0237 - The Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop

Today’s episode is a cross-pod release with the UCD Centre for Innovation, Technology and Organisation.

Hi. I’m Allen Higgins, 

The following is a recording from the Music and Virtual Worlds Workshop held on the 20th of June, 2024 - a working event of the XTREME project, a research projected funded by the European Union.

The workshop was a preliminary activity of the XTREME project; which stands for

“’miXed Reality Environment for IMmersive Experience’ of Art and Culture”.

The goal of the project being to research new applications at the intersection between augmention technology and human kinaesthetic being. For example, by experimenting with embodied musical-artistic performance uniting AR/VR and AI, for therapeutic and other forms of human involvement.

The panel included:

• Martin Cunneen, from the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick and local PI for XTREME.
• Amanda Clifford, Physiotherapist, from the School of Allied Health, University of Limerick
• Satinder Gill, from the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Music and Science
• Emeritus Professor Karamjit Gill from University of Brighton and Editor of the journal AI & Society
• Cathriona Murphy,
• Gerry Keenan, 
• And Simon Thompson from the Irish Chamber Orchestra and the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance.
• And Andrew Kaung a researcher on the XTREME project.

The goal for the workshop was to explain the scope of XTREME and its inspiration in ideas surrounding the blend of music, dance, physical and virtual embodiment. The local partners gathered to meet and introduce themselves, their motivations and research interests. 

Professors Karamjit Gill and Liam Bannon had planned to prompt a dialogue centred on the role of technology shaping human society and implications for computer mediated immersive experiences. Unfortunately, due to illness Liam was unable to attend on the day and so Karamjit offered a personal reflection on his own academic habilitation and storied career, which we present in the second episode/recording of this event.

Notes, extra questions, and further reading:

XTREME – “Mixed Reality Environment for Immersive Experience of Art and Culture” is an EU Horizon 2020 project that started in January 2024 and will finish in December 2026. XTREME will explore and provide a mixed reality (MR) solution to experience different forms of art. The project is in close collaboration with 14 different partners who together will explore different alternatives to the traditional way of accessing music and art experiences.  https://xtremeitu.dk/about-xtreme 

Speakers: Martin Cunneen, Amanda Clifford, Satinder Gill, Karamjit Gill, Cathriona Murphy,Gerry Keenan, Simon Thompson and Andrew Kaung

Acknowledgements

Music

Title: Adagio in G minor

Artist: Remo Giazotto attributed to Tomaso Albinoni

Source: https://soundcloud.com/dick-de-ridder/adagio-in-g-minor-albinoni

Licensed by Dick de Ridder: CC-BY 3.0

Cover Art 

Title: Complex collage incorporating the XTREME logo image

Artist: Allen Higgins and XTREME project

Source: XTREME_Cover_Art.pptx

License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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