{"id":90,"date":"2025-05-13T09:13:14","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T09:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.hku.nl\/mikal.vanleeuwen\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:17:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:17:04","slug":"project-two","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/axrlab.hku.nl\/?page_id=90","title":{"rendered":"Co-located XR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">At AXR Lab, we are exploring how immersive technologies can extend collaborative creation beyond a single physical site. Our <strong>Co-Located XR Project<\/strong> connects physically distant studios through hybrid environments where spatial storytelling, embodied interaction, and real-time world-building come together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">These projects combine physical spaces, networked XR platforms, and performance-driven design to prototype new forms of shared presence, where people can move, create, and experience <em>together<\/em> even when apart. Our setups often involve integrated technologies like real-time 3D engines, motion tracking, multi-user VR environments, and theatrical tools like lighting and spatial sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This research trajectory is not just about technical innovation; it is also about rethinking how we inhabit digital space; how we create rituals of connection, choreograph shared agency, and stage new kinds of encounters in hybrid realities.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Case Study: The Interdimensional Labyrinth<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>A collaboration between HKU AXR Lab &amp; Design Academy Eindhoven\u2019s Trans Realities Lab<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In this experimental co-located XR project, we reimagine the mythical Minotaur\u2019s labyrinth as a performative, multi-layered mixed reality experience. Spanning two physical sites, this immersive collaboration merges theatrical design, social VR, and virtual production into one interconnected labyrinthine world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Four Interwoven Dimensions:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Unreal Engine Labyrinth<\/strong>: A high-fidelity VR space where players try to navigate, connected in real-time across labs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Resonite <\/strong>: A mutable design layer where remote designers can reshape the world as it&#8217;s being explored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Physical Spaces<\/strong>: Labs outfitted with projection, sound, and motion tracking, turning real rooms into performative extensions of the virtual labyrinth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Broadcast Layer (optional)<\/strong>: Live camera feeds from both spaces can be edited and streamed to online audiences, offering a window into the hybrid performance.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Core Themes &amp; Innovations:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Embodied Collaboration<\/strong>: How can bodies move together in fragmented, networked spaces?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Agency &amp; Spatial Play<\/strong>: Players interact not just within VR, but influence the shape of the labyrinth as it evolves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>AI as Co-Creator<\/strong>: We explore how spatially-aware AI can act as guide, Minotaur, or world-builder, learning from participant behavior and co-shaping the experience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Theatrical Systems Integration<\/strong>: Using DMX\/OSC protocols, lighting and sound systems respond dynamically to virtual events, turning the labyrinth into a living stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">This project not only demonstrates technical capabilities, but also raises poetic and philosophical questions about how we navigate distance, collaboration, and transformation in the digital age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Updates on the Co-located XR Project<\/h2>\n\n\n<ul style=\"background-color:#ffefde; font-style:normal;font-weight:600;line-height:1.5; border-radius:0px;border-style:none;border-width:0px; padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-3 has-link-color postreel wp-elements-92a0212b9cae44172d5b1305125c92d8 wp-block-latest-posts has-text-color has-black-color has-background has-small-font-size\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/axrlab.hku.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/IXexperimetn2.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/axrlab.hku.nl\/?p=729\">Oct 28&amp;29 &#8211; Co-Located IX Bodystorm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/axrlab.hku.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Colocated1.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Col-located XR 1\" style=\"\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/axrlab.hku.nl\/?p=620\">A first exploration of co-located XR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At AXR Lab, we are exploring how immersive technologies can extend collaborative creation beyond a single physical site. 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