- Report by Jeffrey Koh – http://mixedrealitylab.wikia.com/wiki/AAL_Forum_-_Report_by_Jeffrey_Koh
- Report by Wei Jun – http://mixedrealitylab.wikia.com/wiki/Report
- Report by Wang Xuan – http://mixedrealitylab.wikia.com/wiki/YR-RISE_Wang_Xuan
Year: 2010
Lifeboat foundation – Mixed and Virtual Reality
Similarities and differences between Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality, and how these technologies will enhance human experiences in the future! (The song Sprawl II used in end credits is courtesy Arcade Fire.)
Watch it in iPhone size for Windows (.avi format) or for the Macintosh (.mov format).
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Smells Like Home, Truly
National Day and a researcher’s e-mail create a surge of interest in the collective scent memory of Singapore.
Graduate student Cao Yan Yan is interviewed by Vivienne Khoo about her project. Her project is an exploration of the use of smell in interactive technology. She is focusing on collective memory using scent as a medium.
MXR Lab spin off company MXR Corp debuts at Shanghai World Expo
Punggol North Racial & Religious Harmony Street Parade and Carnival 2010
On July 18th the Mixed Reality Lab participated in the Punggol North Racial & Religious Harmony Street Parade and Carnival 2010. The MXR booth was visited by the guest of honor Mr Teo Chee Hean, Duputy Prime Minister of Singapore. The Lab presented Confucius Computer and Huggy Pajama with about 150 people using the systems. The confucius system uses new media to revive and model these historical philosophies and teachings, presenting them in new contexts, such as online social chat, music and food. This enables people to experience and explore the ancient culture using the literacy of digital interactivity. Huggy Pajama is a novel wearable system aimed at promoting physical interaction in remote communication between parent and child. This system enables parent and child to hug one another through a novel hugging interface device and a wearable, hug reproducing jacket connected through the Internet. The hugging device is a small, mobile doll with embedded pressure sensing circuit that is able to sense varying levels of human force. This device sends hug signals to a haptic jacket that simulates the feeling of being hugged to the wearer.