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Papers by Gianluca Mura

2nd International Conference for Teachers of Architecture, 1997

This issue of the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT) which is... more This issue of the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT) which is dedicated to cross boundaries of design, science and culture with emerging technologies will be publishing an issue on creative processes within cultural production. In this issue, we will aim to explore and to uncover a variety of creative and innovative insights arising from enterprise and academic perspectives. The issue starts with two interesting articles that present topics about natural languages processing techniques applied within two different contexts that add new points of view to these previously explored topics within the research field of the Metaplastic discipline. The first article " A Model of Culture for Cognitive Agents " by Félix Ramos, Omar González, and Jean-Paul Barthès explores the misunderstandings derived from cultural differences represent a main barrier for effective communication and collaboration. As part of a platform aimed at supporting intercu...

EN) The workshop has obtained a High Patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It dis... more EN) The workshop has obtained a High Patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It discusses themes linked with creation and application of the virtual reality in tha Arts and Craft, to produce and communicate cultural content. The event gives an occasion to express and discuss different combinations of art languages and industrial design planning. The activity develops in two different but interactive levels: the student laboratory and the discussion forum about inherent themes. The meetings will be held at the Ecole du Louvre and Politecnico di Milano, Industrial Design Faculty between professors and students. Simultaneously through a web blog there will be a continuous debate and elaboration on the proposed projects. As results the workshop offers different exposition models with significant examples developed within the student laboratory.

2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 2015

This paper describes the advancements of the Metaplastic Metadiscipline a Science-Art-Design rese... more This paper describes the advancements of the Metaplastic Metadiscipline a Science-Art-Design research field that studies the most recent technological influences into the contemporary culture. It discusses the realization of the metaplastic cyber media through the interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. The cyber media acquires form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The Metaplastic artistic machine becomes aesthetic expression of virtuality. Some examples of applications are introduced through the Open Metaplastic software and hardware modelling design framework.

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts

This chapter describes the theory of the Metaplastic metadiscipline (Ars MetaPlastica), a science... more This chapter describes the theory of the Metaplastic metadiscipline (Ars MetaPlastica), a science-art-design research field that studies the most recent technological influences into the contemporary culture. It discusses the realization of the metaplastic virtual media through interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. The virtual media acquire form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The metaphor of the artistic machine finds its new realization where the metaplastic machine itself becomes aesthetic expression of the virtuality. The Open Metaplastic framework's art approach applied to software and hardware modeling design are also discussed and some examples of applications are introduced.

International Journal of Art, Culture, Design, and Technology, 2012

This article discusses the theory of the Metaplastic discipline for the study and the realization... more This article discusses the theory of the Metaplastic discipline for the study and the realization of new virtual media through interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. It explains the theoretical and artistic background of metaplastic virtual worlds evolutions, from their archetypes to their definition. The union between plastic elements and the fuzzy logic systems, found their expression with new metaplastic semantic and aesthetic values. The virtual media acquire form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The metaphor of the artistic machine finds its new realization where the metaplastic machine itself becomes aesthetic expression of the virtuality. The following paragraphs use metaplastic definitions within Design, Art, and Sciences application fields. The Open Metaplastic framework’s general approach applied to software and hardware modeling design are discussed.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Abstract. Virtual reality systems need new metaphors for their communication. This paper presents... more Abstract. Virtual reality systems need new metaphors for their communication. This paper presents a fuzzy enhanced semantic virtual space model. The application of the model tries to improve its conceptualization and definition of a new virtual world system. The paper explains ...

