Virtual Space

This chapter illuminates the transformative impact of digitalization on the Jewish and non-Jewish co-creation of “Jewish Spaces” and “Jewish virtuality”, particularly in the context of recent geopolitical crises, which
are perceived as an ongoing polycrisis. The COVID-19 pandemic served as a pivotal catalyst for digitalization. It prompted a re-evaluation of physicality and communal spaces, leading to innovative adaptations in religious practices and interfaith engagements. The chapter distinguishes between mediatized interfaith encounters that are broadcast on social media and interfaith and intercultural dialogue that occurs in ephemeral virtual spaces on online communication platforms. As the chapter navigates the crises of the past four years, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent October 7 War, it illustrates a shift in the dynamics of Jewish–Muslim interactions.

This paper examines a recent example of virtual place making: acmipark. Based on the real-world architecture and public spaces of Federation Square, Melbourne, acmipark is a three-dimensional virtual environment in which users explore architectural and landscape spaces while interacting and communicating with others online. Exhibited at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image, it allows the architecture and public space of Federation Square to be experienced both locally and globally. Its designers suggest that it represents a new paradigm for public space; this paper investigates that notion.

This paper examines a recent example of virtual place making: acmipark. Based on the real-world architecture and public spaces of Federation Square, Melbourne, acmipark is a three-dimensional virtual environment in which users explore architectural and landscape spaces while interacting and communicating with others online. Exhibited at the Australian Centre of the Moving Image, it allows the architecture and public space of Federation Square to be experienced both locally and globally. Its designers suggest that it represents a new paradigm for public space; this paper investigates that notion.

In our web-based platform "Wayang Authoring" children with different cultural backgrounds can share stories and make experiences in culturally different storytelling styles. The idea of Wayang Authoring is based on the Indonesian ancient art form Wayang. In Wayang Authoring children are able to compose a story by using digital puppets, saving, and sharing it. The research question focuses on if and how the design of our system can support media literacy for children, enhance creative storytelling and self-expression as well as help to share cultural diversity. In this article the Wayang Authoring platform and its background is presented.

This research focuses on the development of the Wayang Authoring tool, which aims to assist children in creating and performing stories, developing an appreciation for cultural artifacts, and enhancing intercultural empathy while building a young storyteller community within a virtual world. This study seeks a framework of interaction design of an authoring media, which is appropriate for supporting a child's narrative development. To understand the user's requirements and to evaluate the tool, children, teacher and story performers who use wayang have been involved in the development process. This virtual creative production tool is expected to provide a space for young people to change their role from a simple user to a (co-)creator in both the virtual and narrative worlds. This research found that a better understanding of how stories are crafted and brought to life in a performance tradition offers a better design of interaction of an authoring media.

In Romania there are over four million and a half actors activating in the agricultural field, spread all over the surface of the country, in regions where the possibilities of communication with the clients are limited. This category is represented by producers of raw materials, agricultural ...

In this work, a broad continuum of 3D space that encapsulates avatars, ranging from artificial to real in shape, appearance and intelligence is defined. The research focuses on the control of physical-virtual avatars that occupy a specific region in this space that may be suitable for interacting with elements in the environment. To facilitate this control, a paradigm called microposes is developed that overcomes the need for high network bandwidth during remote tele-operation of avatars. The avatar itself uses a control strategy that interprets the received microposes data and executes motions that appear natural and human-like in the presence of data loss and noise. The physical-virtual avatar is used in several training and learning scenarios. Results during testing reveal a reduced bandwidth requirement during remote tele-operation of physical virtual avatars and a good motion tracking performance with respect to a commanded pose from the inhabiter.

We Navigation through the Web has problems of positioning and space-temporal reference marks. Therefore, it's necessary to design some computer-aided tools to help the user to position himself in space and time during a navigation session. The user is provided with a map of visited sites, thus giving an explicit representation of virtual space. Various levels of visualization are set up to make the map more visible and less overloaded. A permanently displayed time indicator enables users to keep an eye on themselves and thus to optimize navigation time.

Navigation process on the Web makes problems of positioning and problems of bench's marks in the space and the time. Therefore, it's necessary to design some software helpers to help user to mark itself in space and time during a session of navigation. It provides a map of visited sites, thus giving an explicit representation of virtual space. Various levels of visualization are set up to make the map more visible and less overloaded. A p ermanently displayed time marker enables users to keep an eye on themselves and thus to optimize navigating time

