Digital insights, virtual experience and robotic affection: a one day workshop on interdisciplinary, technology-based research design and creative arts practice using wearable EEG technology, eye-tracking, VR and robots

Date: Wednesday 19th April, 10:00am to 4:00pm

Location: Performance Studio WB126, Ground Floor, Watson Building, Falmer Campus

This is a free workshop open to all but to reserve your place please book a ticket here.

In this CDCI workshop we will explore the use of wearable, virtual reality, telepresence and robotic technologies in research and arts practice. In the first half of the day, we begin with a keynote from forensic psychologist Dr Gemma Graham following which you will have the chance to interact with different wearable and VR technologies in Falmer campus’ Performance Studio WB126, including: eye-tracking, virtual reality, electroencephalogram (EEG) technologies which measure brain activity, as well as therapeutic robots (Robocats). Gemma will lead us through some hands-on demonstrations where you will have the opportunity to ‘play’ with the technologies above.

The second half of the workshop will begin with a keynote from cyberpsychologist Dr David Harley who will speak about immersion and manipulation of unconscious bias in the Metaverse (in which VR technologies will increasingly ‘spacialise’ remote, internet-based interactions). Following this CDCI researchers and artists will share their use cases, innovation, creative practice and research designs including various applications of machine learning in these contexts.

You do not have to be a CDCI member to attend this workshop and you do not require any prior experience of digital technologies or digital research! In fact, we very much encourage people who have no experience at all to come along for an introductory experience. Fundamentally, we hope this workshop will be an opportunity to connect with each other and think creatively about research design and arts practice.