XR Lab

XR Lab is a research laboratory dedicated to Extended Reality (XR), specifically Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). It focuses its activities on the application development within three key media-related areas:

• supporting the research initiatives of CRC EXT through readings and workshops;
• offering technology-focused laboratory teaching in advanced educational programs;
• guiding the media production sector by providing expert consultation to artists, filmmakers, and scientists working with emerging technologies.

The Lab collaborates closely with professionals from the fields of media production, artistic curation, and scientific experimentation.

Lab activities are organized into six work packages:

1. Reading and Workshops. Annual thematic proposals focusing on emerging research topics to be developed through workshops and readings of fundamental texts.

Coordinator: Pietro Conte

2. Science and Media Xperiments. Events with STEM researchers who extensively use emerging technologies.

Coordinator: Federica Cavaletti

3. Advanced Educational Programs. Hands-on laboratory sessions dedicated to teaching state-of-the-art software for producing and editing sound and data-driven images (from algorithmic photography to AI-generated video).

Coordinator: Maria Teresa Soldani

4. Inclusive Policies. Initiatives to enhance and critically examine the relationships between gender perspectives and media products.

Coordinator: Sofia Pirandello

5. XR-Art Tutoring. Consultation meetings with artists developing XR projects, culminating in final pitches to producers and festival selectors (in close collaboration with the “In Progress” section of Filmmaker).

Coordinator: Margherita Fontana

6. Screenings and Visits. Targeted screenings of cinematic and post-cinematic works, along with guided visits to exhibitions, events, and media art installations.

Coordinator: Rossana Galimi