Here you will find the updates of our academic activities, including new publications, conferences, journals, workshops and teaching updates.

in this lesson we explore the interaction ecosystem

in this lesson for the Master of Exhibit design we studied a series of use case scenarios to understand possible uses of ubiquitous technologies in large scale events and initiatives

AOS is teaching at La Sapienza University of Rome in the Master of Exhibit Design, here is the overview and Lesson 1

Urban planning strategies con now benefit from new sources of realtime information coming from social networks allowing to sense the emotions, visions, desires and tensions of citizens. Open data, online conversations and ubiquitous publishing as a strategic scenario: we will speak about this subject on Dec. 14th 2011 in Turin

un saggio su ConnectiCity, VersuS e FakePress Publishing, sugli orizzonti della pubblicazione ubiqua e realtime, su Rivista di Scienze Sociali

We have been invited to teach in the Master course “Public and Institutional Communication” held at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Here some details about our program.

An article published on the “Rivista degli Infortuni e delle Malattie Professionali”, one of the most ancient italian scientific journals, about the opportunities and scenarios of Augmented Reality

the Electronic Man, the global performance we created in occasion of Marshal McLuhan’s centennial, has been accepted for presentation at the Consciousness Reframed 12 conference “Presence in the Mindfield”: November 2011, Portugal

Leaf++ will be presented at Designs on E-Learning, in Finland

Leaf++ has been published on Parsons Journal for Information Mapping

AOS experiments a novel crash course to teach multimedia designers how to prototype and develop their cross-medial applications, at the ISIA institute in Florence

after the McLuhan’s centennial in Rome and the evolution of the Electronic Man project

An article about the possibilities for technological enhancements of the body, published on Rivista delle Scienze Sociali

we will be presenting an augmented reality project at the Future of Education conference in Florence

FakePress and Art is Open Source contributed a chapter to the book Museums at Play, about playful augmented reality solutions for museums

FakePress’ courses on various aspects of interaction and cross media design are about to start at Rome’s University La Sapienza

a workshop for designers explaining how to imagine, design, build and market smartphone and tablet based cross media applications, including a full exampe and ideas on how to use these technologies in critical, sustainable ways

next step in the education program of REFF: workshops and presentations on the systematic reinvention of reality

a presentation of the REFF project at Queen Mary University in London, from the perspective of self organization and group dynamics

On March 2nd 2011 REFF held a workshop at the Courtauld Institute about the methodological reinvention of reality.

on Feb. 21th 2011 REFF (with AOS, Art is Open Source, and FakePress) held a workshop in Essex at Writtle College.
on Feb. 21th 2011 REFF (with AOS, Art is Open Source, and FakePress) held a workshop in Essex at Writtle College.