This book deals with the connection between media and the future. It is about the imagination of futuristic media and what this says about the present, but it also shows how media are imagined as means to control the future. The book begins by describing different theories of the evolution of media and by exploring how this evolution is tied to expectations regarding the future. The authors discuss the theories of imagination and how the imagination of media futures operates. To do so, they analyse four concrete examples: the imaginations once related to interactive television and how they were performed in an important piece of media art; those on “ubiquitous computing,” which remain present today; those on three-dimensional, especially holographic, displays that are prevalent everywhere in cinema, and lastly the contemporary imaginations on quantum computing and how they have been enacted in science fiction. The book appeals to readers interested in the question of how our present imagines its technological futures.
Christoph Ernst is Associate Professor for Media Studies at the University of Bonn, Germany. His main research interests are information visualization, interface studies, media theory, and future studies.
Jens Schröter is Chair for Media Studies at the University of Bonn. His main research interests are digital media, future studies, and critical media studies.
Here is the llink to the book!
AI Research Group WS 2021-22 – Session #3
Monday, Oct 18, 4:15-5:45 PM CET
Prof. Jens Schröter (Digital Media) “How is Artificial Intelligence Changing Science? A Research
Project” –
Link to the project: https://howisaichangingscience.eu/
https://uni-bonn.zoom.us/j/94884157465?pwd=VW1SdnVDeEdqa3VOeUJyUjkwZ25Idz09
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Im WS 21 / 22 wird Herr Prof. Dr. Jens Schröter ein Fellowship am CAIS (Center for Advanced Internet Studies) wahrnehmen. Seine Professur wird vertreten. Sein Forschungsprojekt am CAIS trägt den Arbeitstitel »Die Zukünfte des Internets«.
Dr. Katerina Krtilova vertritt Prof. Schröter im WS.
Zusammen mit Lena Gerdes und Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle untersucht Jens Schröter den Zusammenhang zwischen Computerspielen und ökonomischen Modellformen und wie man mit Computerspielen und Simulationen alternative Ökonomien erforschen, erfahren und verbessern kann. Hier geht es zum Text!
Developing esthesis in Virtual Reality: cartographies of students’ sensitive experiences through Art
This project aims to map students’ sensitives experiences from their exploration with virtual reality (VR) technology through artistic practices, at first viewing VR videos and then creating 3D objects within a virtual environment. In this regard, this study seeks to contribute to Arts and interdisciplinary education within the scope of Brazilian education and in line with STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) education.
The following objectives will be pursued:
a) to map students’ artistic experiences upon implementation of VR technology through face-to-face and remote learning;
b) to carry out a theoretical and poetic mapping of works and projects that use VR in their artistic processes;
c) to create head-mounted displays (HMD’s) through craft assembly;
d) to plan and perform practical artistic activities using virtual reality with students
(Bild: by Roberta Gerling Moro)