From ISMAR2010

Program Theme: Borderless

For this year, the general ISMAR 2010 theme is "B O R D E R L E S S". The Arts, Media and Humanities program also acknowledge this vision.

With ever expanding layers and mixes of ‘realities’, and with ever diminishing borders and preconceptions among ‘epistemes’, or our knowledge of realities, we experience chaos. No longer is it possible to settle within the safe boundaries of distinct knowledge sets, taste preferences, political and economic differentiations. This may make us feel uneasy. But there are those who happily surf this ‘syncretic’ world without any fear of the unknown. They rather enjoy diversity, hybridity, and interconnectedness. What these mobile innovators are doing will ultimately present to us a world without borders - a seamless whole. Somehow they stumble into this inter-connected, inter-active and inter-twined whole that the intellectuals and those in status quo cannot see.

Program Content

ISMAR 2010 Arts, Media and Humanities Program will present the breadth and depth of the Mixed and Augmented Reality research and application. Parallel to the Science & Technology Program, the Arts, Media and Humanities Program covers the creative advancements in the application of Mixed and Augmented Reality. The next generation student and practitioner with a cross-disciplinary view of the state-of-the-art will be able to review a diverse array of disciplines, cultures and sectors conducting the next generation of stimulating collaboration and discourse. The program will include:

• research presentations,
• discussion panels,
• keynote speakers from Arts, Media and Humanities,
• hands-on demonstrations,
• interactive participation (open-session),
• design contest and more..

The full program schedule will be available mid-September.

How to contribute

The general AMH call for participation is now 'closed, high quality papers, posters and art installations will be presented as part of the conference.

You can still contribute and participate for:

• 'panel discussions,
• design contests,
• presentation open session,

The program is largely open in this format, so if you have any ideas or suggestions of specific topic or session that can be part of the program, please contact us (amh10@ismar10.org).

if you are interested to develop an application during the conference, create an artistic performance, contact us.

Who should attend?

Any researchers, artists, entrepreneurs, content producers and students who are inventing or innovating with the latest applications of Mixed and Augmented Reality should attend. If you are:

• doing research in the applicability of AR in the arts, media or humanities disciplines,
• developing AR applications for mass markets (advertising, retailing, etc), museums, media production,
• learning and exploring AR technology and its potential,
• considering to develop further some of your AR conceptual ideas in a range of applications,

You should definitely attend the AMH program (more information about the registration is available here). The program will attract experience designers, historians, art curators, digital media producers, game designers, experiential marketing, exhibit developers, human performance trainers and other professional and companies who want to stay on the edge of Mixed and Augmented Reality experience and research developments.