The Möbius partners joined discussions on audio opportunities for digital and immersive reading

The Möbius project attended the ACM IMX 2023 event in Nantes (France) to present readers’ evaluation of and requirements for (3D)-audio as a tool to support immersion in digital reading practices in June 2023.

The partners Iris Jennes, Researcher at IMEC, and Elias Blanckaert, Junior Researcher at IMEC, joined the ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences to discuss about how immersion in digital reading experiences using (3D-)audio can be improved.

Jennes and Blanckaert presented the user requirements that resulted from the first Möbius Pilot phase, and had a lively discussion on audio production, audio opportunities for digital reading, and immersion measuring.

About Möbius, renewing the book experience

Möbius is an initiative funded under the European Commission Horizon 2020 programme that aims to modernise the European book publishing sector by remodelling the traditional value chains and business models uncovering the prosumers potential and delivering new enriched media experiences. 

About ACM IMX 2023, imaginary in motion

The ACM International Conference on Interactive Media Experiences (IMX) is the leading international conference for presentation and discussion of research into interactive media experiences. It brings together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines, from human-computer interaction, multimedia engineering and design, to media studies, media psychology and sociology.

Celebrated in Nantes (France) from the 12th to the 15th of June 2023.