Research Questions

RQ1. Is it possible to systematically map the primitives of one kind of human trajectory (e.g., a dance move) to those of another kind of trajectory (e.g., a vocal utterance)? If such maps are found to exist, their iteration may lead to fixed points, or invariants working as anchors between the domains, thus making an embodied approach to multisensory design consistent in terms of perception-action ensembles.
RQ2. Can the models of trajectories be made consistent with perceptual continuity and streaming effects in presence of multiple, concurrent, and intersecting trajectories? Can multisensory rendering help solving perceptual ambiguities and disentangle crossing trajectories? Can alternative sensory renditions help filling the holes of sparsely sampled or noisy trajectories? These are situations often encountered by persons with sensory and motor deficits.
RQ3. Can the evolution of the origin of movement, or anticipatory postural adjustments, be automatically detected and used to project artificially the fully-developed trajectories across different modalities? How can the predicted trajectories and their uncertainty be rendered with multisensory displays?
RQ4. Can the multisensory and multiscale rendering of trajectories give measurable advantages in sports training, rehabilitation, and navigation help for sensory-impaired persons? How is the expressive spectrum of the performing arts being affected by trajectory projection through multisensory displays?