Cross-Sensory Interaction Design & Korean Visual Culture VR Expo 2025

This joint exhibition and expo merges student projects from the Perceptual Artifacts Lab at OCAD University with immersive explorations of Korean visual culture from Hongik University in South Korea. It showcases how VR, AR, and mixed reality enhance accessibility and engagement, featuring touch-based interfaces and audio tools for blind/low-vision and neurodivergent users. An AI-powered digital curator leads voice-interactive tours through 3D stone pagodas, scroll-style videos, and Blue Moon’s contemporary art, while featured information-communication technology projects highlight how spatial and non-verbal cues shape digital accessibility in a rich, multi-sensory environment.

Info: Opening Reception: June 27, 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Exhibition dates: June 28-29, 2:00pm - 5:00pm

Venue: The Great Hall, MCA 270 - 100 McCaul St.Multi-sensory exhibition of Korean visual culture with mixed reality (MR) technology. It creates shared experiences for multiple users, enhanced by AI and spatial computing. Guided by a digital human curator, designed for real-time interaction. The curator guides visitors through streamed cultural and artistic content, allowing for an innovative fusion of technology and tradition. Visitors can explore virtual recreations of Korean stone pagodas and modern artworks in a shared 3D space, using devices like the Meta Quest 3 in both VR and AR modes. A separate video-based experience features an AI curator that responds to voice questions, offering insights into the art and history on display.

Info: Click on the link below to sign up for a demonstration of the Korean Modern Artwork & Architecture Exhibit:


https://calendly.com/accesskculturevr/signup-korean-modern-artwork-architecture-vr-exhibit


The exhibition also includes content by the artist group Blue Moon, showcasing scroll-style videos and 3D object-based artworks—also accessible through the same cloud-powered, multi-user MR platform.


Click on the link below to sign up for a demonstration of the Blue Moon Object-Based Artwork and Video exhibit:


https://calendly.com/accesskculturevr/signup-blue-moon-object-based-artwork-and-video

Info: Exhibition dates: June 27th, 5:00 - 7:00pm; June 29, 2:00 - 5:00pm

Venue: The Great Hall, MCA 270 - 100 McCaul St.Have you ever struggled to communicate during online meetings when others leave their cameras or microphones off? It comes from missing non-verbal cues (e.g. facial expressions, gestures, and tone / volume of voice) that help us communicate effectively. These are spatial and “paralinguistic” cues, and their absence can make it hard to read the intentions of others. For many people (e.g. blind, partially-sighted or neurodivergent individuals), this experience is part of daily life (e.g. cues are difficult to perceive or interpret). Our research is in cross-sensory alternatives for representing these cues. This multi-sensory expo showcases innovative student work (e.g. haptic interfaces, VR environments with spatial audio, web and app navigation tools), designed with people who have lived experience of these challenges. We aim to reimagine how technologies can work for them.

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