Straipsnyje analizuojama socialiniame tinkle Facebook įsikūrusių grupių tapatybės raiška. Atlikus tyrimą ir nustačius savo ir kito tapatybės riboženklius pastebėta, kad analizuojamų grupių narių tapatybės simbolinė takoskyra reiškiasi per politinį ir ideologinį aspektus. Analizuojamų grupių narius vienijančiu ideologiniu politiniu pagrindu tapo senoji sovietmečio politinė santvarka ir ideologija bei jos atkūrimas. Analizuojamų grupių nariai laiko save lietuviais, tačiau dabartinę šalies valdymo sistemą vertina remdamiesi buvusios sovietmečio ideologijos vertybėmis. Susidaro įspūdis, kad analizuojamų Facebook grupių narių sovietinių laikų tapatybė patyrė stagnaciją ir nepersiorientavo keičiantis šalies politinei ideologijai arba ji susiformavo socialiniuose tinkluose. Grupių narių diskusijose išryškėjo dvi "kito" kategorijos: Lietuvos vykdomoji valdžia, politinis elitas ir tautiečiai, kurie nesipriešina Lietuvoje vykdomai politikai. Siekdami paryškinti "kito" svetimumą grupių nariai Lietuvos politinį elitą prilygina žydams, taip atskirdami valdantįjį elitą nuo visos tautos, o lietuviai, nesipriešinantys vykdomai šalies politikai, įgauna žemesnio mentalinio lygio žmonių pavidalą. Analizuojamų grupių nariams dabartinė liberalioji demokratija ir kova su ja tampa grupę vienijančiais veiksniais. Virtualioje erdvėje palaikoma stipri grupinė tapatybė nėra išsaugoma realioje erdvėje. Fizinio grupių narių kontakto nebuvimas leidžia daryti prielaidą, kad analizuojamų virtualių grupių kuriama bendruomeninė tapatybė yra palaikoma tik virtualioje erdvėje. PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: tapatybė, virtuali erdvė, Facebook grupės, grupinė tapatybė.

Straipsnyje analizuojama socialiniame tinkle Facebook įsikūrusių grupių tapatybės raiška. Atlikus tyrimą ir nustačius savo ir kito tapatybės riboženklius pastebėta, kad analizuojamų grupių narių tapatybės simbolinė takoskyra reiškiasi per politinį ir ideologinį aspektus. Analizuojamų grupių narius vienijančiu ideologiniu politiniu pagrindu tapo senoji sovietmečio politinė santvarka ir ideologija bei jos atkūrimas. Analizuojamų grupių nariai laiko save lietuviais, tačiau dabartinę šalies valdymo sistemą vertina remdamiesi buvusios sovietmečio ideologijos vertybėmis. Susidaro įspūdis, kad analizuojamų Facebook grupių narių sovietinių laikų tapatybė patyrė stagnaciją ir nepersiorientavo keičiantis šalies politinei ideologijai arba ji susiformavo socialiniuose tinkluose. Grupių narių diskusijose išryškėjo dvi "kito" kategorijos: Lietuvos vykdomoji valdžia, politinis elitas ir tautiečiai, kurie nesipriešina Lietuvoje vykdomai politikai. Siekdami paryškinti "kito" svetimumą grupių nariai Lietuvos politinį elitą prilygina žydams, taip atskirdami valdantįjį elitą nuo visos tautos, o lietuviai, nesipriešinantys vykdomai šalies politikai, įgauna žemesnio mentalinio lygio žmonių pavidalą. Analizuojamų grupių nariams dabartinė liberalioji demokratija ir kova su ja tampa grupę vienijančiais veiksniais. Virtualioje erdvėje palaikoma stipri grupinė tapatybė nėra išsaugoma realioje erdvėje. Fizinio grupių narių kontakto nebuvimas leidžia daryti prielaidą, kad analizuojamų virtualių grupių kuriama bendruomeninė tapatybė yra palaikoma tik virtualioje erdvėje. PAGRINDINIAI ŽODŽIAI: tapatybė, virtuali erdvė, Facebook grupės, grupinė tapatybė.

Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) are gaining visibility in the field of Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW). The purpose of a CVE is to provide affordances in order to reproduce conditions that augment interpersonal interaction in a physical ...

We review the Boom Chameleon, a novel input/output device consisting of a flat-panel display mounted on a tracked mechanical armature. The display acts as a physical window into 3D virtual environments, through which a one-to-one mapping between real and virtual space is preserved. The Boom Chameleon is further augmented with a touch-screen and a microphone/speaker combination. We created a 3D annotation application that exploits this unique configuration in order to simultaneously capture viewpoint, voice and gesture information. Results of an informal user study show that the Boom Chameleon annotation facilities have the potential to be an effective, and intuitive system for reviewing 3D designs.

Purpose: The current research aims to develop a model for digital transformation within the virtual space of the Broadcasting Organization in accordance with increasing the functionality of the virtual space among the audiences. Due to the lack of a model in this field in order to benefit from it, this research aims to extract the components of the model using the thematic qualitative method or theme analysis. Method: The statistical population includes 15 experts in media management and virtual space. To measure reliability, intra-subject agreement method (reliability between two coders/evaluators) was used to determine the reliability of the texts, and the reliability coefficient obtained for all three ‫ــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬ ‫ــــ‬ ‫ـــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ‬

Image-based modeling and rendering differs from traditional graphics in that both the geometry and appearance of the scene are derived from real photographs. The techniques often allow for shorter modeling times, faster rendering speeds, and unprecedented levels of photorealism. In this course we will explain and demonstrate a variety of ways of turning images into models and then back into renderings, including movie maps, panoramas, image warping, photogrammetry, light fields, and 3D scanning. This course overviews the ...

