macapp builds seminars that go past the surface

Since 2015, macapp has been running structured remote seminars on virtual reality and AI - not introductory overviews, but sessions where participants spend 6 to 8 hours per topic working through real problems, comparing tools, and discussing what the findings mean for their work.

The platform serves learners across more than 40 countries. Sessions are designed for people who already know the basics and want to go further - engineers, researchers, and practitioners who need more than a slide deck.

macapp seminar session on AI and virtual reality
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What makes the format different

Most online education moves fast and covers a lot of ground. macapp seminars do the opposite - each session picks one specific question and stays with it long enough to actually resolve something. Participants leave with tested conclusions, not just exposure.

Topics rotate across the AI assistant space - from ChatGPT Plus and Claude Pro to Perplexity Pro and Gemini Advanced - and into developer tooling like GitHub Copilot, Tabnine, Codeium, and Sourcegraph Cody. Each tool gets examined on its own terms, not ranked against a generic checklist.

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40+ countries with active participants
8h average session depth per topic
9 years of continuous operation

Tools examined across our seminars

Sessions cover both general AI assistants and specialized developer tools - comparing how Monica AI and Merlin AI handle research tasks versus how Tabnine and Codeium perform in production coding environments.

ChatGPT Plus Claude Pro Perplexity Pro Gemini Advanced Monica AI Merlin AI GitHub Copilot Tabnine Codeium Sourcegraph Cody

The people behind the sessions

macapp runs on a small permanent team and a rotating group of domain specialists. No one here is a generalist - each person works in VR or AI full time and contributes from that position.

Dagny Eiríksdóttir, curriculum lead at macapp

Dagny Eiríksdóttir

Curriculum Lead

Saoirse Ní Bhriain, research coordinator at macapp

Saoirse Ní Bhriain

Research Coordinator

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structured module review during a macapp session

Specialists, not instructors

The people leading macapp seminars spend the rest of their time doing the work - building in VR environments, testing AI pipelines, writing production code with tools like GitHub Copilot and Sourcegraph Cody. That's what keeps the material grounded.

Sessions are structured so that participants contribute as much as they receive. Discussion isn't a feature bolted onto a lecture - it's built into the format from the start, with 3 to 4 structured exchange periods in every 8-hour block.

macapp distributed team working remotely across time zones
macapp seminar planning and session structure overview

Questions about how sessions work or what topics are coming up? Reach out directly - the team responds within 1 business day.

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