Leading the way
QI faculty are leading the way in innovating physical/virtual interactions in the arts, humanities, and education. From tech-enabled dance and music performances to virtual 3D replicas of historical sites, the institute’s labs and centers contribute to digital cinema, immersive telepresence, gaming, machine improvisation, embodied interaction, performing arts, digital art history, ethnography, archaeology and other areas.
QI’s advanced facilities in networked visualization, audio spatialization and virtual reality allow experiments on a scale unusual in academic settings. Using global fiber-optic connectivity, QI creates real-world performing environments to support high-fidelity interactions, as well as providing distributed workspaces for multi-institutional projects. In the social sciences, the use of emerging virtual/physical spaces accelerates discovery.
“I was born in a conservatory, and all of my training has been in the walls of a school of music. But I think what’s really exciting about QI is that it is a place where there are no divisions, no boundaries. All of us can come together. I’m here working with other artists, but also scientists, to pursue the things that really matter today.”
