{"id":1979,"date":"2021-03-10T15:47:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hybrid-societies.org\/events\/expert-workshop\/"},"modified":"2021-06-30T09:04:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T07:04:46","slug":"expert-workshop","status":"publish","type":"events","link":"https:\/\/hybrid-societies.org\/en\/events\/expert-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Expert workshop: Spatial Orientation in Virtual Environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Date and Location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first CRC Hybrid Societies workshop on Spatial Orientation in Virtual Environments will take place on June 30 and July 1<\/strong>, 2021. Due to COVID-19-related restrictions, the workshop will be an online-only event<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Goals<\/h2>
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By means of embodied digital technologies, humans can move in synthetic environments that encompass virtual but also remote environments experienced through technology (telepresence and telemanipulation). If the body moves in the environment, representations of where other bodies and objects are relative to the own body have to be updated. Preserving spatial orientation by effortless, continuous spatial updating requires sensory experiences capable of triggering updating mechanisms. The continuous spatial updating during one’s own movements is a process that contributes significantly to spatial orientation in the real world. In virtual or synthetic environments, the process of spatial updating is often disrupted or incompletely supported by a lack of sensory experience, as a result of which spatial orientation is impaired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supportive sensory experiences can be used to improve spatial orientation in virtual scenarios. For this purpose, on the one hand, cues can be made available via sensory channels (auditory, visual, haptic) or the possible real self-movements (translation, rotation) can be changed. The abundance of possibilities, both with regard to cues as well as research methods to be used, should be discussed. The workshop is intended to exchange ideas about methodological challenges, open research questions, and possible collaborations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n