SECE
Mixed Reality Shared Engagement in Cultural Events (SECE)
Related Publications:
- Quintero, L., Solsona, J., Pinheiro Braga, A., Björn, M., Fors, U., Verhagen, H. Shared Engagement in Digital Environments with Extended Reality and Tangible Interaction (pp. 81-87). Huminfra Conference 2025 https://www.huminfra.se/resources/humevents/hic-2025_proceedings.pdf
- Quintero, L., Bennaceur, E., Ahlnäs, L., & Bjorn, M. (2025). Hands-On Orchestra: Hand-based Interactive Manipulation of Spatial 3D Audio in Mixed Reality. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences. IMX’25 (pp. 342–345). https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3731713
- Quintero, L., Pinheiro Braga, A. M. B. M., Petersson, N., & Fors, U. G. (2025). Transitional Portals for Participatory Co-Located Cross-Reality Experiences. In Proceedings of the 2025 ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (pp. 368–371). IMX’25. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706370.3731708
SU Project Website: https://www.su.se/english/research/research-catalogue/research-projects/d/mixed-reality-shared-engagement-in-cultural-events-sece
Description
SECE was a two-year research project at the Department of Computer and Systems Sciences (DSV), Stockholm University, investigating how co-located participatory mixed reality experiences can enable new forms of artistic expression in cultural venues. In collaboration with Ericsson Research and Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, the project developed a cross-reality platform allowing multiple users to simultaneously inhabit the same physical space while experiencing different states of the reality-virtuality continuum. The technology was demonstrated for invited stakeholders at Kulturhuset in June 2025, and the final performance happened outdoors in Sergelstorg, Stockholm in June 2026.
My role in the project was on the technical side, managing the development of the cross-reality platform including co-location architecture, networked multi-user synchronization, and the mixed-reality interactions that allows users and virtual objects to move fluidly between mixed and fully virtual environments.