This talk of Dr. Yassin Rekkik made in October 29th, 2020 has been given during the International Congress of Extended Reality in Sciences (https://dimensionsxr.com) organized by the Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality (SSVAR - https://ssvar.ch)
#Bio
Ph.D. Computer Sciences, Federal Institute of Technologies in Lausanne – EPFL / Switzerland
Master in Computer Sciences, École Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique – ENSI / Tunisia

From 2001 to 2005, Yassin Rekik worked as Senior Researcher at EPFL in the field of eLearning and Online Experimentation. Since 2006, he has been an associate professor in computer sciences at HES-SO.

He is a specialist in Software Engineering and IT project management.

He has led various research projects in the fields of Human Computer Interaction, Serious Gaming, and AR-VR Technologies

#Abstract
For the past few years, we have been living in a hyper-connected world in terms of communication and information exchange. But paradoxically, this world is also hyper disconnected from urban space and the urban environment. More and more, users are behind screens, performing activities that previously required going out, visiting, moving. In my talk, I will try to show how new AR technologies can help break this isolation of users and bring them back to urban space and to real life. This is a major challenge, psychologically, socially and economically. More concretely, I will present scenarios of AR applications making it possible to re-appropriate urban space and to enhance it. Examples of cultural applications, entertainment applications, commercial applications, utility applications, will be exhibited. I will also list the technological challenges to achieve these scenarios and the state of the art in this area.
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The intro video has been made by Dragan Stiglic:
https://draganstiglic.myportfolio.com...

The moderator:
Dr. Takoua Ben Issa Chief
Event manager at SSVAR
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-takoua-ben-issa-001751120/