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Platform art & the actually existing metaverse: An interview with Jeremy Bailey

Nicola Bozzi

In a recent paper published in Information, Communication and Society, I interviewed four artists working with augmented reality (AR) face filters. The article discusses the role of social …

A young Rohingya woman sitting in front of a backdrop of a refugee camp and the words 'I Am Rohingya'.

Talking about virtual and augmented reality

Katerina Girginova

Labels matter. Naming is both, taming and creating. In turn, the way we talk about virtual and augmented reality is important because it shapes the ways in which we think about these technological experiences …

Black and white image of a woman in a VR headset in the foreground, with a neurtral expression. In the background there is a man in a lab coat next to an early computer. He is looking at the woman in the foreground

Notes on Helsinki’s Digital Fashion Week

Tyla Stevenson

In late August of 2024, Helsinki Fashion Week (HFW) was held on online, world-building platform VLGE. Still accessible via their Instagram Link Tree, I’ve explored up to 40 different digital fashion exhibitions. When done right …

XR as Spatial Media Across Disciplines

Tyler Blackman and Daniel Harley

In the early stages of an interdisciplinary collaboration that led to a new article analyzing the promotional material for Apple’s “first spatial computer,” the Apple Vision Pro (AVP), our discussions often returned to …