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SUMMARY:The Nature of Reality
DESCRIPTION:Synedelica: Mixed Reality Reimagined\n\nSynedelica challenges 
 traditional approaches to mixed reality by transforming physical environme
 nts through a synesthetic experience. This artwork emphasizes the potentia
 l for immersive technology to mediate reality itself, fostering social int
 eraction and shared experiences. By reimagining how we p...\n\n\nJohn Desn
 oyers-Stewart (Univeristy of British Columbia) and Noah Miller and Bernhar
 d Riecke (Simon Fraser University)\n---------------------\nLearning to Mov
 e, Learning to Play, Learning to Animate: a Multimedia Exploration of the 
 More-than-human Intelligence\n\n"Learning to Move, Learning to Play, Learn
 ing to Animate" is an interdisciplinary multimedia performance, merging re
 al-time AI visuals, plant biofeedback, and found object robotics to explor
 e more-than-human intelligence. Challenging anthropocentrism, it envisions
  co-creative agency among humans, ma...\n\n\nMingyong Cheng, Sophia Sun, H
 an Zhang, and Yuemeng Gu (University of California San Diego)\n-----------
 ----------\nThe Posthumous World:  Our selves, Our Bodies and a World that
  Will Continue Without Us\n\nHow would our attitudes to death and dying ch
 ange if we could see how a human body is reabsorbed into the environment? 
 The Posthumous World is a project about death and our relationship with th
 e planet. At its centre will be a new artwork - a poetic meditation on a b
 ody’s journey to re-join th...\n\n\nRichard Wright (Royal Holloway Univers
 ity of London)\n---------------------\nHyborg Agency: Fostering AI Agents 
 Through Community Conversations in a Digital Forest\n\nHyborg Agency propo
 ses an artistic perspective on AI agents: We can design AI agents that mai
 ntain their distinct non-human nature while meaningfully participating in 
 human social contexts.\nPresenting AI agents as mechanical deer nurtured b
 y community conversations, this computational ecosystem demo...\n\n\nYuqia
 n Sun (Computer Science Research Centre, Royal College of Art); Chenhang C
 heng and Chuyan Xu (Individual); Chang Hee Lee (Korea Advanced Institute o
 f Science and Technology (KAIST)); and Ali Asadipour (Computer Science Res
 earch Centre, Royal College of Art)\n---------------------\nThe Nature of 
 Reality Q&A, Art Paper Reflections, and 2026 Preview\n\nAfter all the pres
 entations, attendees are encouraged to engage in a Q&A session to discuss 
 the topics presented. This will be followed by an Art Papers wrap-up, summ
 arizing key insights, and a preview by the SIGGRAPH 2026 Art Papers chair,
  offering a glimpse into the upcoming 2026 Art Papers progra...\n\n\nInter
 est Area: Arts & Design, Gaming & Interactive, New Technologies, Productio
 n & Animation, Research & Education\n\nRecording: Livestreamed, Not Livest
 reamed, Recorded, Not Recorded\n\nKeyword: Animation, Art, Artificial Inte
 lligence/Machine Learning, Audio, Augmented Reality, Digital Twins, Games,
  Generative AI, Modeling, Performance, Real-Time, Robotics, Scientific Vis
 ualization, Simulation, Spatial Computing, Virtual Reality\n\nRegistration
  Category: Full Conference, Virtual Access, Experience, Tuesday\n\nSession
  Chair: Victoria Szabo (Duke University, ACM)
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