In this project, we explore using augmented reality avatars for supporting learning in low-traffic makerspaces. While makerspaces primarily provide community members with access to tools, they also serve as places to learn where community members build expertise with the equipment and fabrication processes. This learning process can either be guided formally using the makerspace as […]

Our knowledge translation project aims to address knowledge and system gaps and missed opportunities for preventive medicine. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) are associated with a higher risk of developing CVD, yet lack of patient and provider awareness and lack of system integration are barriers to providing preventative care and/or early treatment. Our project aims […]

TERRA FIRMA (TF), an InterAccess-led project, aims to grow relationships between arts organizations and Black, Indigenous, and Disability Justice-centred (BIDJ) communities by platforming, learning from, and supporting these communities’ techno-cultural knowledge stewardship, accessibility, and harm reduction models. The project will prototype and implement organizational tools collaboratively with these communities, sharing resources and knowledge within artistic, […]

Buffalo Buffalo is currently developing commercial Fresh Tracks, an innovative virtual reality game that combines skiing, music, and roguelike elements. This game offers an immersive VR experience where players navigate through mystical realms, guided by folklore narratives, and driven by a dynamic, original soundtrack. To bolster the development of Fresh Tracks, in addition to other […]

Aview is working on an innovative project to develop advanced software tools to enhance content accessibility and cultural relevance for global audiences. By creating a proprietary dubbing software, a content censorship tool, and an automated distribution platform, we aim to break down language and cultural barriers, allowing creators to reach wider audiences seamlessly. This initiative […]

This project is an interdisciplinary investigation of the music in online communities or digitally-oriented aspects in Jewish institutions and groups based in Montreal and the surrounding area. This project fully supports the intern’s career growth by stimulating a rich inquiry into the diversity of the intangible heritage of Jewish Montreal; in so doing it is […]

This project will investigate the impact of TikTok’s emergence as a platform characterized by de-contextualized, algorithm-driven content. Understanding the distinctions between TikTok’s design principles and those of other platforms is essential for comprehending their influence on user interactions, from constructive engagement to polarization. The research will employ agent-based models of opinion dynamics, calibrated using data […]

Ce projet de recherche s’inscrit dans le cadre d’un projet du Centre d’excellence international de Montréal en intelligence artificielle (CEIMIA) dont le but est d’étudier comment l’intelligence artificielle peut contribuer à une meilleure découvrabilité des contenus culturels francophones, et à en traiter les enjeux, dans le contexte actuel des écosystèmes culturels et numériques. La littérature […]

Face-to-face communication provides substantial benefits over traditional remote communication via video and voice: the expressivity of body language, spatial grounding in a common physical space, access to physical tools and objects, and much more. For many collaborative tasks, face-to-face communication is considered indispensable, yet meeting in person can be rendered infeasible by any number of […]

FluidPlanet.org produces and publishes digital twins (virtual versions of real places) for academic, educational and enterprise use. By combining the latest technologies in mapping (GIS), sensors (IoT) and visualization (gaming), we create realistic looking and behaving simulations of real locations. These can then be populated with virtual people, animals and buildings to tell stories that […]

This research project aims to discuss the construction of citizenship in urban peripheries. Specifically, it is interested in understanding how different political projects – such as neoliberal and democratic-participatory – influence the citizenship-building. To achieve this, we will conduct a case study of the Central Única das Favelas (CUFA), an organization created in the peripheries […]

This project centers around what we refer to as “ultra casual” games with the goal of discovering more efficient ways to develop engaging casual video games. The industry partner Victory Square Games has partnered with Microsoft to develop 20 games for the Windows tablet to further expand their Windows 8 app library. The associated internship […]