Augmented Reality or Augmented Humanity? Journal Article by AOS

Augmented Reality or Augmented Humanity

Augmented Reality or Augmented Humanity

An article by Art is Open Source has recently been published on the scientific journal “Rivista degli Infortuni e delle Malattie Professionali” (the Scientific Journal on injuries and diseases connected to professional activities)  and  published by the italian institution INAIL (the national institution concerned with insurance and care of workers injured of fallen sick during their professional activity).

The article is titled “Augmented Reality: Realtà Aumentata o Umanità Aumentata?” (Augmented Reality or Augmented Humanity?) and it deals with the possibilities offered by Augmented Reality to promote new opportunities for human beings to interact with the world and their cities, defining new visions for cities, professional activity, relationships, commerce, politics and entertainment.

The article specifically investigates the ways in which ubiquitous technologies (and, in the specifics, Augmented Reality) can form a bridge between the analog and digital parts of our lives, drastically changing the scenarios of accessibility and usability of digital information and interaction.

New ideas for citizenship and active presence in the world are analyzed, also discussing the ways in which these technologies suggest novel methodologies in multiple domains, fostering multiculturalism, freedoms of expression, innovative knowledge sharing and education practices, as well as useful tools in the areas of safety, health, emergencies, disaster management.

The Rivista is one of the most ancient scientific journals still in existence in Italy, and it has been continuously published since 1914. It deals with fundamental issues of our society including Law, Health, Safety, Politics, Sociology, Anthropology and Communication.

We feel that by publishing this article, the Rivista performed a really important step towards the creation of updated approaches to contemporaneity for our institutions: seeing the themes of ubiquitous publishing and of augmented reality covered among really classical and institutional approaches to science and humanities opens up truly possibilistic scenarios.

We truly thank the Responsible Director of the Rivista, Marco Stancati, for trusting us in making this first step.

These are the details for the article:

Iaconesi, S., Dalla Realtà Aumentata all’Umanità Aumentata, in Rivista degli Infortuni e delle Malattie Professionali, vol. 1/2011, 2011, INAIL Editore, Rome, pp. 321-346, ISSN 0035-5836

Living CrossMedia @ Università La Sapienza in Rome

Living CrossMedia

Living CrossMedia

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AOS & FakePress

insieme a

Università di Roma La Sapienza, Facoltà di Architettura Ludovico Quaroni, Dipartimento di Disegno Industriale

e con la presenza di

Assessorato alla Cultura e alla Comunicazione del Comune di Roma

presentano:

Living CrossMedia

le opportunità dei nuovi media nei Centri Commerciali e nei nuovi spazi della cultura e dell’aggregazione

Martedì 1 Giugno 2010

Facoltà di Architettura Ludovico Quaroni

Università di Roma “La Sapienza”

via Gianturco 2, Roma

aula G11

dalle 9:30 alle 12:00

Marco Torresan, Direttore del Centro Commerciale “Porta di Roma”

Simona Pantò, Responsabile del Marketing del Centro Commerciale “Porta di Roma”

Alessandro Ferrante, Assessorato alla Cultura e Comunicazione del Comune di Roma

terranno una lecture e dibattito per discutere delle opportunità che, nello scenario contemporaneo, si aprono con la comunicazione e l’interazione multi e cross mediale nei nuovi spazi della socializzazione, dell’aggregazione e della cultura, a partire dalla loro esperienza.

Partendo dall’analisi della trasformazione degli spazi pubblici e commerciali nelle città del nuovo secolo, per arrivare alle suggestioni che vedono display, interazioni con dispositivi mobili ed ubiqui, ambienti interattivi, e nuove forme di comunicazione digitale arricchire la nostra esperienza della città, dei nostri rapporti con le persone, le aziende e gli spazi che percorriamo tutti i giorni.

L’intervento, propositivo anche nel ragionare sulle possibilità di interazione tra ricerca, arte, design e marketing, sarà seguito da un dibattito aperto a tutti gli intervenuti.

L’incontro sarà coordinato da Salvatore Iaconesi (Art is Open Source, FakePress e docente del corso di Sperimentazioni di Tecnologie e Comunicazioni Multimediali della Facoltà di Architettura Ludovico Quaroni dell’Unversità di Roma “La Sapienza”) e Oriana Persico (Art is Open Source, FakePress).

[ENGLISH]

AOS & FakePress

together with

University of Rome La Sapienza, Faculty of Architecture Ludovico Quaroni, Department of Industrial Design

and with the presence of

Culture and Communication Council of the City of Rome

present:

Living CrossMedia

the opportunities for new media in Commercial Centers and in the new spaces for culture and social aggregation

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Faculty of Architecture Ludovico Quaroni

University of Rome “La Sapienza”

via Gianturco 2, Rome

room G11

from 9:30 am to 12:00

Marco Torresan, Director of the Commercial Centre “Porta di Roma”

Simona Pantò, Marketing Responsible of the Commercial Centre “Porta di Roma”

Alessandro Ferrante, Culture and Communication Council of the City of Rome

will hold a lecture and debate to investigate the opportunities opening in the contemporary scenario through the adoption of multi and cross medial communication and interaction in the emerging spaces for socialization, culture and aggregation, starting from their experience.

Starting from the analysis of the current transformation of public and commercial spaces in the cities of the new century, and arriving to the suggestions coming from the wide availability of display technologies, of interactions with mobile and ubiquitous devices, of interactive and responsive environments, and of new forms of digital communication enriching our experience of the city, of our relationships with other people, companies and spaces.

The lecture will also explore the possible interactions among scientific research, art, design and marketing, and will be followed by an open dialogue to which everyone attending the event will be invited to contribute.

The event will be coordinated by Salvatore Iaconesi (Art is Open Source, FakePress and professor of Experiments in Multimedia Technologies and Communications at the Faculty of Architecture “Ludovico Quaroni”  at Rome’s University “La Sapienza”) and by Oriana Persico (Art is Open Source, FakePress).

Holophony @ La Sapienza University in Rome

Here is a picture report of the lecture we held at La Sapienza University in Rome about Holophony

more info here:

AOS, FakePress and Ossigeno present Holophony at La Sapienza University in Rome

Holophony at La Sapienza University

Holophony at La Sapienza University

Consciousness Reframed 9

The Planetary Collegium presented this conference titled “Being Syncretic”. Researchers and artists from all over the world converged in Vienna to present the state of the art of research on technologies as they access reality in integrated ways.

We presented our research on identity and on the evolution of the body in a technologically ecosystemic perspective.

check it out at these links

> CR9 website

> the Planetary Collegium

> Wien’s University for Applied Arts

> the Publication