“The Fun Palace: Designing Human Experiences at Mixed Reality Events to Increase Engagement” presented by ,

Symposium:

• ISEA2022: 27th International Symposium on Electronic Art
• More presentations from ISEA2022:  

• Virtual and Mixed Reality

• The Fun Palace: Designing Human Experiences at Mixed Reality Events to Increase Engagement

• Dr. Patrick P. Pennefather
• John Desnoyers-Stewart

Venue(s):

• CCCB: Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

• This article is the culmination of an intervention designed to improve active engagement with emerging technologies at a public mixed reality event. An opportunity arose to experiment with the design of interactive audience experiences at the The Fun Palace: Carnival of Mixed Realities—an event that took place in 2019 and featured 10 installations with close to 400 attendees. A number of strategies emerged to increase attendee engagement that may be useful for xR developers, museum curators, and event producers that present interactive technologies and installations publicly.

Video:

• Fun Palace

• Fun Palace

Keywords:

• Mixed reality events
• installation
• Virtual Reality
• engagement

Category:

• Long Paper
• Paper