More ongoing and past projects

Xstory

Lapland narratives with experience technologies (Xstory) project aims to create immersive experiences of Lapland stories and history using XR technology. Project partners are the University of Lapland and the Lapland University of Applied Sciences. The project is co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund / Regional Council of Lapland and runs from 2023-2025.

Necoverse

In the Necoverse project, metaverse environments and immersive XR solutions were developed and piloted for the shipbuilding industry. Through use cases in workforce training, ship design and remote operations, the project demonstrated how collaborative virtual environments can improve productivity, safety, knowledge sharing and decision-making across modern shipyard operations. The €5.5 million Business Finland funded project brought together six industrial and three research partners.

EMIL – European Media and Immersion Lab

The EMIL Horizon Europe project (2022–25) coordinated by Aalto Studios, with a total budget M€ 8.0 of which M€ 5.6 was awarded to 12 FSTP projects. Further, The 22nd ACM SIGGRAPH European Conference on Visual Media Production – CVMP rewarded the EMIL consortium with the CVMP Collaboration Award.

INT-ACT

In the INT-ACT Horizon Europe project 2024–26, budget M€ 2.0, coordinated by Aalto University, we will produce AR experiences in four Cultural Heritage sites across Europe (Portugal, Scotland, Finland, and Greece).

Portal – virtual dance piece

Digital dance performance Portal, co-production of Aalto Studios and Finnish National Opera and Ballet (FNOB) in Sitra Lab 5 project Production and distribution of performing arts in a virtual environment.

Rottien pyhimys

Musical Rottien pyhimys by Reetta Ristimäki, Jukka Nykänen and Anneli Kanto. Projection design by Calvin Guillot and Małgorzata Nowicka from Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, Department of Art and Media. Performances in Finnish in Kapsäkki theatre in Feb–May 2024.

Choir singing experiment

Choir singing experiment, collaboration between Aalto University and Center of Excellence for Music, Mind, Body and Brain (MMBB) by University of Helsinki and University of Jyväskylä, and a quartet from Dominante: Methodological research on interaction between performers by measuring their heart rate, movements, and facial expressions.

Movement, mimesis and mimicry

This project investigates imbuing non-representational kinetic figures with human-like movement patterns and examines how these characteristics can modulate the experience of such figures. The investigation explores how these motion patterns could facilitate mimetic recognition of human movement patterns and the ways such recognition can intensify onlooker engagement with the figures by eliciting affective and emotional responses.

Thorolf Thuestad, University Researcher, Research Institute of the University of the Arts Helsinki