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Main Authors: Komianos, Vasileios, Rovithis, Emmanuel, Tsipis, Athanasios
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16360
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author Komianos, Vasileios
Rovithis, Emmanuel
Tsipis, Athanasios
author_facet Komianos, Vasileios
Rovithis, Emmanuel
Tsipis, Athanasios
contents This paper presents an analysis of five years (2021 - 2025) of conference discourse across six digital art conferences, aiming to trace thematic shifts associated with the rapid development of emerging technologies, namely artificial intelligence (AI), immersive technologies (including XR and the metaverse), and blockchain technologies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The results indicate a marked increase in AI-related contributions, while immersive technologies maintain a relatively stable share of the discourse, and blockchain- and NFT-based works remain marginal. Overall, whereas immersive technologies and blockchain-related topics exhibit relative stability, AI shows a significant rise after 2022, emerging as a dominant theme within digital art conference discourse.
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spellingShingle Mapping Recent Shifts in Digital Art via Conference Discourse: AI, XR, the Metaverse, and Blockchain/NFTs (2021-2025)
Komianos, Vasileios
Rovithis, Emmanuel
Tsipis, Athanasios
Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
I.2; J.5
This paper presents an analysis of five years (2021 - 2025) of conference discourse across six digital art conferences, aiming to trace thematic shifts associated with the rapid development of emerging technologies, namely artificial intelligence (AI), immersive technologies (including XR and the metaverse), and blockchain technologies and non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The results indicate a marked increase in AI-related contributions, while immersive technologies maintain a relatively stable share of the discourse, and blockchain- and NFT-based works remain marginal. Overall, whereas immersive technologies and blockchain-related topics exhibit relative stability, AI shows a significant rise after 2022, emerging as a dominant theme within digital art conference discourse.
title Mapping Recent Shifts in Digital Art via Conference Discourse: AI, XR, the Metaverse, and Blockchain/NFTs (2021-2025)
topic Computers and Society
Artificial Intelligence
I.2; J.5
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.16360