John Desnoyers Stewart

Bio:

• John Desnoyers-Stewart is an interdisciplinary artist-researcher pursuing his PhD in Interactive Arts and Technology at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He has a background in engineering and design and seeks opportunities to bring knowledge from diverse disciplines together to promote creativity and innovation. He is currently developing immersive installations to encourage new perspectives on immersive technology as well as to study its effects. Through these installations he hopes to encourage social connection and collaborative creativity, exploring positive social applications of virtual reality and better understand the experience of embodying abstract bodies.

Writings and Presentations:

• Title: Body RemiXer: Extending Bodies to Stimulate Social Connection in an Immersive Installation
  Writing Type: Paper
  Author(s):
  • John Desnoyers Stewart
  • Ekaterina R. Stepanova
  • Bernhard E. Riecke
  • Patrick Pennefather
  
  Exhibition: SIGGRAPH 2020: Think Beyond
  Abstract Summary:

  “Body RemiXer” is a mixed reality installation that connects immersants using a virtual reality headset, Kinect, and projections. It explores the potential of immersive technology to create co-present experiences that foster intercorporeality between immersants. Observations during public exhibitions revealed “Body RemiXer’s” capacity to disrupt social norms and stimulate new connections.

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  • Author