Author: Antti Ruotoistenmäki
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Markerless MoCap: Removing Friction in Creative Academia
Thursday, May 7 | 2:30 PM CEST / 8:30 AM EDTEvent Duration: 1h 15m LinkedIn Live Event Attend via this link! Join us for a cross-institutional discussion on how creative schools, universities, and research centers are moving beyond the traditional motion capture barriers. From classroom integration to advanced research, we will discuss how markerless motion…
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Tampere University is looking for a Senior Staff Scientist for coordinating MAGICS TAU / NEXUS
See job announcement in Finnish. Deadline 21 April 2026.
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MAGICS Talks 2026: AI in scientific and artistic research
MAGICS is the national infrastructure for human in the digital world, and a community built around six academic nodes across Finland: Aalto University, Tampere University, Uniarts, University of Lapland, Turku University of Applied Sciences, and University of Jyväskylä. This event is part of the MAGICS Talks series organised at each MAGICS node annually. In this…
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Creative Technologies
Before 2025, MAGICS Aalto produced a series of Creative Technologies events. You can watch a selected collection of presentations from the past events here.
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& Espoo Theatre opens a call for new forms of performing arts through XR and AI
& Espoon teatteri on mukana uudessa eurooppalaisessa EXPAND-hankkeessa, joka tutkii ja kehittää esittävien taiteiden uusia muotoja laajennetun todellisuuden (XR) ja tekoälyn (AI) avulla. Kutsumme nyt mukaan työpajoihin uransa alussa olevia taiteilija-tuottajapareja, jotka haluavat tutustua XR- ja generatiivisen tekoälyn teknologioiden mahdollisuuksiin teatterin parissa. Haku on voimassa 20.3. saakka. Lisätiedot ja hakuohjeet: https://espoonteatteri.fi/expand/ & Espoo Theatre is…
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University of Helsinki survey on VR users in Finland
Helsingin yliopiston tutkimus suomalaisista VR-käyttäjistä — 15 minuutin kysely + valinnainen haastattelu — See below for text in English — SSH-XR tutkimusryhmä kutsuu suomalaisia VR-käyttäjiä osallistumaan lyhyeen anonyymiin kyselyyn virtuaalitodellisuuden käytöstä ja sen vaikutuksista päivittäiseen sosiaaliseen elämään ja sosiaaliseen havainnointiin. Etsimme osallistujia jotka: Linkki kyselyyn suomen kielellä: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.8/survey?s=ewfYGLinkki kyselyyn englannin kielellä: https://www.psytoolkit.org/c/3.6.8/survey?s=GMpnw Arvioitu aika: 15 minuuttia Valinnainen palkintoarvonta:…
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Join the MAGICS Community for your postdoctoral research!
Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship Discover Finland: A Premier Destination for Postdoctoral Researchers Join MAGICS, an interdisciplinary community and infrastructure fostering collaboration for human in the digital world. At MAGICS, researchers benefit from an inspiring infrastructure designed to catalyze breakthroughs. The community offers international networking opportunities with top-tier researchers and institutions. Finland offers…
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MAGICS Gala
Welcome to MAGICS Gala on 4 December 2025! The fourth annual MAGICS Gala will be held on 4 December in University of Jyväskylä. The gala will showcase a wide range of activities of the MAGICS partners and provide an opportunity to connect with academic and commercial actors in the field. Programme Venue: Agora auditorium 1…
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MAGICS consortium in search of new research openings
Some 15 members of the MAGICS community from all six partners came together to discuss joint research visions in University of Lapland in Rovaniemi 24 to 26 March 2025. Our purpose is to concretize plans for moving from solely incremental research towards new perspectives during the recently started 5-year period on the roadmap for Finnish…
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MAGICS Talks
In the first event of the MAGICS Talks series in 2025, we’ll be delving into digitally augmented clothing with Professor Yu Xiao, who is leading the Wearable Systems Lab at Aalto University: How garments can transform into interactive, data-rich experiences capable of monitoring our well-being. First, director Marcus Korhonen from Aalto Studios will introduce MAGICS.…