Handmade Reality

Handmade Reality

Handmade Reality is a series of AR experiences using a mixed reality headset, the Hololens, created by the 2nd year Bachelor Media & Interaction Design students. Using the environment around us as a playground, each experiment proposes a different way of interacting with it, guided by our hands.

Workshop (2023) with Mario Von Rickenbach, Alain Bellet

Assistants
Kylan Luginbühl, Elodie Anglade
Students
Isaïa Delaplace, Théo Déchanez, Viktor Gagné, Alexandre Gambarini, Emma Grosu, Ayten Gönel, Sasha Iatsenia, Odran Jobin, Jérémie Kursner, Mélanie Martin, Marius Parisod, Charlotte Pralong, Gary Sandoz, Julie Turin
Know-how
Augmented Reality (AR, XR), Realtime

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It's About Time – 2025

BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

It's About Time – 2025

with Angelo Benedetto

It’s about time is a series of digital clocks that explore the perception of time through different hierarchies of representation. This selection brings together projects created in the first year of the Bachelor in Media & Interaction, as part of the Dynamic Display course led by Angelo Benedetto.  

Wonder Rooms

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Wonder Rooms

with Gaël Hugo

During this workshop, second year media & Interaction design students crafted interactive 'wonder-rooms' inspired by curiosity cabinets, blending 3D environments with real-time interactions. A collection of bizarre, imaginative little worlds to be explored.

Betaverse – 2025

BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Betaverse – 2025

with Mario Von Rickenbach

Using a mixed reality headset, the students used their surroundings as playground. Through creative gestures, each experiment proposes a way of interacting with the environment.

Arboricrop — Next generation agriculture using real-time information from tree crops

Arboricrop — Next generation agriculture using real-time information from tree crops

with Stéphane Halmaï-Voisard, Younès Klouche, Frederik Mahler-Andersen , Pietro Alberti, Maxwell Ashford, Alain Bellet, Laurent Soldini

Arboricrop is a research project conducted by a multidisciplinary consortium bringing together Vivent Biosignals, Changins – University of Viticulture and Oenology, and ECAL/Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne (HES-SO), with the support of Innosuisse. Its objective is to develop a miniaturized plant electrophysiology sensor designed for use in real agricultural conditions: the VITA Mini Sensor.

Folklore Fusion

BA MEDIA & INTERACTION DESIGN

Folklore Fusion

with Pauline Saglio

Folklore Fusion – a CGI character project developed by students in Bachelor Media & Interaction Design at ECAL, exploring the creative collision between Japanese and Swiss folklore through the lens of contemporary visual storytelling.

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