I am excited to share that I will be speaking at the 2nd Symposium on Virtual Worlds Research on the 30th of May, 2024. I will talk about my work on "Digital Empathy: (re)Discovering Human Connections Amongst Our Digital Twins." Bringing my background in theatre performance and simulations research, I talk about how we can evolve the suspension of disbelief in these virtual spaces to more deeply engage our audiences.
Excited to share a sneak peek into some of the collaborative work I am doing with MODE Studios and our partnership to bring greater trust and empathy with synthetic beings.
#virtualworlds#digitalconnections#empathy#simulationsresearch#theatreperformance#suspensionofdisbelief
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I enjoy working with the genuinely audacious & discerning. On a mission to usher in the revival of the Humanities, asking for more soulful ways of creative flourishing.
Was wonderful to see the impact of having arts and sciences come together on the subject of warnings and disaster reduction and having been able to contribute to this work. If we are to improve warnings we need to improve how we communicate, how we co-produce and co-create, and we need to join arts and sciences to do that! This is essential to help us better connect with people receiving, using and developing the warnings and across them. We need to go beyond merely advancing surveillance and detection. #artsandsciences#coproduction#cocreation#earlywarnings#EWS#disasteriskreduction
Coming up quick: my keynote presentation w/ Joel Krieger, VP Product Design at Magic Leap for the NYCxDESIGN festival on Monday, May 20th.
We promise: intellectual dialogue, lots of visuals, and a healthy dose of creative banter. And if that's not enough, you'll be able to demo the ML product yourself - b/c seeing is believing.
Some questions on the table:
👁 How might the world of augmented vision exponentially advance our sensorial abilities and change the way we see... everything?
📐 Looking further over the horizon, how might AR/VR/MR revolutionize the design and build process?
🌳 How can this technology advance sustainability impacts by digitizing elements of the design process that were once firmly rooted in the physical?
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This article highlights the power of Theatre to enable experiential insights into problems or challenges and discover intuitive solutions.
UCL Ear Institute together with London Symphony Orchestra, Design Bridge and Partners & XK studio create a symphony of science and art.
In a harmonious blend of music, neuroscience, and design, Prof Maria Chait recently collaborated in this project for LSO. Using electroencephalograms (EEGs), Maria delved into the minds of participants while they listened to the orchestra perform.
🧠EEG unveiled: An EEG is a non-invasive test that records the brain’s electrical signals using small electrodes placed on the scalp. These signals reveal the brain’s dynamic activity, whether we’re awake, asleep, or lost in thought.
✨Visual magic: From the brain data emerged a visual representation, which now forms the identity of LSO's new season’s brochure.
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This year, the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO) entered another exciting chapter with Sir Antonio Pappano as the new Chief Conductor. To mark the occasion, we developed an approach to capture the emotional power of their performances.
The hero film opens with abstract textures and pathways beginning to take shape, building up to a crescendo moment when we reveal a cerebral form that resolves into a planet. The animation sequence is driven by the brain activity of an audience member as they listen to Holst’s Planets, Jupiter, performed by the LSO.
Produced in collaboration with UCL Ear Institute, who captured the brain activity data. And, XK studio, who brought the data to life in our new season’s film.
#LSO#BrandStrategy#BrandIdentity#WPP
🔥DAY 3 - INNOVATION & COMPLIANCE THEATRE - 13:50PM🔥
Join Steven for an examination into the impact of the stack effect and explore the areas of specific importance. He will also discuss the requirements of the applicable standards and implications on system design.
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🛜Dive into the world of Gen Z cinema with an in-depth analysis of "Bodies Bodies Bodies" and its satirical take on modern youth. 🍿📽️
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Sounds like a great topic, will it be streamed online or recorded? I might have a tough time getting to the presentation.