Eva Pascoe came and gave us some insights particularly into recent uses of Virtual and Augmented Realities in retail.

Discussions afterwards included:

• Do we need physical body to commune with others?
• AR/VR very different
• How immersive does the reality have to be to be virtual?
• How will we avoid aggravating the Digital Divide?  (ie that those who do not have the technology access to the technology become left behind. VR on NHS?
• (Virtually) When tomorrow is as immersive as today, how will we know what is real?
• Getting Lost
• Learning to see our hands in VR.  VR adapting to us.  Embodiment & VR
• How do you know you are not in VR now?!
• Will we be able to interact with other real things in the virtual way? If so what does that mean for our future?
• The visual/sound bias – not immersion for physical beings until touch, smell, taste?

At all of these sessions, we’ve ended in a circle asking people to record their reflections.  Listening to this should give you a better feel of what it was like in the room.

If you were there and have written about the experience, do let me know.