SYMPOSIUM IX 2017 - EMBODIED SPACES

Between the physical and the virtual, we now experience total immersion in information and art : always-on social networks; big data making the invisible visible; virtual architectures overlaid onto physical landscapes; windows from the physical world popping up in immersive gear... As the modalities to enter this persistent metaverse are multiplying with domes, HMDs and mobile screens, the question of presence, of how we connect and engage with our environment and each other, and of how our physical bodies and cultural identities are invited in, become central.

This fourth edition of the IX symposium on immersion and experience will focus on Embodied Spaces.
We will examine among other things :

How proxemics (as coined by Edward T. Hall) translate in the inhabited spaces of WebVR;
How interactive real-time 3D scenography transforms live audio-video performances in domes, HMDs or other;
What happens to the idea of boundaries when AR technology takes us into the wild;
How good and accessible are the authoring/delivery tools for VR/AR/MR;
How connecting distant spaces transform our idea of space and territory.