Digital Culture & AudioVisual Challenges

Georgios Milis is a graduate audio technology engineer and a master graduate in audiovisual arts at the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University. He has completed two short postgraduate programs in the development of entertainment applications, focusing on the scientific fields of mixed reality application systems. His research interests include the development of serious games and gamified applications using virtual, augmented, and mixed reality environments. Additionally, he explores the field of video games and the potential of interactive installations, with an emphasis on representing cultural heritage through immersive applications. His work also investigates methods of communication and content personalization across various domains such as culture, audiovisual arts, entertainment, and education.

Vasileios Komianos is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Audio & Visual Arts, Ionian University. He received his B.Sc. in Informatics and Telecommunications from the Department of Technology of Informatics and  Telecommunications, Technological Educational Institute of Epirus, Greece. In 2013, he received his M.Sc. in Informatics, in the subject area of information systems, from the Department of  Informatics, Ionian University, Greece, and in 2017 his PhD in Digital Cultural Heritage and Mixed Reality from the same Department. His current research interests include immersive applications (virtual/augmented/mixed reality) on arts and cultural heritage, smart tourism applications, and assistive technologies in the smart cities context.