The future of media communication is immersive. Thanks to its interactivity, enhanced realism and personalized viewing paradigm, Extended Reality (XR) is a key technology to empower sectors such as cultural heritage, education, manufacturing, and to provide a climate-neutral alternative to traveling in the European Green Deal. Social XR systems promise to overcome the limitations of current real-time teleconferencing systems, enabling a better sense of immersion, increasing the sense of presence and fostering more natural interpersonal interactions.
Social XR technologies allow for shared experiences and interactions among remote users in real-time. However, several technological and research breakthroughs are still needed in order to make social XR widespread and accessible to the public. To enable realistic, immersive, and effective social XR experiences, a synergy is required between different research areas, such as computer graphics, networking and systems, signal processing, multimedia systems and social sciences and humanities.
Apart from the private lectures to the students, the program includes four open lectures on Tuesday 14th (morning):
and Thursday 16th (afternoon):
For more information, download the program booklet here!
The aim of this spring school is to learn about Social XR, as a new medium for communication and collaboration following an interdisciplinary approach, and welcoming students from technology, social sciences, and humanities. In particular, the school will target the following areas:
This school is intended for Ph.D students from different disciplines who
are interested in learning more about the mechanics underlying immersive
experiences, such as user-centered delivery systems and human perception,
as well as volumetric content recording, rendering, and coding.
Participants seeking a mixture of theoretical, empirical and practical
insights from an interdisciplinary perspective are encouraged to apply.
We also welcome applications from master students and post-docs, as well as
professionals and researchers (upon availability).
English is the language of instruction. Attending PhD students will be
granted 1.5 ECTS points for their participation.
The school will last five days, including keynotes and mini-tutorials on different areas of research related to Social XR. Keynotes provide a high-level overview of the area and tutorials focus on specific topics, including discussions. In addition, there will be time for practical work in small teams, which will result in posters of presentations. There will be social activities and networking in the evenings. Instructors are renowned experts on Social XR, who will give keynotes and mini-tutorials.