Digital Inclusion in Immersive Technologies: Critical Approaches for Sustainable Futures with Immerea
2-5 PM
The workshop explores digital inclusion, technological accessibility, and the social impact of emerging technologies such as AI and next-generation spatial computing technologies. It addresses questions of equality and discrimination, examining how social and gender-based inequalities are reflected in devices, platforms, and digital content, and how these dynamics shape experiences of participation, accessibility, and care.
Participants critically reflect on who is empowered by technology and digital media and who remains excluded. Particular attention is given to usability barriers, dependency, and the skills, knowledge, or resources required to navigate digital spaces safely and meaningfully.
By combining critical discussion with practical concept prototyping, participants will engage in hands-on activities, collaboratively developing scenarios, fictional products, or practical solutions through pen-and-paper methods. Through role-play presentations, the results will be discussed and refined, followed by critical reflection on their social, ethical, and practical implications, positioning the workshop as a site for imagining a more inclusive future.
Immerea is an indie studio based in Vienna, focusing on the development of virtual reality games and interactive installations. Coming from a background in media art, architecture, and design, their vision is to create projects of high artistic quality and experimental character, pushing the boundaries of immersive and interactive technologies.
The exhibition and Public Programme are supported by MA7, BMWKMS, 15. District, Raw Matters and Mz*Baltazar’s Laboratory
Exhibition curated by Barbora Horská
Visual Design by Ale Zapata