Cinsiyet Nöbeti: Cumhuriyet’in Yüzüncü Yılında Toplumsal Cinsiyet Tartışmaları (Gender Watch: Gender Debates in the Centennial of the Republic) has just been published.

Every book has a story. Gender Watch is not merely an academic project. It is the outcome of a long and layered journey shaped by many people’s labor, intellectual engagement, and at times, tensions, objections, heartbreaks and resistance. Going beyond theoretical frameworks, this book turns its gaze to lived realities and seeks to understand and question the forms of discrimination currently unfolding. Sometimes from within, sometimes from the margins. The title “Gender Watch” is not just a name. It expresses a condition and a form of awareness unique to our times, one that draws everyone in to some extent.

In an age where harassment, violence, discrimination, femicide, pedophilia and incest have become disturbingly normalized, each of us holds this “watch” in a different way. Some through academic language, others through on-the-ground engagement or words. This book is a call to make sense of this multilayered state of vigilance.

There is a significant body of work in the field of gender studies in Turkey. What makes this book distinct is that it brings together authors who engage with the field from different cultural contexts and who critically confront unequal cultural norms with honesty rooted in genuine experience.

With this book, we hope to offer a resource where discussions can move beyond ideological polarization and unfold with intellectual depth. Our aim is to contribute to a language of social justice that is sincere, grounded and transformative. We wish for this labor, effort and intellectual journey to be seen, to remain in circulation and to become part of a lasting voice in Turkey.

Together with my dear co-editor Hale A., I extend my heartfelt thanks to the contributors to this collective work: Prof. Dr. Zeynep Direk, Prof. Dr. Alev Erkilet, Prof. Dr. Nazile Kalaycı, Prof. Dr. Birsen Talay Keşoğlu, Prof. Dr. Emel Topcu, Prof. Dr. Gül Esra Atalay, Prof. Dr. Fatmagül Berktay, Prof. Dr. Mücahit Kaçar, Prof. Dr. Hülya Terzioğlu, Prof. Dr. Serpil Cakir, Prof. Dr. Mehmet Birekul, Prof. Dr. Yaylagul CeranKarataş, Cihan Aktaş, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saliha Okur Gümrükçüoğlu, Dr. Nursem Keskin Aksay, Dr. Fatma Benli Yalçın, Dr. Esra Özdil Gümüş, Dr. Lale Uçan, Dr. Emine Hosoglu Dogan, Dr. Emine Tonta Ak, Dr. Ravza Altuntaş, Nurhayat KIZILKAN, Özlem Akyol and Hale Albayrak.

Gender Watch emerged not only to produce knowledge but also to show that a new culture of dialogue is possible. One that values social justice and human dignity. I hope this book contributes meaningfully to that effort.

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an enforced ‘big bang’ adoption of working from home, involving the rapid implementation and diffusion of digital collaboration technologies. This radical shift to enforced working from home led to substantial changes in the practice of work. Using a qualitative research approach and drawing on the interview accounts of 29 knowledge workers required to work from home during the pandemic, the study identified five sociomaterial practices that were significantly disrupted and required reconfiguration of their constitutive social and material elements to renew them. The paper further shows evidence of the ongoing evolution of those sociomaterial practices among the participants, as temporary breakdowns in their performance led to further adjustments and fine-tuning. The study extends the body of knowledge on working from home and provides a fine-grained analysis of specific complexities of sociomaterial practice and change as actors utilize conceptual a...

A partir del contexto contemporáneo mexicano se busca ilustrar cómo a través de su cuerpo algunas mujeres van protestando en contra de diversas formas de opresión. El exhibicionismo de la intimidad femenina se vuelve un estilo de empoderamiento para decir “NO” desde las entrañas al oscurantismo imperante y para gritar su deseo de vivir libre. A través del activismo tanto en el espacio virtual que en las plazas públicas analizaremos estos actos de rebeldía que unen lo íntimo a lo político.

The contemporary awareness of the body, both in theory and in its physical and emotional aspects, has undergone substantial evolution even more recently in the last years. Termed an artificial-natural assemblage, the hyper-real extended body acts as a mediator between external reality -perceived through senses- and internal existence -grasped through proprioception, facilitating communication between subjects and objects. The integration of a digital layer with the physical environment leads to augmented experiences, fostering extended interactions between the body and the mind. Technology introduces transformative possibilities, connecting our bodies to new rhizomatic conditions that enhance engagement with material reality.
The article presents three research projects merging contemporary architectural research with experimental design processes with corporeal and embodied exigencies. The Disembody project explores the body-space relationship in virtual reality environments while the Hybrid Postbodies project investigates multisensory integration for designing mixed reality spaces. In contrast, the Immersive Artbodies research delves into contemporary video games, examining the link between non-Euclidean geometric representation and embodied spatial perception. The classification of games based on spatial characteristics sheds light on diverse relationships between space geometries and embodied spatial perception, providing insights into the interconnected nature of virtual and physical realities.

