Talks by Raphael Velt and Dimitri Darzentas

Raphael Velt and Dimitri Darzentas will both give short talks to the lab.

Raphael Velt

In this lab talk, Raphael will give an overview of his second year of research and discuss the insight he gained from studying the dissemination of the concept of ‘interactional trajectories’ (see Benford et al., 2009) with an industrial partner, as well as from trying to design trajectories by himself.

These findings, showing varying levels of success in their outcomes, suggest that bringing trajectories in practice may be better supported by introducing a novel approach, focusing on rapid prototyping and user testing. To test this approach, the plan for the remainder of the PhD is to implement a tool that help designers generate walkthroughs of trajectories. A first version of this tool will be demonstrated if the researcher’s laptop successfully connects to the wireless network.

Dimitri Darzentas

Dimitri’s PhD work focuses on gaining a deeper understanding of the Digital Footprints that are created by and for physical objects, focusing primarily on how these footprints and their content are created, managed, curated and presented. The research has been mainly framed in the context of Miniature Wargaming, a domain that has substantially enabled the research. Other contexts have also been considered and pursued, such as musical instruments, as evidenced by the Carolan Guitar.

This talk will focus mainly on the progress of the workshops that are being conducted with the wargaming community and the current findings. Additionally it will report on the overall research and impact output of the current academic year, and will present the upcoming industry partnerships that have been developed and the next steps of the research.