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Boys shrug off pain, girls ‘catastrophize’: York U study

Teenage boys who experience “persistent” pain aren’t all that fazed by it – at least not compared to girls – a York University study finds.  The study, conducted at the Ontario Science Centre, looked at more than 1,000 children and adolescents from ages eight to 18. While boys and girls reported the same frequency of persistent […]

PhD student, artist and researcher explores augmented reality’s wonderment and play

A few months ago, I was introduced to Helen Papagiannis, an artist, designer and researcher working with the emerging technology Augmented Reality (AR), wrote Rob Rothfarb in Museum Virtual Worlds Jan. 10 in a published interview with the student in the York/Ryerson Joint Graduate Program in Communication & Culture: Papagiannis: “I began experimenting with AR […]

VIDEO: PhD student Helen Papagiannis’ TedxYorku talk on wonder and creative process

Helen Papagiannis, a PhD student in the Faculty of Fine Arts’ Department of Film, participated in York’s inaugural TedxYorku event earlier this month. Her talk on how wonder guides the creative process is the now available on youtube: Papagiannis is an artist, designer and researcher specializing in augmented reality (AR). Hailed as being among the […]

York PhD student showcases “The Amazing Cinemagician” at the Ontario Science Centre

Experience cutting-edge technological wizardry that blurs the line between art, design and science in The Amazing Cinemagician: New Media Meets Victorian Magic, opening May 28 at the Ontario Science Centre’s Idea Gallery. The exhibition features two interactive installations by new media artist and York University PhD student Helen Papagiannis that use augmented reality (AR) technology, […]