This article provides an overview of ten case-studies of video games, examining the relation between non-Euclidean geometric representation and the embodied spatial perception, experienced as phenomenological difference and repetition. Contemporary video games, through the use of non-Euclidean geometries propose a new perceptual scheme towards a more dynamic and interactive experience of the space, time and objecthood, where dissociations and cognitive interpretations operate as generators of innovative imaginative spaces with greater depth of immersion and engaging narratives. In this context, the classification of typical examples of non-Euclidean video games according to their spatial characteristics and properties is a revealing task, as it can outline diverse modes of relating space geometries to the overall embodied spatial perception. Thus, the process of recognizing differences and similarities between the navigational methods that these games use, can produce an interesting association between spatial movement and main gameplay features, leading to a new reality of virtuality that is interconnected to the physicality of our embodied understanding.

Peer-to-peer (P2P) architectures have recently become a popular design choice for building virtual environments (VEs). In P2Pbased VEs, peer connectivity between the different VE users depends on their positions in the virtual world regardless of the underlying physical network, which is subject to redundant hops and delay. In this paper, we propose Tri-Cast, a fully-distributed P2P architecture to support virtual environment applications by combining a triangular logical network used for discovering the interest group of an event in the virtual world with an application layer multicast support, used for multicasting the event message to the group members. Simulation results show that the proposed physical multicast tree algorithm reduces the cost of message transmission to group members.

Uma pesquisa de fotografia no Musée d'Orsay: percursos, questões e ambiente virtual. Resumo O propósito deste artigo é o de dialogar com acervos de instituições museais e afins, espaços de fruição e referência cultural, que contém fotografia. Instituições que utilizam amplamente os ambientes virtuais. Para isso, entendendo que nenhuma tecnologia é neutra, procura-se reconhecer a missão da instituição em diálogo com o interesse do usuário. Toda ação neste ambiente pressupõe um "eu" que acessa e deixa rastros, materiais e virtuais. A inovação acontece quando os objetos referenciados e os produtos criados se fazem devolver entre pares, nem sempre diretamente. O trabalho com acervos digitais implica duplamente a "presença ausência" daqueles que ali interagem. Este espaço de arejamento no acesso ao acervoque contém e prevê diversos percursos de criação, através de instrumentos de pesquisa e outras práticas expressivas-é o que traz inovação. Ensaio, com isso, compartilhar uma experiência de pesquisa com fotografia, junto ao Musée d'Orsay, em Paris-França.

Materials that obstruct the path of acoustic waveforms in free-field to the human ear, may introduce distortions that can modify the natural Head-Related Transfer Functions. In this paper, the effect of wearing commercially available Head-Mounted Displays for Mixed and Augmented Reality has been measured via a dummy head mannequin. Such spectral distortions may be relevant for mixed reality environments where real and virtual sounds mix together in the same auditory scene. The analysis revealed that the measured HMDs affected the fine structure of the HRTF (> 3-6 kHz) and also introduced non-negligible distortions in the interaural level difference range mostly at the contralateral ear. Distortion patterns in HRTFs and cue modifications are reported and discussed across incidence angles and frequency bands.

When the European Institute for Comparative Cultural Research called museums to create 'third spaces in which different groups can share a similar experience of discovery' (2008, p. 124), it was making the assumption that these spaces can be neutral, democratic, accessible, and thus universal. Such assumptions have been applied to the virtual as a third and seemingly neutral space that museums were found lacking. However, the fascination and preoccupation with the virtual, as the panacea to issues of democracy and accessibility, needs to be reconsidered and challenged. This article questions the neutrality of and degree of accessibility to the virtual space within the framework of Bourdieu's theories and by examining the processes of construction and use of virtual art museums.

, medya teorisinin en önemli isimlerinden biri olarak kabul edilir. Onun "araç mesajdır" (the medium is the message) söylemi, iletişim teknolojilerinin yalnızca ilettikleri içerik ile değil, aynı zamanda bu içeriği ilettikleri yöntemle de insan davranışlarını ve toplumsal yapıları şekillendirdiğini ifade eder. McLuhan'ın "Global Köy" (Global Village) kavramı, teknolojinin dünyayı adeta küçük bir köy gibi birbirine bağlayarak sınırları ortadan kaldırdığını öne sürer. Bu makalede, McLuhan'ın medya kuramları temel alınarak, 21. yüzyılda medya teknolojileriyle birlikte toplumsal yaşamda meydana gelen dönüşümler ele alınacaktır.

This paper discusses the design of training environments using a virtual reality space populated by virtual characters participating in collaborative work. We are particularly interested in training a single human person who needs to organize and run a team doing collaborative work. Many problems have to be solved, due to the requirements: e.g. virtual characters must display a human behavior (possibly doing mistakes), be pro-active according to the situation and their physical, psychological and social profile; all exchanges of information must be done using natural language.

