Designing Realities 2019
About
As the border between the virtual and real worlds increasingly become fuzzy, we can now create experiences that until recently, could only be found in the imagination of sci-fi writers.
Virtual Reality (VR) generate graphics and sounds to place you in a spectacular imaginary world and Augmented Reality (AR) overlays virtual elements to augment your real-world environment. Mixed Reality (MR) maps real-world environments to overlay and interact with virtual objects, and we believe that this enables the implementation of novel interactions such as providing passive haptic feedback as natural wall borders or table surfaces for game physics. This form of MR - we like to call "Blended Reality (BR)", inter-connects the digital and the physical by harnessing the knowledge of augmented and virtual reality, tangible user interfaces, radar sensing, computer vision, wearable computing, discreet computing and ubiquitous computing. This blend of technology allows us to explore and design discreet interactions which weave computing into the literal or figurative fabric of day to day life.
With the aim of demystifying these spellbinding technologies, Keio-NUS CUTE Center will be hosting a two-day seminar on "Designing for the Future: Virtual, Augmented and Blended Realities" at the National University of Singapore on December 16 and 17, 2019.
Program
Dec 16 (Monday) - Level 1, Seminar Room - Innovation 4.0
- 0900-0930: Registration
- 0930-0940: Welcome Speech
- A/P Yen Ching Chiuan, Co-Director, Keio-NUS CUTE Center
- Prof. Masa Inakage, Co-Director, Keio-NUS CUTE Center
- 0940-1030: Talk 1: Medical Simulation - Methods, Technologies and Challenges
- Dr. Alan Liu, Director of Virtual Medical Environments Laboratory, US Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
- 1030-1110: Talk 2: Creating Unique Technologies for Everyone
- A/P Yen Ching Chiuan, Co-Director, Keio NUS CUTE Center
- 1110-1130: Break
- 1130-1220: Talk 3: Making Magic with Digital Design & Making
- Prof. Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Director, ATLAS Partnerships & Innovation, University of Colorado Boulder
- 1220-1400: Lunch
- 1400-1450: Talk 4: Discreet Computing
- Prof. Aaron Quigley, Chair of Human Computer Interaction, University of St Andrews
- 1450-1610: Talk 5: Design of "Realities" for Creative Innovation by KMD
- Prof. Masa Inakage, Dean, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
- Prof. Kouta Minamizawa, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
- Prof. Kai Kunze, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
- Prof. Kazunori Sugiura, Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University
- 1610-1640: Break
- 1640-1800: Panel Discussion: Future of Reality
- Chair: Prof. Ellen Yi-Luen Do
- Panelist: Prof. Masa Inakage
- Panelist: Prof. Aaron Quigley
- Panelist: Teo Chor Guan
Dec 17 (Tuesday) - Level 6, Innovation 4.0
- 0900-0930: Registration
- 0930-1230: Workshop I: Mixing Digital and Physical spaces and Remixing User Experience for Blended Reality
- Prof Aaron Quigley, Chair of Human Computer Interaction, University of St Andrews
- 1230-1400: Lunch
- 1400-1700: Workshop II: AR Paper Tangibles
- Prof Ellen Yi-Luen Do, Director, ATLAS Partnerships & Innovation, University of Colorado Boulder
Participate
The seminar is open for all to apply to participate. Participants will be notified of their acceptance within one week of the application deadline. There are no fees associated with the seminar.
Partners
We would like to thank the following organizations for making Designing Realities 2019 possible:
Speakers / Panelists
Alan Liu
Director, Virtual Medical Environments Laboratory - U.S. Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS)
Aaron Quigley
Director, The Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance
Ellen Yi-Luen Do
Co-Director, CUTE Center
Yen Ching-Chiuan
Co-Director, CUTE Center
Masa Inakage
Co-Director, CUTE Center
Kouta Minamizawa
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Kazunori Sugiura
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design
Kai Kunze
Professor, Keio University Graduate School of Media Design