Digital Eden is an innovative mixed reality project at CYENS that transforms the rooftop garden into an enchanting fantasy forest. This immersive experience integrates a virtual ecosystem with the physical environment. Wearing VR headsets, visitors explore lush digital foliage, encounter fantastical creatures, and interact with elements that blur the line between reality and imagination.
The project employs advanced VR technology and motion tracking, intricately mapping the virtual experience to the garden space. Visitors engage through gestures and movement, ensuring a personalized, sensory-rich encounter. Digital Eden features dynamic flora and fauna, interactive elements, multi-sensory experiences, educational content, and accessibility for all.
Educationally, the project delves into both its technology and ecological themes, bridging entertainment with information. It also raises awareness about the potential psychological and environmental impacts of such environments. By merging digital and physical realms, Digital Eden prompts reflection on technology’s relationship with nature and its implications for well-being and the environment.
Alexios Polydorou, Kalli Kouloufidou & Alex Baldwin – Research Associates at ITICA
Evangelia Athanasiou – Research Associate at Neo-Move
Christodoula Gabriel – Postdoctoral Associate at ITICA
Stefanos Kostalas – Software Developer
The team comprises research associates and post-doctoral researchers from ITICA and Neo-Move Research Groups of CYENS.
ITICA integrates scientific expertise in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Space Sciences, Control Systems, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Cognitive Sciences, and eHealth systems. By collaborating with global centers of excellence and private entities, ITICA aims to pioneer innovative projects at the intersection of arts, technology, and society. The focus of ITICA is on leveraging interactive media, smart systems, and emerging technologies to enhance artistic expression and creatively disseminate scientific discoveries.
Neo-Move specializes in neurocognitive diagnosis and rehabilitation for primary and secondary movement disorders, with a focus on work-related neurological, musculoskeletal, and psychological conditions. Neo-Move develops interactive and extended reality technologies to assist patients, researchers, physicians, therapists, and professionals in preventing, diagnosing, and treating these conditions. Their team excels in biofeedback systems, stroke rehabilitation, neurophysiology, neurological movement disorders, and sports science, which enables them to tailor personalized treatment plans.
Digital Eden is an innovative mixed reality project at CYENS that transforms the rooftop garden into an enchanting fantasy forest. This immersive experience integrates a virtual ecosystem with the physical environment. Wearing VR headsets, visitors explore lush digital foliage, encounter fantastical creatures, and interact with elements that blur the line between reality and imagination.
The project employs advanced VR technology and motion tracking, intricately mapping the virtual experience to the garden space. Visitors engage through gestures and movement, ensuring a personalized, sensory-rich encounter. Digital Eden features dynamic flora and fauna, interactive elements, multi-sensory experiences, educational content, and accessibility for all.
Educationally, the project delves into both its technology and ecological themes, bridging entertainment with information. It also raises awareness about the potential psychological and environmental impacts of such environments. By merging digital and physical realms, Digital Eden prompts reflection on technology’s relationship with nature and its implications for well-being and the environment.
Alexios Polydorou, Kalli Kouloufidou & Alex Baldwin – Research Associates at ITICA
Evangelia Athanasiou – Research Associate at Neo-Move
Christodoula Gabriel – Postdoctoral Associate at ITICA
Stefanos Kostalas – Software Developer
The team comprises research associates and post-doctoral researchers from ITICA and Neo-Move Research Groups of CYENS.
ITICA integrates scientific expertise in Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Space Sciences, Control Systems, Virtual & Augmented Reality, Machine Learning, Cognitive Sciences, and eHealth systems. By collaborating with global centers of excellence and private entities, ITICA aims to pioneer innovative projects at the intersection of arts, technology, and society. The focus of ITICA is on leveraging interactive media, smart systems, and emerging technologies to enhance artistic expression and creatively disseminate scientific discoveries.
Neo-Move specializes in neurocognitive diagnosis and rehabilitation for primary and secondary movement disorders, with a focus on work-related neurological, musculoskeletal, and psychological conditions. Neo-Move develops interactive and extended reality technologies to assist patients, researchers, physicians, therapists, and professionals in preventing, diagnosing, and treating these conditions. Their team excels in biofeedback systems, stroke rehabilitation, neurophysiology, neurological movement disorders, and sports science, which enables them to tailor personalized treatment plans.