A practice of the virtual offers to interior design a dynamic conception of interiority that transcends simplistic representative notions of space, recognising the inseparable relationship of space and time, as well as an understanding of interiority as lived experience and its attendant amenability to active interpretation and therefore design. Ultimately, a practice of the virtual facilitates an understanding of interior as a dynamic and ongoing network of relations, and interior design as individuating participation in this network. In this article, we describe in detail an expanded notion of the virtual, and extrapolate how an understanding of this notion might help shape future interior design practice. We then offer some examples that might help translate these ideas into practice.

A practice of the virtual offers to interior design a dynamic conception of interiority that transcends simplistic representative notions of space, recognising the inseparable relationship of space and time, as well as an understanding of interiority as lived experience and its attendant amenability to active interpretation and therefore design. Ultimately, a practice of the virtual facilitates an understanding of interior as a dynamic and ongoing network of relations, and interior design as individuating participation in this network. In this article, we describe in detail an expanded notion of the virtual, and extrapolate how an understanding of this notion might help shape future interior design practice. We then offer some examples that might help translate these ideas into practice.

Students starting out at university must rapidly adjust to a new independent learning environment in which they are expected to be largely self-directed and self-reliant. In addition to often being in classes that are much larger than they've previously experienced, students have less direct contact with their teachers. To access help or advice, they might have to negotiate multiple student-support mechanisms rather than ask a single contact. Today's students also come from diverse backgrounds and have greater variations in preparedness and motivations for study than ever before. For some, the ability to be a self-directed and independent student can make the difference between success and failure while juggling university studies and part-time employment. 1 All of these issues can be intensified in generalist degrees, where students have a wide variety of course choices and must shift from one subject to another, all while physically navigating their sometimes sprawling campuses throughout the day. At the University of Sydney, our academic year begins with an orientation program for new students that introduces them to the university, the campus, and each other. This socialization (or transition) of students into the university setting 2 also gives us the opportunity to help students understand university terminology and responsibilities and organize their studies. In the March 2013 of the Teaching@Sydney staff bulletin, a postgraduate student in physics reflected on his memories of the first few weeks of university, including the importance of building this socialization into class: "One of the best methods a lecturer can employ to help a student ... is to encourage social interaction between their students. This point may be overlooked, as it seems that many academics believe the most productive thing for students to do in lectures is listen. Solitary study can lead to high dropout rates of first-year students since it does not provide them with Using data from an electronic unit of study outline system, the University of Sydney's Faculty of Science built an assessment calendar to organize assessment schedules and help first-year students transition to university life. The calendar helps students organize and understand their assessments using their preferred computers or mobile calendar applications. The calendar also helps staff in a large faculty compare and rationalize assessment dates and ensure that a variety of assessment modes are used, irrespective of a student's course choices.

This paper investigates the difference of spatial perception and cognition between virtual and real architectural environments. Specifically, three different aspects have been studied, concerning the live perception and cognition of a complex actual building, the perception and cognition of a high quality rendered virtual space, as well as the perception and cognition of a non-photorealistic virtual environment. To study the differences between these three types a series of experiments were prepared, in which students of architecture participated and statistical results were drawn. Earlier studies have investigated the desirability of key simulation attributes for architectural design visualization, but extensive research on what contributes to a better spatial comprehension is still missing. This experiment is part of a series of experiments mainly focused on the perception and cognition in virtual spaces. The results of these experiments were correlated with each other, each one leading to new ideas of experimentation. Preliminary results confirm earlier findings from previous similar experiments. It was found that there was a statistically significant tendency of the students towards larger scatter in more luminous virtual space as well as a tendency to visit the lit part of virtual space. Visitors of the photorealistic spaces also seem to have better knowledge of the depth of space in comparison to those navigating in the non photorealistic space.

This study presents results from an experiment that concerns spatial perception and cognition in virtual environments. It also includes the effects of how the development of a simulated virtual space can change perception and cognition of a real building perceived only through architectural drawings and photographs. In the experiment each student was shown external and internal 360° images, representing nodes in virtual space, of the same virtual building. Two different groups of students were formed. The first group was shown photorealistic rendered images, while the other group the same images with non-photorealistic representation. Differences in orientation tendencies of the participating students, as well as statistical results from these experiments were tested and are presented in this paper. It was found that there was a statistically significant tendency of the students towards larger scatter in more luminous virtual space as well as a tendency to visit lit parts of virtual...

This paper aims to problematize the link between the contemporary city and the architectural envelope, described as the surface of relationship between the building and the city. Firstly, notions of “boundary” and “border”, as defined by Richard Sennett (2008), will be analyzed; and the fact that the envelope should be considered as an entity beyond a surface of separation of two extremities, but which can work as an area of relationship, will be underlined. The instability of these extremity conditions will be reminded. Users, inhabitants of the city can transform the border/boundary conditions in question, with the help of the new communication and transportation infrastructures and activities of the users are similar to the forces which have an impact on the architectural envelope, represented with vectors. The network of forces along with the envelopes under their influence create areas, which interact with each other on an upper scale, while forming the city with a fractal structure. Contemporary city is introduced as a multi-centered network, where the movement is more and more important.

