Emerging Technologies, Chris “Topher” Maraffi

Dean Horswell engages in conversation with Assistant Professor of Multimedia Production, Chris "Topher" Maraffi, whose research intersects art and science by leveraging the latest digital tools to create the popular arts of our times. Professor Maraffi reveals how the emerging technologies of augmented reality are changing the way we interface with our environments and describes projects as varied as the virtual reenactment of historical sites like 19th century freedmen towns to simulations contributing to the development of self-driving automobiles.