SXSW 2023
Dance in the Metaverse: Tools for Accessibility
Description:
As the metaverse becomes the proposed next frontier for embodied connection, play, and performance, its current design, representation of bodies, and technological modes of interaction remain inaccessible to many. This panel will critically discuss the barriers to access and will give insight into practical design processes which centre disability. Focusing on dance performance, the panel brings together developers, performers and researchers to discuss sustainable and inclusive design practice; i.e. streaming tools for remote participation, and machine learning for adaptive modes of embodiment in virtual spaces. To fulfil the true potential of the cultural metaverse we must start to think about challenging its normative assumptions to reach for a concept of ‘collective affinity’.
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Takeaways
- Understanding what an ethical, disability-focused design is, how it can become mainstream, and how it improves the design of immersive experiences
- 2. Introduce real examples of disability-lead design in XR, using ML & other tools, that reject the idea of the normative body & celebrate difference.
- 3. Show how streaming tools for remote dance practice can make performance more accessible, reduce carbon footprints, and maintain artistic impact.
Speakers
- Daniel Strutt, Lecturer, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Clarice Hilton, PhD Candidate/ Research Assistant/ Creative Technologist, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Kat Hawkins, PhD Student, Coventry University
- Ashley Noel-Hirst, Research Assistant, Goldsmiths University of London
Organizer
Daniel Strutt, Lecturer, Goldsmiths University of London
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