 @@ title: "vvvvhat happened in August 2024"
 description: "Last month in review"
 categories: Monthly Reviews
 author: joreg
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+Apologies...
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+...for the delayed review. As you may have noticed we had a bit of summer going on lately. Most notably we had a very cozy time at [LINK24](https://link-summercamp.de/) together with a bunch of you. Once again thanks to everyone involved making these 4 days such a lovvvvely experience. A detailed review of what happened there is still to come...
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+Then there was [Ars Electronica](https://ars.electronica.art/) in Linz with quite a vvvview things on display. Review in the works...
 
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+Meanwhile, in our ongoing quest to support more and more devices out-of-the-box, here are the most recent additions:
+* [Support for hand-tracking devices by Ultraleap](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-support-for-new-ultraleap-devices/)
+* [Support for industrial cameras by IDS Imaging](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/introducing-support-for-industrial-cameras-by-ids-imaging/)
 
 ## Learning vvvv
 
-While The NODE Institute is creating a line up of vvvv workshop for the upocoming semester, you can enjoy the [World Cities](https://visualprogramming.net/blog/2024/new-vvvv-tutorial-world-cities/) and stay tuned for coming semester.
+Here are current opportunities for getting started with vvvv:
 
-Don't forget that you can alwyas enroll and [access the previous semester's workshop content](https://thenodeinstitute.org/product/vvvv-intermediates-summer-2024-complete-bundle/).
+* September 13/14 in Vienna: An introductory vvvv/FUSE workshop as part of the [NOISE festival](https://www.noise.ist/vienna)
+* Starting October 7th online: A [12 session vvvv beginner course](https://thenodeinstitute.org/courses/ws24-5-vvvv-beginners-class/) run via The NODE Institute
+* Don't forget that you can alwyas enroll and [access the previous semester's workshop content](https://thenodeinstitute.org/product/vvvv-intermediates-summer-2024-complete-bundle/).
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+And our new beginner tutorial series now already features 2 videos:
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+* [Circle Pit](https://youtu.be/Ma1IullIugY)
+* [World Cities](https://youtu.be/ymzrK7tZLBI)
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+And one date to save:
+* Webinar on Octber 2nd: [Rhino meets realtime with vvvv](https://www.linkedin.com/events/rhinouserwebinar-rhinomeetsreal7236684761207894018/)
 
 ## Contributions
 Many thanks to those of you who help complete vvvv with countless additions! For an overview of libraries available for vvvv [start here](https://thegraybook.vvvv.org/reference/libraries/overview.html).
 
-We got a new one:
+We got two new ones:
 - [VL.TorSharp](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.TorSharp)
+- [VL.Devices.Ultraleap](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Ultraleap)
 
 And updates to these:
-- [VL.VL.Devices.Robotiq](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.VL.Devices.Robotiq )
+- [VL.Devices.Robotiq](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.Robotiq )
 - [VL.Devices.ZED](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.ZED)
-- [VL.Audio.UI ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Audio.UI)
-- [VL.Audio](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Audio)
 - [VL.Devices.IDS](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Devices.IDS)
 - [VL.Rhino.3dm](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.Rhino.3dm)
 - [VL.OpenCV](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.OpenCV)
 - [VL.BlueIOT](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.BlueIOT)
-- [VL.IO.OSC](https://www.nuget.org/packages/VL.IO.OSC)
 
 Plus an update in the forum’s work-in-progress section:
 - [VL.Benchmarks: A Performance Benchmarking Tool](https://discourse.vvvv.org/t/vl-benchmarks-a-performance-benchmarking-tool-for-vvvv-gamma/22842)
 
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 ## Gallery
 
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@@ -46,4 +60,4 @@ Plus an update in the forum’s work-in-progress section:
 - There maybe some more on [The Interactive & Immersive Job Board](https://jobs.interactiveimmersive.io/?s=vvvv&post_type=job_listing&orderby=date) and [dasauge.de](https://dasauge.de/sta/Vvvv/)
 - If you need a vvvv specialist or are one yourself, check out this listing of [vvvv specialists available for hire](https://vvvv.org/documentation/vvvv-specialists-available-for-hire)
 
-That was it for July. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!
+That was it for August. Anything to add? Please do so in the comments!