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Volume: 37 | Article ID: ERVR-161
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Look Around You! Situating Extended Reality within the Urban Fabric
  DOI :  10.2352/EI.2025.37.13.ERVR-161  Published OnlineFebruary 2025
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The future of Extended Reality (XR) technologies is revolutionising our interactions with digital content, transforming how we perceive reality, and enhancing our problem-solving capabilities. However, many XR applications remain technology-driven, often disregarding the broader context of their use and failing to address fundamental human needs. In this paper, we present a teaching-led design project that asks postgraduate design students to explore the future of XR through low-fidelity, screen-free prototypes with a focus on observed human needs derived from six specific locations in central London, UK. By looking at the city and built environment as lenses for exploring everyday scenarios, the project encourages design provocations rooted in real-world challenges. Through this exploration, we aim to inspire new perspectives on the future states of XR, advocating for human-centred, inclusive, and accessible solutions. By bridging the gap between technological innovation and lived experience, this project outlines a pathway toward XR technologies that prioritise societal benefit and address real human needs.

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Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Campbell Orme, "Look Around You! Situating Extended Reality within the Urban Fabricin Electronic Imaging,  2025,  pp 161-1 - 161-9,  https://doi.org/10.2352/EI.2025.37.13.ERVR-161

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