Carles Sora

Doctor in Social Communication from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), he is a specialist in digital media and interactive design.

Carles Sora holds a PhD in Social Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. His doctoral thesis was on digital temporalities in interactive audiovisuals. He is a member of the DigiDoc research group and Adjunt Professor in Audiovisual Communication at UPF, and Design at BAU/VIC. He has founded a design studio for interactive experiences in museums and a postgraduate programme in digital theatre. His research interests are digital time, interactive documentaries, digital museums and digital art.

Storytelling

Björk Digital: a Technological Opera

Carles Sora

Björk’s immersive experience marks a turning point in terms of experiencing music thanks to virtual reality.

Storytelling

The Lumières of VR: Opportunities and Risks of Immersive Video

Carles Sora

Virtual reality appears to offer extraordinary possibilities, but only time will tell whether we are seeing the birth of a new language or a false promise.

Technology

Rethinking Time in the Digital Age

Carles Sora

Our experience of time is increasingly mediated by digital devices of all kinds and our everyday timescapes appear to be accelerating exponentially.

Culture

Back to the (Virtual) Future: Immersion and Digital Materiality in Museums

Carles Sora

What could be the role of virtual reality experiences within heritage institutions and museums?

Storytelling

Border Connections in Electronic Literature

Carles Sora

Literature and computer science would seem to be remote, but they convergence have radically changed the way we read and write stories.

Storytelling

Webdocs for Social Change

Carles Sora

The new interactive documentary narratives set up situations involving citizen collaboration and participation, and can become strategies for social empowerment.