A multidisciplinary collective dedicated to solving the core challenges of impact and evaluation in Social XR. Our mission is to produce inspirational case studies, educational toolkits, academic literature and practical frameworks...
[embed]https://youtu.be/y9JflH64cMM[/embed] LAYERS OF PLACE: MIT Symposium. A dialogue with the MIT Open Documentary Lab AR and Public Space Artist Collective April 8, 2025 The MIT Open Documentary Lab’s AR and Public Space Artist...
[embed]https://youtu.be/WNKzLNXYiic[/embed] LAYERS OF PLACE: MIT Symposium. Augmented Reality as Art, Voice and Resistance April 7, 2025 In conjunction with the MIT Open Documentary Lab’s AR and Public Space Artist Collective’s exhibition, Layers of...
Ceasar McDowell is a Professor of the Practice of Civic Design at MIT. Ceasar teaches on civic and community engagement and the use of social technology to enhance both. His current...
Scarlett Kim is a director and producer innovating the intersection of live performance and immersive technology. A polymath, Scarlett creates participatory experiences that expand liveness, drawing from theatre, XR, game...
Dr Julia Scott-Stevenson is lead researcher on MIT Open Documentary Lab’s R&D partnership with IDFA DocLab, and a steward of the ODL-led Independent XR Distribution Coalition. She authored the 2024...
We are honored to be a Mentor Partner with the Processing Foundation for the 2025 Processing Foundation Fellowship Program: Data Storytelling. The program invites individuals and collectives working across creative...
In 2024, we partnered with The Royal Shakespeare Company for the RSC IF (Interdisciplinary Fellowship), an annual, year-long fellowship centred on historically underrepresented voices for artists, researchers and cultural workers...
In 2024, we partnered with Onassis ONX on a fellowship. Initiated as an exchange, one artist from the Onassis ONX community and one from the MIT Open Doclab community will...
In 2025, we partnered with Agog: The Immersive Media Institute on one of our Collaborative Case Studies: Libraries as hubs for XR distribution, exhibition and creation. As longstanding centers for...