The city is a territory covered with a network of forces coinciding with the user activities, where the user continuously stores the information. Both increasing prevalence and versatility of communication and transportation infrastructures, as well as redefining of the relationship between information and city, are important for evaluating the user’s impact on the city. Contemporary city, manifested as a transforming topography under the inluence of the user, points at a crisis of the architectural envelope within the historical perspective. This crisis is caused by the inability of the architectural envelope, considered as a static, constant entity, to continue the dynamic and transforming urban topography and be linked with it. In order to solve this situation, first, architectural envelope’s geometry has to be redefined through movement, instead of static data such as the number of edges or the sum of interior/exterior angles. This understanding will trigger the consideration of the architectural envelope as a surface of relationship, a “fold”, more than a separation, where interior and exterior, material and immaterial merges.

The final part of the paper consists of the presentation of a method for preventing the disconnection between the redefined architectural envelope and the urban topography. In this context, the impact of the user activity on the envelope will be simulated as a network of forces and the change on the envelope surface with a parametrized permeability, will be analyzed. The aim is not to design an architectural envelope produced for a specific time and location, but to obtain a system which will be re-formed in different shapes, within different conditions. It is thought that such a design method will ensure the continuity between the urban topography and the envelope geometry, in such a way to link the architectural envelope with the contemporary city.

Keywords: architectural envelope, boundary, border, urban topography, fold.

Ein Nachdenken über belarusische Kultur ist schon im Ansatz ein Nachdenken über Räume. Nach Ansicht der Künstlerin Anna Karpenko deckt sich der Raum dieser Kultur weder »exakt mit den geografischen noch mit den politischen Grenzen von Belarus«. Das trifft insbesondere seit Ende des Jahres 2020 zu, seitdem die unabhängige belarusische Kultur zunehmend im Exil hervorgebracht wird. Denjenigen unabhängigen Künstler:innen, die nach
August 2020 im Land geblieben sind, verbleiben nun nicht einmal mehr jene viel beschriebenen gesellschaftlichen Nischen, aus denen heraus sie für viele Jahre wirken konnten. Artur Klinau spricht von einer neuerlichen Nullpunkt-Situation im Bereich des unabhängigen Kunstschaffens. Eine neue Eiszeit hat alles Lebendige unter sich begraben. Der Aufsatz widmet sich dem Kunstschaffen eines Vertreters und einer Vertreterin der unabhängigen belarusischen Kultur: Michail Gulin und Antanina Slabodchykava. Mit ihrer performativen Kunst wirken sie in die Gesellschaft hinein. Ausgehend von den Gedanken Hannah Arendts zum »aktiven, handelnden Leben« (Vita activa oder Vom tätigen Leben (The Human Condition, 1967)) sollen die ästhetisch inszenierten Welten der beiden Kunstschaffenden auf ihre Räume befragt werden; darauf, wie sie in und mit den Räumen ihren Ideen eine Stimme geben und damit Zukunft gestalten.

Kauno technologijos universitetas K. Donelaičio g. 73, Kaunas Theoretical studies as well as practical evidence validate an opinion that solutions of customer retention and long-term relationships formation and maintenance have a positive effect on results of enterprise activities and play a crucial role in a competitive advantage development. The identification of antecedents of long-term relationships and evaluation of their predictors are becoming priority tasks of a service enterprise. Despite the abundance of scientific research, the identification of variables determining the development of relationships with customers still is a relevant object of scientific discussions. This article emphasizes that customer satisfaction is one of the antecedents of long-term relationships between customer and service provider. Therefore, in consideration of services nature and service provision peculiarities, cognition of factors that influence customer satisfaction becomes relevant for better understanding of customer needs and for the service delivery process improvement. Revealing the diversity of scientific approaches representing satisfaction drivers, it can be underlined that this issue is very important both for theoretical and empirical studies. Referring to a numerous researches on service quality and satisfaction we can maintain, that service quality is the main driver of customer satisfaction with the service provider. Furthermore, it is considered that service quality consists of such quality dimensions that could be named outcome quality, technical quality and functional quality. Considering all above mentioned and that service quality is the main predictor of customer satisfaction, this article aims to determine the relations between satisfaction and intentions to pursue long-term relationships with a service provider. Odontology services are selected for the empirical research. First of all service quality attributes are grouped using a factor analysis into six dimensions (factors). Using these results in this study one method of stated importance and three methods of derived importance were examined for identification of importance of attributes impacting customer satisfaction. Also results of correlation and regression analyses are presented showing relations between satisfaction, its predictors and customer behavioral intentions.

This  article  prioritizes  the  concept  of  public  space  as  a  virtual  domain  rather  than  focusing on its physical attributes. Through Peter Eisenman’s Cannaregio Town Square (1978), the text seeks to question the notion of “space,” using a project that engages with absences rather than presences within the urban context of Venice. Just as the elements utilized  are  not  presented  in  their  physical  state,  the  project  itself  is  not  intended  to  be constructed. In this sense, it can be understood as an architecture that originates from  a  virtual  context  and  returns  to  it,  positioning  drawing  as  the  tool  capable  of  manipulating these absent elements (sometimes referred to as mnemonic or spectral throughout  the  article)  and  of  realizing  it  as  architecture  on  its  own  right.  To  do  so,  the  text  is  divided  into  three  parts:  first,  it  addresses  the  circumstances  surrounding  the project’s development; then, it explores its conceptual contributions; and finally, it discusses its formulation as space. The aim is to critically examine the creation of this “space,” framing it as an urban memorial, even if not a tangible one.

