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Object-Based Media

The MIT Media Lab’s Object-Based Media group is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that wer…

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Alex Westner

Former Alumnus, Object-Based Media

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BRELYON wins 2022 SPIE Prism Award

Congrats to spinoff BRELYON, led by former Labber Barmak Heshmat, on winning the 2022 Prism Award in the Displays category.

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John West

Former Data Journalist & Application Developer

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Nathan Spielberg

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Ramesh Raskar @ Lasers & Photonics

LocationSan Francisco, CA Description

Monday
January 23, 2012
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Doug Weston

Former Technical Associate II/ Lab Manager, Synthetic Neurobiology

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Jacqueline M Kory Westlund

Former Research Assistant

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Susan Westhaver

Manager of Administrative Support Services

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Ramesh Raskar at Boston IEEE Photonics Society Imaging Workshop

LocationMIT Lincoln Lab Description

Wednesday
April 20, 2011
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Object-Based Audio Capture

Analogous to our work in representing video as a set of objects and a scripting language, we are exploring methods for recording audio such…

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WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

In this work, we propose a novel fabrication method for 3D objects based on the principle of spooling. By wrapping off-the-shelf materials …

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WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication for Object Creation and Modification

Joanne Leong, Jose Martinez, Florian Perteneder, Ken Nakagaki, Hiroshi Ishii. 2020. WraPr: Spool-Based Fabrication Method for Object Creation and Modification. In TEI'20, February 9-12, 2020, Sydney, NSW, Australia. https://doi.org/10.1145/3374920.3374990

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Inside the MIT Media Lab: Bloomberg West (Full Show 5/11)

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Dust soiling effects on decentralized solar in West Africa

Isaacs, S., Kalashnikova, O., Garay, M. J., van Donkelaar, A., Hammer, M. S., Lee, H., & Wood, D. (2023). Dust soiling effects on decentralized solar in West Africa. Applied Energy, 340, 120993.

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WraPr is a spool-based system for creating and modifying 3D objects

Known as “WraPr,” the system presents a novel fabrication method for creating new or augmenting existing 3D objects with soft materials.

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Multimedia Based on Object Models: Some Whys and Hows

V. Michael Bove, Jr.

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Member collaboration: Live Objects

Live Objects enrich users' experiences of their immediate environment.

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Publications up to 2019

2019 Bianca Datta, Sundeep Jolly, and V. Michael Bove, Jr., "Towards inverse design of biomimetic nanostructuresexhibiting composite struc…

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Tangible Media Group Exhibit

LocationNTT InterCommunication Center (ICC) in Tokyo, Japan DescriptionThe Lab’s Tangible Media group will hold its first large-scale exhib…

Friday — Sunday
June 23, 2000 —
July 9, 2000
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Research Group Overview: Tangible Media

Invent new tangible and embodied interactions that inspire and engage people.

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Tangible Media Group: Radical Atoms Exhibition

How ideas derived from art can lead to new technological concepts.

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San Gabriel teen codes his way toward the future, heads to West Point Military Academy

Korbin Deary talks about his involvement with Scratch, a programming platform created by the Lifelong Kindergarten research group at the Lab

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Tangible Media Group @ Milan Design Week

LocationSalone Del Mobile, Milan DescriptionLexus International will unveil the Tangible Media group's exhibit, "TRANSFORM," as part of the…

Wednesday — Sunday
April 9, 2014 —
April 13, 2014
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Media Lab spinoff Xander honored at CES 2023

Co-founded by Media Lab alum Alex Westner, Xander will introduce its first product, XanderGlasses, at CES 2023.

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Tangible Media

We live on the border between two worlds: our physical environment and cyberspace. People have developed sophisticated skill…

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SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations

Joanne Leong, Yuehan Wang, Romy Sayah, Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa, Florian Perteneder, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations. In CHI’19 Extended Abstracts, May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312775

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A Unified Approach to the Recognition of Expected and Unexpected Geon-Based Objects

Dickinson, S., Pentland A.

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Live Objects

A Live Object is a small device that can stream media content wirelessly to nearby mobile devices without an Internet connection. Live Obje…

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Augmenting real-world objects: a paper-based audio notebook

Lisa Stifelman

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Scott Dorrington

Postdoctoral Associate

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Hiroshi Ishii

Jerome B. Wiesner Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; Associate Director, MIT Media Lab

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Speech Group, Media Laboratory

Chris Schmandt

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Jacqueline Kory Westlund Dissertation Defense

Relational AI: Creating long-term interpersonal interaction, rapport, and relationships with social robotsCommittee:Dr. Cynthia B…

Wednesday
December 12, 2018
2:00pm — 3:30pm ET
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Group-based ranking method for online rating systems with spamming attacks

Gao, J., Dong, Y. W., Shang, M. S., Cai, S. M., & Zhou, T. (2015). Group-based ranking method for online rating systems with spamming attacks. EPL (Europhysics Letters), 110(2), 28003.

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Flow-based Fabrication: An integrated computational workflow for design and digital additive manufacturing of multifunctional heterogeneously structured objects

Jorge Duro-Royo, Laia Mogas-Soldevila, Neri Oxman

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Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…

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Evaluating user reputation in online rating systems via an iterative group-based ranking method

Gao, J., Zhou, T. Evaluating user reputation in online rating systems via an iterative group-based ranking method. arXiv: 1509.00594.

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#80 Live Objects

Live Objects are wireless devices that enrich a user’s experience of the surrounding environment. Live Objects are associated with real obj…

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Objects as Cameras

Press: - MIT News:  Using reflections to see the world from new points of view- TechXplore, EuropaPress, La Nacion&nbsp…

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The MIT Press and the MIT Media Lab launch the Knowledge Futures Group

Leveraging the web’s power to create open, community-sourced access to knowledge

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Markus Elkatsha

Research Scientist

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Objective assessment of depression

Current methods to assess depression and select appropriate treatments have many limitations and need improvement. Diagnosis is usually bas…

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The NiCE Discussion Room: Integrating Paper and Digital Media to Support Co-Located Group Meetings

Michael Haller, Jakob Leitner, Thomas Seifried, James R. Wallace, Stacey D. Scott, Christoph Richter1, Peter Brandl1, Adam Gokcezade, Seth Hunter

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The Media Lab @ the MIT Museum

We're thrilled to welcome our friends at the Museum to Kendall Square!

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Media Lab Research Theme: Cultivating Creativity

The Challenge: To ignite creativity in the face of global challengesThe accelerating crises, disruptions, and disconnections in today’s soc…

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Research Group Overview: Conformable Decoders

Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy

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Research Group Overview: Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

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Meeting Mediator: Enhancing Group Collaboration and Leadership with Sociometric Feedback

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Saturday — Wednesday
November 8, 2008 —
November 12, 2008
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Storied Navigation: Toward Media Collection-Based Storytelling

Shen, E. "Storied Navigation: Toward Media Collection-Based Storytelling"

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Water-Based Additive Manufacturing

This research presents water-based robotic fabrication as a design approach and enabling technology for additive manufacturing (AM) of biod…

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ProtoTouch: Multitouch Interfaces to Everyday Objects

An assortment of everyday objects is given the ability to understand multitouch gestures of the sort used in mobile-device user interfaces,…