bc [ heavy ] biermann - phd

technology as mental disruption

2015

https://vimeo.com/27216208

physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time to produce new environments & visualisations

+ evolutionary technology: what is mixed reality?

+ telos: human evolution is determined by our technological creations, which are primarily commercial in nature

+ mixed reality technologiescan disrupt the panopticon of urban systems of surveillance and controlby making them visible (sousveillance)

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drone

train delayrestaurant

atm

+ technology and disruption

movies

communications

gaming

manufacturing

film production | consumption | theory

+ technology as mental disruption using technology to make existing economic, political, religious, and social systems of thought visible and potentially to alter or replace such systems if a more coherent alternative exists

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“breathe” image by ron english

+ mental disruption: AR | AD takeover [ re+public nyc 2011 ]

+ mental disruption: no ad [ nyc 2014 ]

productionadvertising

active consumption anonymous touch event data

+ city as interface: sxsw mural [ austin 2014 ]

+ video - city as interface: sxsw mural [ austin 2014 ]

+ physically narrowing the gap of mediation

brain as chip (bigthink)darpa brain implant

steve mann meta glasses oculus rift

prototype contact lens

+ technology as mental disruption: wearables and “vision”

blade runner star trek

minority report a clockwork orange

I. faithful: portrait II. perversion: icon III. pretense: ikea lifestyle IV. pure: matrix

+ simulation: 4 step process of destabilizing and replacing physical reality with, for the purposes of this discussion, a digital one

+ meaning: is made by difference, in this case b/w physical and digital reality

+ hyperreality: a world dominated by mass media and images + baudrillard: we live in a world where there is more meaning and information and less meaning

"It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you viddy them on the screen”

+ alex: a clockwork orange

+ neuroprosthetics and a metaphysical vertical

+ plugging into cyberspace might eventually be permitted by neuroprosthetics

+ we need to critically consider the impact mixed reality technology can have on human perception of reality, including ourselves

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