Este artigo prioriza a concepção de espaço público pelo seu domínio virtual em vez de suas qualificações físicas. Através do Cannaregio Town Square (1978), de Peter Eisenman, o texto visa questionar a noção de “espaço”, tomando como objeto um projeto que dialoga com as ausências, em detrimento das presenças do contexto urbano de Veneza. Assim como os elementos empregados não se apresentam dispostos em sua condição física, o projeto também não tem por objetivo ser construído. Deste modo, pode ser compreendido como uma arquitetura que parte de um contexto virtual e volta-se para ele, apontando o desenho como esta ferramenta capaz de manipular tais elementos ausentes (por vezes chamados de mnemônicos ou espectrais no decorrer do artigo) e também de realizá-lo enquanto a arquitetura propriamente dita. Para tanto, o texto subdivide-se em três momentos, partindo das circunstâncias de elaboração do projeto, depois debatendo seus aportes conceituais e encerrando na sua discussão enquanto formulação de espaço. Pretende-se, assim, problematizar sobre a criação deste “espaço”, colocando-o na qualidade de memorial urbano, ainda que não concreto.

These days, information and communication technology i.e. ICT., permeates every aspect of our lives, and everyone, even kids, has access to computers at home, at school, and at cyber cafes. Cyberspace is experiencing a knowledge explosion, and modern technology has made a wealth of academic literature related to all academic fields widely available. This has allowed anyone to access and use the material for both career and academic advancement. At the same time, pornographic and filthy books and films may be found online and are access to everyone, regardless of user age. Computers are typically utilised for a variety of tasks, including communication, education, and entertainment. However, it is a well-known fact that kids utilise computers for amusement, including pornographic websites, and that their impressionable brains naturally gravitate towards and inquire about these kinds of content. These websites have a detrimental effect on children's development that has an adverse effect on both their physical and mental wellness. In addition, youngsters employ social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google, Instagram, and email on computers, smartphones, and other communication devices. But regrettably, a lot of kids are using technology for nefarious purposes, which can seriously harm their academic, physical, and mental health. Given this, it is the responsibility of guardians, teachers, and parents to educate their kids about the benefits and drawbacks of information technology i.e. IT.

Los nuevos medios y espacios expositivos en red están provocando profundas transformaciones en el entramado artístico constituido a lo largo de la historia. Surge una nueva forma de afrontar la creación de obras de arte y los espacios donde mostrarlas al público: el espacio virtual se convierte en una realidad viva y activa que ensombrece a los espacios tradicionales como museos o galerías. La reproductibilidad técnica que apuntaba Walter Benjamin ha dado paso a la difusión ilimitada de la obra de arte a través de redes sociales donde la obra de arte es objeto de manipulación, transformación y transgresión, de importantes consecuencias. La gran obra de arte ha salido del santuario expositivo de museos y galerías de colecciones. La red casi infinita es el nuevo espacio de la obra transgredida. El público anónimo es el gran transgresor transformador. Arte-red, transgresión, museo, espacio virtual, redes sociales, reproductibilidad técnica, apropiación. The new media and networked exhibition spaces are causing deep transformations in the artistic fabric that has been constituted throughout history. A new way of tackling the creation of works of art and the spaces in which to show them to the public is emerging: the virtual space becomes a living and active reality that overshadows traditional spaces such as museums or galleries. The technical reproducibility pointed out by Walter Benjamin has given way to the unlimited diffusion of the work of art through social networks where the work of art is the object of manipulation, transformation and transgression, with relevant consequences. The great work of art has left the exhibition sanctuary of museums and collection galleries. The almost infinite network is the new space for the transgressed work. The anonymous public is the great transforming transgressor.

In today's world, virtual platforms and social media have become deeply embedded in the daily lives of young people. These platforms, which once started as tools for communication and entertainment, are now transforming into powerful systems that influence behavior, identity, and the future of the youth.

Argentina), se ofrecen algunas conclusiones acerca de las competencias que los alumnos poseen para acceder a estas tecnologías, el uso de las mismas y sus opiniones sobre la importancia que le asignan a éstas en los procesos educativos. Palabras clave: páginas web como complemento de la enseñanza convencional, procesos interactivos en el espacio virtual, competencias que los alumnos poseen para acceder a estas tecnologías. The purpose of this paper is to discuss about the possibilities to make use of new technologies of information and communication, and to analyze the interactive processes that occur in virtual space through the creation of web pages, as a complement of conventional teaching. On the basis of information collected from interviews with students and teachers of two careers of Universidad Nacional de Salta (Argentina), some conclusions are offered about the competence the students have to access to these technologies, the use they make of them, and their opinions in respect to their importance in educational processes. Keywords: web pages as a complement of conventional teaching, the interactive processes in virtual space, competence the students have to access to these technologies.

