Past projects

The student project page showcase the projects and theses developed within the courses involving the VARLAB: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce (Fashion Studies Master's Program) and Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata (Computer Science Master's Program).

ACADEMIC YEAR 2022/2023

Wonderland

Realized by: Maryam Arjmandi

Description: Inspired by Alice in Wonderland, this project is a virtual fashion experience investigating the impact of technology on fashion presentation. By leveraging immersive technologies, this study reveals the boundless potential of VR as a medium for fashion presentations and brand communication.

Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2022/23

Exam: Dissertation Project

GreenWaysAR

Realized by: Davide Talevi

Description: GreenWaysAR is an iOS app that uses augmented reality to transform how people explore natural areas. It provides an immersive experience by leading visitors through park trails and emphasizing areas of interest with interactive elements and an easy-to-use interface.

Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna,  A.A. 2022/23 
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Aumentata

Paco Rabanne Virtual Exhibition

Realized by: Thi Van Anh Cong

Description: This Unity project aims to construct a futuristic Paco Rabanne exhibition. The project seeks to immerse visitors in the essence of the brand's heritage, focusing on metallic materials, the allure of the seventh art, and a futuristic ideology.

Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2022/23

Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce

Teaching with Augmented Reality

Realized by: Luca Asunis, Andrea Cirina

Description: This project aims to create a platform that enhances teaching using AR technology across multiple devices. By enabling instructors to manipulate 3D models using Hololens, and allowing students to visualize these models through their own AR devices, the platform aims to simplify learning and make lessons more engaging and accessible.

Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna,  A.A. 2022/23

Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Aumentata

Demo

 

ProvokArt

Realized by: Manuele Veggi

Description: A virtual reality experience developed for Oculus HMD, inspired by the #MakartNow initiative from the Hamburger Kunsthalle. It aims to augment the interpretation of 19th-century paintings by incorporating provocative questions alongside traditional labels.

Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna,  A.A. 2022/23

Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Aumentata

GitHub

ACADEMIC YEAR 2021/2022

The antique museum

Realized by: Mina Etesam
Description: This project is about creating an antique museum with two rooms. The first room is a common area where you can sit and relax while accessing many traditional books. The second room is the antique gallery where you can find various interesting things to explore. 
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2021/22
Exam: Advanced Information and Communication Technologies for Fashion Lab
Github

Thierry Mugler virtual exhibition 

Realized by: Meizi Yu and Ting Su
Description: This project is dedicated to the legendary fashion designer Manfred Thierry Mugler who left us earlier this year like a shooting star, in all his glory. Thierry Mugler was more than a fashion designer and his vision of fashion was more than simple clothes. He was an accomplished artist, photographer, and iconoclast and this virtual exhibition is dedicated to him. 
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2021/22
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Github

The Fall/Winter 2022 Collection by Ralph Lauren

Realized by: Afshan Khan
Description: My project showcases the new collection for fall/winter 2022 by Ralph Lauren. The entrance depicts the journey of Ralph Lauren beginning in 1967 along with a brief introduction about him. I designed the inspiration board based on the collection that was showcased in march 2022.  
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2021/22
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
GitHub

Urban Glamour in Gucci style

Realized by: Chiara Melchiori and Elizaveta Uvarova 
Description: Creation of a virtual fashion showroom in the heart of a metropolitan city(LAinspiration), aimed to reproduce a relaxing and cozy spot in which you can enterenjoying internal and external spaces and trying all the items proposed. The aim of the project is to give the user the feeling to get lost in the streets of a big city among skyscrapersand finding in front of a little glamorous spot surrounded by nature experiencing amoment as part of the most exclusive Gucci clientele.
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2021/22
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download

Rethinking Augmented Wine Recognition

Realized by: Alessandro Giacchè
Description: All’interno del progetto si è realizzata l’interfaccia in realtà aumentata per un servizio di riconoscimento automatico delle etichette del vino sviluppato all’interno del VARLAB.
Degree Course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna,  A.A. 2021/22 
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Aumentata
Demo
Published in: Stacchio L., Angeli A., Donatiello L., Giacchè A., Marfia G.: Rethinking Augmented Wine Recognition. In Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), to appear.
Usable on: Android platform

