Technology as a Life Form

About the overlooked impact of technology on human perception, society, and existence. Challenging technological somnambulism, urging a conscious engagement with the artificial worlds we create and inhabit.

Petra Palusova16 July 2024technology, cognition, socio-cultural, philosophy, theory, synthetic, human civilization, behavior

Evolving into Synthetic Reality: Multiperspective on Simulation and Virtuality

Philosophical inquiry examining real experiences vs. artificial simulations. Significance of authentic engagement with life and the ongoing relevance of these ideas in the context of contemporary mass emergence of virtuality.

Petra Palusova25 June 2024simulation, virtual reality, virtual ecosystems, virtual environments, meta systems, cognition, human civilization, philosophy, theory, synthetic, synthetic space

Engineering Sensory Landscapes in Synthetic Space

About synthetic space, engineering of sensory landscapes and visualization of informational reality in 3D XR.

Petra Palusova4 November 2023synthetic space, synthetic, extended reality, sensory, virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, virtual ecosystems, interface

Virtual Sentinels - Spectrum of AI Agents in Virtual Environments

Intelligent agents represent the convergence of AI and VE, creating artificial life via autonomous entities. How can human-computer interaction transform individual sectors through them and create digital experiences?

Petra Palusova10 August 2023virtual reality, virtual environments, virtual ecosystems, artificial intelligence, synthetic

Embedding Intelligence into Virtual Environments

Advances in 3D graphics and AI may enable intelligent virtual environments, but technologies still face challenges in integrating AI capabilities. Key tools and standards to increase their potential.

Petra Palusova14 July 2023virtual environments, virtual ecosystems, virtual reality, extended reality, artificial intelligence, complexity, systems, synthetic

High-Dimensional Problem Solving Enabled by Metaverse

Immersive non-physical space may eventually present a high-dimensional route to tackle intractable complex problem solving.

Petra Palusova9 July 2023metaverse, extended reality, systems, meta systems, high-dimensional, operations, synthetic, virtual reality, complexity, technology, multi-dimensional, simulation

Capturing Depth — Key Technologies to Stereoscopic Immersion

Overview of technology that tricks our eyes and brain into perceiving a 3D scene just as vividly as the real world around us.

Petra Palusova19 June 2023extended reality, virtual ecosystems, virtual reality, synthetic, meta systems, systems, cognition, immersive

3D User Interface Design — Part 3 - Human Interface and Evolving Guidelines

About evolution of interface design according to human factors and the outlook for development of guidelines for 3D UI.

Petra Palusova20 May 2023virtual ecosystems, virtual reality, interface, user interface, meta systems, metaverse, synthetic

Synthetic Environments and Reality Simulations

Concepts, frameworks, domains and requirements for environments of synthetic origins — with or without a physical twin. Multi-layered synthetic spaces run by persistent infrastructures.

Petra Palusova23 January 2023simulation, extended reality, virtual reality, virtual ecosystems, systems, interface, synthetic