{"id":5080,"date":"2021-09-23T12:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T12:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/?p=5080"},"modified":"2023-07-24T09:19:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T09:19:06","slug":"emerging-zhdk-talents-chris-elivis-leisi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/emerging-zhdk-talents-chris-elivis-leisi\/","title":{"rendered":"Emerging Talents: Stella Speziali &amp; Chris Elvis Leisi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/files\/2021\/10\/EmergingTalents_2.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>ZHdK Talent Talk<strong> <\/strong>in the context of <a href=\"https:\/\/digitaltag.swiss\/en\/partner\/zhdk\/\">Swiss Digital Days<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Stella Speziali<\/strong> is research associate in the Immersive Arts Space and will talk about her research project on the topic of digital humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to technological advancements the creation of virtual characters is more accessible than ever. New time-saving platforms have been created, thus democratising the access to high-fidelity, real-time, fully-rigged, diverse, portable, 3D human characters. <br>With <em>My Digital Twin<\/em>, I wish to understand better the creation and deployment of digital humans with different critical approaches. Furthermore, I am ethically questioning their applications in entertainment, marketing, art, and beyond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chris Elvis Leisi<\/strong>, research associate in the Immersive Arts Space and a graduate of the ZHdK Game Design program, talks about his graduation project <em>Virtual Real World<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>In today\u2019s VR games, the body often serves as the controller. However, when the player enters the virtual world, the connection to the physical environment is often lost. This master\u2019s thesis deals with immersion mechanics in Virtual Reality and reveals the <\/em>potentials that arise when one\u2019s own home can be integrated into the virtual world as a play area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ZHdK talent talk took place on November 4th at the Kino Toni.<br>Speaker: Stella Speziali (en), Chris Elvis Leisi (de)<br>Host: Christian Iseli<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZHdK Talent Talk in the context of Swiss Digital Days Stella Speziali is research associate in the Immersive Arts Space and will talk about her research project on the topic of digital humans. Thanks to technological advancements the creation of virtual characters is more accessible than ever. New time-saving platforms have been created, thus democratising &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/emerging-zhdk-talents-chris-elivis-leisi\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Emerging Talents: Stella Speziali &amp; Chris Elvis Leisi&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3673,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[576171],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-archive-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3673"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5080"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7271,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5080\/revisions\/7271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.zhdk.ch\/immersivearts\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}