On March 28, the Computation and Design Major hosted a session in collaboration with Sony as part of their Student Creativity Competition. The event centered around the theme of technology and innovation.
At the start of the session, a representative from Sony introduced the competition’s theme, structure, award categories, and judging criteria—giving students a clear understanding of what the competition entails and how they can take part.
One of the highlights of the event was the interactive showcase of Sony’s XR products and a hands-on Mocopi demo. Showing new emerging technologies and how they can unlock new opportunities for creative expression.
Dr. Giovanni Santini, Assistant Professor of Computation and Design, led the session. He noted that the hands-on demonstrations allowed students to directly engage with cutting-edge tools and better understand how technology can enhance and shape design ideas.
The event allowed students to gather information about an International Students Competition promoted by Sony, by interacting directly with Sony staff in charge of the competition. They could also test cutting-edge technology created by Sony and included in the competition requirements.
This is the first of a series of events in collaboration between DKU (Computation and Design) and Sony, and is part of a larger agreement including both research and teaching: Sony provides technologies for research and teaching in the HCI/XR fields and teachers use those technologies, either for development purposes or for education-based use-cases.
Another future event will see students from DKU visiting Sony in Shanghai to present their projects for Experimental Interface Design in a final demo day. This will be a chance for students to get their work out of campus and interact with one of the major global tech companies.
Furthermore, a Summer Research program involving students as active researchers will focus, partly, on development and testing for Sony’s naked-eye 3D screen, as an almost unique case in the field of XR devices.
