A monthly seminar on immersive technologies, interactive experiences, and data
The IMMERSED seminar series is an exploration into how immersive technology and new modalities for manipulating and understanding data are shaping innovations across science, engineering, and art. These events—a mixture of lectures, demonstrations, and tutorials—will offer a deep dive into a capability or set of capabilities and how they can be applied to various fields.
IMMERSED is sponsored by the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, which provides space, tools, and a platform to connect the physical to the digital, joining researchers through creative projects that bridge multiple disciplines.
Each IMMERSED session will last approximately one hour—45-minute presentations followed by a 15-minute question-and-answer session. Suggestions for guest speakers and/or topics can always be sent to immersion@mit.edu.
All seminars will take place at 11 a.m. ET unless otherwise indicated.
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Fall 2024
November 13, 2024
IMMERSED IN: AR & Infrastructure
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October 16, 2024
IMMERSED IN: Physical Therapy
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Spring 2023
The Spring 2023 IMMERSED will feature a three-part series highlighting MIT student research projects.
April 12, 2023: IMMERSED IN: Markerless tracking
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April 21, 2023: IMMERSED IN: Running
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May 10, 2023: IMMERSED IN: Archive in dance
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February 15, 2023
IMMERSED IN: Spatial Sound Lab
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January 11, 2023
IMMERSED IN: Augmented Textiles
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Fall 2022
November 2, 2022
IMMERSED IN: Ambient Sensing
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September 28, 2022
IMMERSED IN: Contemporary Dance
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Spring 2022: The Metaverse—A four-part workshop
The Spring 2022 IMMERSED series will be a multi-part virtual workshop. Each session will take place at 11 a.m. ET.
IMMERSED IN: The Metaverse is a multi-part workshop that will highlight new technologies shaping “The Metaverse.” As the Metaverse continues to be defined by industry leaders such as Epic Games, Unity, and NVIDIA, this series, presented by the MIT.nano Immersion Lab, will introduce you to cutting-edge immersive technologies and explore workflows for creating 3D assets and immersive experiences. Read more.
February 23: Artificial Intelligence models for virtual avatar creation (watch the video)
March 30: Motion in immersive experiences (watch the video)
April 20: Haptics - A feel for the metaverse (watch the video)
While participants are encouraged to attend all sessions, this is not required.
Fall 2021
September 22, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Fencing—Biofeedback & immersive simulations for sports training
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October 13, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Pediatrics—PR-VR and the INOVATE-Pain Collaborative
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November 17, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Embodied AI—Developing realistic humanoid agents
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Spring 2021
July 28, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Music—Physiology and musical performance
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June 30, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Medicine
Performing and understanding ECGs in virtual reality
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May 19, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Photogrammetry
Mixing bullet-time & light-painting using 176 cameras
Eric Paré, Visual artist
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April 28, 2021
IMMERSED IN: Athletics—Pitching in baseball
Using scientific tools to visualize what we know and learn what we don't
Todd Carroll, Pitching Coach, MIT Baseball
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March 31, 2021
IMMERSED IN: MIT.nano
An exploration of the Immersion Lab's capabilities
Brian Anthony, MIT.nano Associate Director
Praneeth Namburi, Postdoctoral Associate, Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE)
Samantha Farrell, Senior Administrative Assistant, MIT.nano
Ben Moss, MIT MS '08, PhD '14, Electrical Engineer & Ballroom Dancer