According to the digital interaction designer Janet Murray, we need new forms of media that emphasise interaction, agency and multiple perspectives over linear storytelling in order to make sense of the world we live in and understand each other better.
We need interactive media not for more thrills but to grasp our world better
25 November 2015
videoNeuroscience
How perception leaves the door open for augmented reality to transform our world
4 minutes
videoFilm and visual culture
Why is our digital world so difficult to depict on our digital screens?
5 minutes
videoCognition and intelligence
Can you season seafood with ocean sounds? One of the many ways senses interact
5 minutes
videoEthics
Welcome to a world of existential threats, philosophers and clever robots
11 minutes
videoArt
Digital art can help us see and judge the internet before it consumes everything
6 minutes
videoCognition and intelligence
How do you get a robot to seem more like a human? You make it a liar robot
4 minutes
videoTechnology and the self
A haunting scene from ‘Minority Report’ inspires a voyage into time and memory
7 minutes
videoThinkers and theories
Is simulation theory a way to shirk responsibility for the world we’ve created?
13 minutes
videoFuture of technology
Artificial ‘creativity’ is unstoppable. Grappling with its ethics is up to us
23 minutes