University of Reading Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Digital Humanities

ImmerseLab Mixed Reality Performance Sharing
2025-05-08 12:30 - 13:30 (Europe/London) | Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Studios
The Digital Humanities CoP and Hub, and the ImmerseLab, are pleased to welcome Ian Garrett (York University, Toronto) for a mixed reality performance:
Thursday, May 8
12:30-1:30
Bulmershe Theatre, Minghella Studios
(in person only)
Ian Garrett is a producer/designer with Toasterlab media production company, which creates place-based extended reality experiences that promote deeper engagement with history, community, and imagination. He has a research and performance design practice focused on ecology and accessible mixed reality technologies in performance. He has made and shared work internationally including at the Venice Biennale, World Stage Design Taipei and Nuit Blanche Toronto.
Our events are open to all researchers, staff, and PGRs from any subject – we welcome interdisciplinary collaboration!
Tea/coffee and lunch will be available.

More about the DH CoP and Hub

Digital Humanities (DH) is the critical study of the intersection between digital technologies, disciplines in the Arts and Humanities, and scholarly communication. The DH Community of Practice (CoP) and the DH Hub work together in supporting researchers to build knowledge and skills in DH, to develop and undertake DH research projects, and to maintain digital research outcomes. You can read more about the CoP here and about the Hub here.
More about the ImmerseLab

Professor Lisa Purse is the Director of the ImmerseLab, a new production, testing and research training facility to enable colleagues across UoR’s interdisciplinary Digital Humanities (DH) community to investigate the latest developments in virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality and their real-world applications.
