Metamedia at the Media X 6th Annual Meeting at Stanford
The 6th Media X Annual Meeting took place March 3-4th in Arrillaga Hall at Stanford University on the theme, Transformative Insights about Virtual Worlds, Collaboration and Participation in Mixed Realities. This year's meeting features new results from interdisciplinary teams catalyzed by Media X - describing the chain of effects across neuroscience, emotion and engagement; describing the importance of human-machine interfaces for energy-efficient buildings and cars; describing participation in mixed reality environments; describing best of class virtual collaboration processes and technologies in construction, education and medicine; and describing a novel approach to creating open source virtual worlds that includes automation and tracking capabilities.
Michael Shanks of the Metamedia Lab presented his current research on design criteria, software tools and interactive platforms to accelerate development, motivate engagement, and influence involvement in virtual worlds.