The Trussardi exhibition space

Realized by: Maryam Arjomandi and Elena Glukhova 
Description: The objective of this project was to design a building as an exhibition space for Trussardi, composed by three interactive spaces: the reception, the accessories session and the clothes and shoes session. 
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2021/22
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
GitHub

ACADEMIC YEAR 2019/2020

CeVRicale

Realized by: Arnaldo Cesco and Francesco Ballardin
Description: A VR gamification experience applied to the cervical physical therapy and rehabilitation (Demo version)
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform
Language: Italian 
Published in: Cesco, A., Ballardin, F., & Marfia, G. (2021, March). CeVRicale: A VR app for Cervical Rehabilitation. In 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW) (pp. 641-642). IEEE.

Laying the path to consumer-level immersive simulation environments

Authors: Lorenzo Donatiello, Lorenzo Gasparini, Gustavo Marfia
Description: The project aims at characterizing the simulation tools which could benefit from immersive interfaces, along with a general framework and a preliminary implementation which may be put to good use to support their transition from uniquely 2D to blended 2D/3D environments.
Publication: Donatiello, L., Gasparini, L., & Marfia, G. (2020, September). Laying the path to consumer-level immersive simulation environments. In 2020 IEEE/ACM 24th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT)(pp. 1-4). IEEE.
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna A.A. 2019/2020
Type of project: Final thesis
Download: Paper with code

The Oval Office of Fashion

Realized by: Deniz Bastunali
Description: Anna Wintour's  "The VR interactive office of the most influent people in the fashion industry"
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce, A.A. 2019/20
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

The Instagram VR Store

Realized by: Natalia Soldati and Margherita Nicolò
Description: "...an immersive digital experience to implement the Instagram Edit Store..."
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

ValfioRita

Realized by: Viviana Raffa and Eric Siebenrock
Description: ValfioRita is a VR application that aims to disclose the history of the Valfiorita wreck and to offer users the opportunity to visit the ship through an underwater dive; attention was also paid to the issue of pollution of marine ecosystems. The user can also test his knowlwdges through quizzes related to same scene objects.
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform
Language: Italian

Zalando Privè

Realized by: Eleonora Cortesi and Linda Galota
Description: "...one of the most famous shopping club in Europe..."
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

Net - A - Porter

Realized by: Daria Demyanova and Paola Pizzichini
Description:  "NAT" a luxury fashion retail platform
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

AR Menù

Realized by: Salvatore Visaggi
Description: The application gives to a restaurant's customers the opportunity to see the dishes in Augmented Reality before placing the order. Also, the application shows in AR useful information about plates, like ingredients and nutritional informations.
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata
Download: Link to the application
Testing the application: Image marker
Usable on: Android platform - from API Level 24     
Language: Italian

VIP Shopping Experience

Realized by: Praskovia Kokoreva and Olga Kozlova 
Description: "...we are going to provide an opportunity of unique experience in vip-lounge of the most expensive departement shop in Russia - "Tsum"..."
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

New York Prada Epicenter

Realized by: Giulia Quaranta and Sara Di Nardo
Description: "...a perfect chash betwen the idea of a commercial store and of an exibition room..."
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

In Goude We Trust

Realized by: Nunzia Borracino and Ilaria Vinci
Description: Exploring The Jean Paul Goude exhibition by Chanel
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform

"Il Cenacolo"

Realized by: Mattia Spadoni
Description: "Il Cenacolo"- Leonardo Da Vinci,  Virtual Tour
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Informatica - Campus di Bologna, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Laboratorio di Realtà Virtuale e Realtà Aumentata
Download: Link to the application
Usable on: Android platform
Language: Italian

Margiela The Hermès Years

Realized by: Cecilia Moretti and Filippo Ricci
Description: A minimalist duotone space by the use of Margiela's white and the iconic orange Hermès leave the scene to the creations
Degree course: Laurea Magistrale in Fashion studies, campus di Rimini, A.A. 2019/20
Exam: Data Science & Immersive Technologies for Fashion E-Commerce
Usable on: Android platform