Aesthetics and Semantic Concepts

The poetics of artistic machine indicated different hypotheses of evolution within the Avantgarde... more The poetics of artistic machine indicated different hypotheses of evolution within the Avantgarde movements' ideas from the beginning of the 20th Century. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce several historical moments of artistic and scientific thoughts that have conducted to actual media developments. This paragraph on Art History would introduce and follow a conceptual path of different notions exploration about artistic machines visions. It is also a search for aspects of artistic machines which had led to the definition of original characteristics of the metaplastic virtual worlds. The Manifest of Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe wrote by Balla and Depero in 1910, emphasized the particular interests of the Futurists' movement which suggested a future fusion of Art and Science. Boccioni, one of the major Futurist's exponents, aimed to represent the Space of Soul and he has tried to decompose the object-painting to explore the Pure Becoming of Perception. He places the spectator at the center of the painting as in his artwork "The Matter" (1912), where the idea

Aesthetics and Semantic Concepts

This chapter defines a new metaplastic discipline through analysis of Digital art history and the... more This chapter defines a new metaplastic discipline through analysis of Digital art history and their relations among artistic and scientific achievements. Virtual Realities found in Art and Science a new modality of definition based on technological codifying with language philosophies that interpret new digital aesthetics. It would be introduced new metaplastic virtual media used in different research areas with examples of applications.

This research explores emotional response to gesture in order to inform future product interactio... more This research explores emotional response to gesture in order to inform future product interaction design. After describing the emergence and likely role of full-body interfaces with devices and systems, the importance of emotional reaction to the necessary movements and gestures is outlined. A gestural vocabulary for the control of a web page is then presented, along with a semantic differential questionnaire for its evaluation. An experiment is described where users undertook a series of web navigation tasks using the gestural vocabulary, then recorded their reaction to the experience. A number of insights were drawn on the context, precision, distinction, repetition and scale of gestures when used to control or activate a product. These insights will be of help in interaction design, and provide a basis for further development of gestural vocabularies.

Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications

Interaction systems with the user need complex and suitable conceptual and multisensorial new med... more Interaction systems with the user need complex and suitable conceptual and multisensorial new media definition. This study analyzes social and conceptual evolutions of digital media and proposes an interactive mixed-space media model which communicates the information contents and enhances the user experience between interactive space of physical objects and online virtual space. Its feedback gives information through user performance among its multisensorial interfaces. The research widens previous research publications, and gives precisely a definition of a fuzzy logic cognitive and emotional perception level to the metaplastic multimedia model. It augments the interaction quality within its conceptual media space through an action-making loop and gives as a result new contents of information within its metaplastic metaspace configurations.

Transactions on Computational Science XVI, 2012

This paper introduces an open and conceptual platform of metaplastic discipline for the realizati... more This paper introduces an open and conceptual platform of metaplastic discipline for the realization of new media and interdisciplinary methodologies of Cyber Arts between reality and virtual realities. It explains the theoretical and artistic background of metaplastic metaspace and virtual worlds evolutions.

Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces

2014 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2014

This paper describes the advancements on the Metaplastic Arts and Design research field through i... more This paper describes the advancements on the Metaplastic Arts and Design research field through its own cyber media and interdisciplinary methodologies. It enhances the metaplastic discipline within art and sciences application fields. In the conclusion of this paper some examples of applications are introduced.

His research area is within digital cultures interrelations among art, science, and technology. H... more His research area is within digital cultures interrelations among art, science, and technology. He holds a Phd in industrial design and multimedia communication from Politecnico di Milano University. He has teaching experience in design university and professional courses. He is doing research, academic publishing, and actively participates in numerous international scientific conferences and symposiums. Dr. Mura is also a scientific member of several international conference committees.

2012 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2012

This paper introduces the evolution of the Metaplastic theory and it presents new subjects of the... more This paper introduces the evolution of the Metaplastic theory and it presents new subjects of the Metaplastic discipline. It also explains the Metaplastic Machines for the realization of new media and interdisciplinary methodologies of Cyber Arts with crossing reality and metaphysics.

2011 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2011

2009 International Conference on CyberWorlds, 2009

The actual research is related to the previously published work about a visual abstract art langu... more The actual research is related to the previously published work about a visual abstract art language applied to design of conceptual cyberworlds. This paper enhances and defines the metaplastic languages methodology within a definition of a specific Metaplastic virtual world design ...

