{"id":524,"date":"2015-06-19T20:51:20","date_gmt":"2015-06-19T19:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524"},"modified":"2016-02-28T20:26:28","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T19:26:28","slug":"nesta-hot-topics-futurefest-london-tech-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524","title":{"rendered":"NESTA Hot Topics &#8211; Futurefest &#8211; London Tech Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wpid-11393510_1033178896716376_9174366821022781200_o.jpg\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"11393510_1033178896716376_9174366821022781200_o.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/wpid-11393510_1033178896716376_9174366821022781200_o.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and back in London, finally, I spoke at the NESTA\/Futurefest event <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nesta.org.uk\/event\/ready-player-two-bringing-virtual-reality-dreams-life\">Ready Player Two<\/a>. It was about the future of Virtual Reality, but I tended more towards the past, talking about Ancient Egyptian belief systems that simulated an AI-like surveillance system and, to the mild consternation of the audience, what Immanuel Kant has to say about VR.<\/p>\n<p>The panel consisted of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pesska\">Jess Bland<\/a> moderating, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/brainanalyser\">Luciana Haill<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/AboutThisLater\">Rob Morgan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zillahwatson\">Zillah Watson<\/a> &#8211; a really adventurous combination of journalistic, artistic, and gaming narrative competence. More panels should be this varied.<\/p>\n<p>NESTA did a great job on this one, though the attendees made the day: when the audience realized that the event wasn&#8217;t being livestreamed, they simply self-organized themselves into a team using Periscope to stream it themselves! A <a href=\"https:\/\/storify.com\/nesta_uk\/ready-player-two?utm_source=embed&amp;utm_medium=publisher&amp;utm_campaign=embed-header\">Storify is here<\/a>, and photos are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nesta.uk?fref=ts&amp;__nodl\">NESTA&#8217;s FB page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-524\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-524\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-524\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;and back in London, finally, I spoke at the NESTA\/Futurefest event Ready Player Two. It was about the future of Virtual Reality, but I tended more towards the past, talking about Ancient Egyptian belief systems that simulated an AI-like surveillance system and, to the mild consternation of the audience, what Immanuel Kant has to say [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>Share<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-524\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-524\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-tumblr sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=tumblr\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Tumblr\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-pinterest-524\" class=\"share-pinterest sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Pinterest\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>NESTA Hot Topics - Futurefest - London Tech Week - Dan O&#039;Hara<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/danohara.co.uk\/?p=524\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NESTA Hot Topics - Futurefest - London Tech Week - Dan O&#039;Hara\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8230;and back in London, finally, I spoke at the NESTA\/Futurefest event Ready Player Two. 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