The Forum is a collaborative working environment that consists of two shared spaces: a space for informal interaction (Contact Space), and a workspace for synchronous meetings using audioconferencing support (Meeting Space). It is designed to enable people, who should meet each other to do so naturally, providing an environment for richer online interactions. This paper discusses three evaluations of the Forum Contact Space: a conceptual evaluation, a prototype evaluation, and an ethnographic evaluation. Each evaluation was undertaken to improve the Contact Space usability, examine whether it supports chance encounters, and learn from participant feedback, areas for improvement of future Forum versions. The conceptual evaluation using focus groups showed group discrepancies regarding how the Contact Space would be beneficial for producing chance encounters. In the prototype evaluation, the findings suggest that chance encounters were produced and that the Concept Space was perceived as an environment for supporting group cohesiveness. A common theme from the findings of the ethnographic evaluation was the division of the Contact Space and its related parts into two tools: a core tool; and a peripheral tool, dependent on whether it was active. As groups are increasingly distributed over geographical distances, the benefits of a shared virtual space for communication and interaction are being realised.

Nowadays, morphogenetic engineering (ME) [1] is inspired by biological systems (embryogenesis) to export their self-formation capabilities to engineered autonomous systems. As cells are intelligent by nature, researchers of ME are trying to recreate this intelligence in artificial systems, so that these cells know how and when to act in order to accomplish a specific function (e.g. Build an organism).

Die Digitalisierung bringt kontinuierlich Grenzerosionen mit sich. Wissensbestände bedürfen daher der Neuordnung. Kaum irgendwo zeigt sich dies so deutlich wie auf dem Gebiet der Künste. Dieser Prozess ist noch längst nicht abgeschlossen und er betrifft sämtliche Bereiche, unter denen wir die Künste reflektieren, Ästhetik, Politik, Technik und Hermeneutik. Gerade im digitalen Zeitalter lassen sich auch diese Reflexionsbereiche nicht (mehr) klar trennen; sie verschränken sich und greifen auf verschiedene Weise ineinander. Dieser interdisziplinäre Band zeigt solche Verflechtungen auf. Ausgehend von einer praxeologisch orientierten Unterteilung in Kulturtechniken und künstlerische Praktiken, Interart-Studies und Intermedialität sowie Hermeneutik und digitale Literaturwissenschaft untersuchen Kulturwissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler aus verschiedenen Disziplinen (Literaturwissenschaft, Kunstwissenschaft, Kulturinformatik, Sound Studies) bestehende Grenzen und aktuelle Grenzüberschreitungen auf dem Gebiet der Künste, um von hier aus grundsätzliche Rückschlüsse auf Wirkung, Potential und Limitierungen des Digitalen zu ziehen.

This research explores the impact of Stylized and realistic art styles in 3D video games focusing on player experience, engagement and performance efficiency. Through interviews, case studies and industry professionals, the study highlights how visual style impacts on narrative delivery, immersion and platform accessibility.
This work was conducted under the guidance of Dr. Nima Jerrit John, Amity University, Mumbai.

Relativistic large-scale multireference configuration-interaction all-electron calculations, used to study the influence of valence-electron correlation effects on the fine-structure splittings in the Pb atom and the isoelectronic ions Bi ϩ and Po 2ϩ , are presented. The atomic nucleus was modeled as a finite, uniformly charged sphere. The one-electron basis set consisted of orbitals expressed as a linear combination of kinetically balanced Gaussian basis functions. All four valence electrons were correlated by considering excitations from the 6s 2 6 p 2 configurations and systematically enlarging the virtual space to include unoccupied orbitals of symmetries up to f 7/2 . The results obtained are in good agreement with experimental data, and remaining disagreements are largely attributed to missing core-valence correlation effects. Comparisons with the results of variational quantum Monte Carlo and multireference configuration-interaction studies based on the relativistic pseudopotential approach are also presented. ͓S1050-2947͑97͒01605-3͔

As India's e-commerce sector scales rapidly, the challenge of state-wise GST compliance has become a critical operational hurdle for online sellers. This paper examines how the use of a virtual office for GST registration is emerging as a viable, legally compliant, and cost-efficient alternative to traditional physical setups, especially for businesses operating across multiple states. https://thegstco.com/collections/virtualoffice

Five qualitatively different conceptions of PBL in virtual space were discovered, and each reveals variation in how students attend to learning by PBL in virtual space. Results indicate that PBL in virtual space when appropriately designed with respect to students' online learning experience can: 1) be responsible for making students aware of deeper ways of experiencing PBL in virtual space, and 2), engender graduate attributes and capabilities of problem solving, ability to transfer basic knowledge to reallife scenarios, ability to adapt to changes and apply knowledge in unusual situations, ability to think critically and creatively, and a commitment to continuous life-long learning and self-improvement.