2013 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2013

2nd International Conference for Teachers of Architecture, 1997

This issue of the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT) which is... more This issue of the International Journal of Art, Culture and Design Technologies (IJACDT) which is dedicated to cross boundaries of design, science and culture with emerging technologies will be publishing an issue on creative processes within cultural production. In this issue, we will aim to explore and to uncover a variety of creative and innovative insights arising from enterprise and academic perspectives. The issue starts with two interesting articles that present topics about natural languages processing techniques applied within two different contexts that add new points of view to these previously explored topics within the research field of the Metaplastic discipline. The first article " A Model of Culture for Cognitive Agents " by Félix Ramos, Omar González, and Jean-Paul Barthès explores the misunderstandings derived from cultural differences represent a main barrier for effective communication and collaboration. As part of a platform aimed at supporting intercu...

EN) The workshop has obtained a High Patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It dis... more EN) The workshop has obtained a High Patronage of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It discusses themes linked with creation and application of the virtual reality in tha Arts and Craft, to produce and communicate cultural content. The event gives an occasion to express and discuss different combinations of art languages and industrial design planning. The activity develops in two different but interactive levels: the student laboratory and the discussion forum about inherent themes. The meetings will be held at the Ecole du Louvre and Politecnico di Milano, Industrial Design Faculty between professors and students. Simultaneously through a web blog there will be a continuous debate and elaboration on the proposed projects. As results the workshop offers different exposition models with significant examples developed within the student laboratory.

2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW), 2015

This paper describes the advancements of the Metaplastic Metadiscipline a Science-Art-Design rese... more This paper describes the advancements of the Metaplastic Metadiscipline a Science-Art-Design research field that studies the most recent technological influences into the contemporary culture. It discusses the realization of the metaplastic cyber media through the interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. The cyber media acquires form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The Metaplastic artistic machine becomes aesthetic expression of virtuality. Some examples of applications are introduced through the Open Metaplastic software and hardware modelling design framework.

Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts

This chapter describes the theory of the Metaplastic metadiscipline (Ars MetaPlastica), a science... more This chapter describes the theory of the Metaplastic metadiscipline (Ars MetaPlastica), a science-art-design research field that studies the most recent technological influences into the contemporary culture. It discusses the realization of the metaplastic virtual media through interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. The virtual media acquire form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The metaphor of the artistic machine finds its new realization where the metaplastic machine itself becomes aesthetic expression of the virtuality. The Open Metaplastic framework's art approach applied to software and hardware modeling design are also discussed and some examples of applications are introduced.

International Journal of Art, Culture, Design, and Technology, 2012

This article discusses the theory of the Metaplastic discipline for the study and the realization... more This article discusses the theory of the Metaplastic discipline for the study and the realization of new virtual media through interdisciplinary methodologies between reality and virtual realities. It explains the theoretical and artistic background of metaplastic virtual worlds evolutions, from their archetypes to their definition. The union between plastic elements and the fuzzy logic systems, found their expression with new metaplastic semantic and aesthetic values. The virtual media acquire form and meaning through its process of conceptual interpretation. The metaphor of the artistic machine finds its new realization where the metaplastic machine itself becomes aesthetic expression of the virtuality. The following paragraphs use metaplastic definitions within Design, Art, and Sciences application fields. The Open Metaplastic framework’s general approach applied to software and hardware modeling design are discussed.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Abstract. Virtual reality systems need new metaphors for their communication. This paper presents... more Abstract. Virtual reality systems need new metaphors for their communication. This paper presents a fuzzy enhanced semantic virtual space model. The application of the model tries to improve its conceptualization and definition of a new virtual world system. The paper explains ...

