Tag Archives: AR

toying with the singularity

My chapter on the design of playful AI and robotics – and the relationships between the material, the technical and the imaginary – is in The Internet of Toys: practices, affordances and the political economy of children’s smart play, edited by Giovanna Mascheroni and Donell Holloway (Palgrave 2019). Titled ‘Toying with the singularity: AI, automata and […]

the city is already a playground

The city is already a playground. Creative projects to turn urban spaces into playful installations or events are often predicated on the implicit assumption that the city is not already playful. That urban centres are cold, alienated places just waiting for artists, architects, designers and cultural producers to bring their creativity and imagination to bring […]

toying with the singularity

I’ve added a draft of ‘Toying with the singularity’ to the Publications page – a chapter for The Internet of Toys: practices, affordances and the political economy of children’s smart play, edited by Giovanna Mascheroni and Donell Holloway, out now with Palgrave. Below is from an early version of the introduction: Eight Year 5 children sit around […]

smARtmurals

A project I have been involved in – smARtmurals for Southampton City Art Gallery – opened on Thursday 22nd February in the Spark Building at Southampton Solent University, with AR-activated posters also installed around the Cultural Quarter. Testing ideas for attracting new audiences to the Gallery’s modern art collection, and led by Dr Alex Reynolds, the painting Deer Dog by Dan […]

After VR: the archaeology and potential of immersive media

A symposium I convened under the auspices of the newly minted Transforming Creativity Research Group and AMT at Winchester School of Art. My introductory thoughts… After VR: the archaeology and potential of immersive media After VR After After VR Taking the recent revival in commercial, popular, and academic interest in virtual reality and augmented reality technologies and […]