Aesthetics and Semantic Concepts

The poetics of artistic machine indicated different hypotheses of evolution within the Avantgarde... more The poetics of artistic machine indicated different hypotheses of evolution within the Avantgarde movements' ideas from the beginning of the 20th Century. Therefore, it is necessary to introduce several historical moments of artistic and scientific thoughts that have conducted to actual media developments. This paragraph on Art History would introduce and follow a conceptual path of different notions exploration about artistic machines visions. It is also a search for aspects of artistic machines which had led to the definition of original characteristics of the metaplastic virtual worlds. The Manifest of Futurist Reconstruction of the Universe wrote by Balla and Depero in 1910, emphasized the particular interests of the Futurists' movement which suggested a future fusion of Art and Science. Boccioni, one of the major Futurist's exponents, aimed to represent the Space of Soul and he has tried to decompose the object-painting to explore the Pure Becoming of Perception. He places the spectator at the center of the painting as in his artwork "The Matter" (1912), where the idea

Aesthetics and Semantic Concepts

This chapter defines a new metaplastic discipline through analysis of Digital art history and the... more This chapter defines a new metaplastic discipline through analysis of Digital art history and their relations among artistic and scientific achievements. Virtual Realities found in Art and Science a new modality of definition based on technological codifying with language philosophies that interpret new digital aesthetics. It would be introduced new metaplastic virtual media used in different research areas with examples of applications.

This research explores emotional response to gesture in order to inform future product interactio... more This research explores emotional response to gesture in order to inform future product interaction design. After describing the emergence and likely role of full-body interfaces with devices and systems, the importance of emotional reaction to the necessary movements and gestures is outlined. A gestural vocabulary for the control of a web page is then presented, along with a semantic differential questionnaire for its evaluation. An experiment is described where users undertook a series of web navigation tasks using the gestural vocabulary, then recorded their reaction to the experience. A number of insights were drawn on the context, precision, distinction, repetition and scale of gestures when used to control or activate a product. These insights will be of help in interaction design, and provide a basis for further development of gestural vocabularies.

Multiple Sensorial Media Advances and Applications

Interaction systems with the user need complex and suitable conceptual and multisensorial new med... more Interaction systems with the user need complex and suitable conceptual and multisensorial new media definition. This study analyzes social and conceptual evolutions of digital media and proposes an interactive mixed-space media model which communicates the information contents and enhances the user experience between interactive space of physical objects and online virtual space. Its feedback gives information through user performance among its multisensorial interfaces. The research widens previous research publications, and gives precisely a definition of a fuzzy logic cognitive and emotional perception level to the metaplastic multimedia model. It augments the interaction quality within its conceptual media space through an action-making loop and gives as a result new contents of information within its metaplastic metaspace configurations.

Transactions on Computational Science XVI, 2012

This paper introduces an open and conceptual platform of metaplastic discipline for the realizati... more This paper introduces an open and conceptual platform of metaplastic discipline for the realization of new media and interdisciplinary methodologies of Cyber Arts between reality and virtual realities. It explains the theoretical and artistic background of metaplastic metaspace and virtual worlds evolutions.

Digital Media and Technologies for Virtual Artistic Spaces

2014 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2014

This paper describes the advancements on the Metaplastic Arts and Design research field through i... more This paper describes the advancements on the Metaplastic Arts and Design research field through its own cyber media and interdisciplinary methodologies. It enhances the metaplastic discipline within art and sciences application fields. In the conclusion of this paper some examples of applications are introduced.

His research area is within digital cultures interrelations among art, science, and technology. H... more His research area is within digital cultures interrelations among art, science, and technology. He holds a Phd in industrial design and multimedia communication from Politecnico di Milano University. He has teaching experience in design university and professional courses. He is doing research, academic publishing, and actively participates in numerous international scientific conferences and symposiums. Dr. Mura is also a scientific member of several international conference committees.

2012 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2012

This paper introduces the evolution of the Metaplastic theory and it presents new subjects of the... more This paper introduces the evolution of the Metaplastic theory and it presents new subjects of the Metaplastic discipline. It also explains the Metaplastic Machines for the realization of new media and interdisciplinary methodologies of Cyber Arts with crossing reality and metaphysics.

2011 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2011

2009 International Conference on CyberWorlds, 2009

The actual research is related to the previously published work about a visual abstract art langu... more The actual research is related to the previously published work about a visual abstract art language applied to design of conceptual cyberworlds. This paper enhances and defines the metaplastic languages methodology within a definition of a specific Metaplastic virtual world design ...

2013 International Conference on Cyberworlds, 2013