Media + Emerging Technology Lab
@metl_uncsa
Founded in 2017 by the School of Filmmaking @UNCSchoolofArts, METL is dedicated to the exploration & production of immersive storytelling content.
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https://www.uncsa.edu/metl/ 03-10-2018 16:29:52
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“In the end you’re the hope. And that’s what we try to create with #VR...As creatives we have to strive excessively hard to create content that can move and change.” - Navid Khonsari, Founder + Creative Director at iNK Stories here at #FoR18
“We need to get from doing weird things by ourselves to doing things together.” - Yair Landau, CEO + Founder of Mass Animation, on getting #VR to the next level. #FoR18
“To creators: Question all these aesthetics of who people are, how we perceive them, & their situations. The best articulation of good intentions is allowing those who haven’t had a chance to tell their stories to tell it them themselves.” - زينه أبي عاصي zeina abi assy of Tribeca Film Institute #FoR18
“We all want to engage our audiences. It’s really the most important thing.” - Optimus Primus of Virtual Reality Co. at #FoR18
“Big IP won’t compensate for a bad experience.” - Kevin Vitale of VRstudios™ at #FoR18
“We’re not just building a better and more efficient brick and mortar store, we’re trying to give our customers agency over their own lives and homes.” - @JoshShabtai of Lowe's Innovation Labs at #FoR18
"Don't think about it as a screen, think about it as a window." UNC Computer Science's legendary Fred Brooks on designing for VR.
Henry Fuchs and Fred Brooks at the Media + Emerging Technology Lab Future of Reality Summit, in a fireside chat with Kent Bye (Voices of VR).
Mathmusician and education futurist @vihartvihart's intersectional feminism minute Media + Emerging Technology Lab. Consider exploitation of creators who can't afford not to be paid.
“You need functionality when working in VR, but you also need ways to bring people together.” - Yelena Rachitsky 🌟 of Oculus 👉 Meta Quest at #FoR18
EPIC day! Today I gave the opening keynote, closing talk, & moderated 6 panels by synthesizing 17 talks at the inaugural Media + Emerging Technology Lab Future of Reality Summit. The history of VR fireside chat w/ Henry Fuchs & Fred Brooks was definitely a highlight. Such a vital part of VR history!
We can't wait to share our VR experience with at the IdeasCityWS on Oct. 2nd from 11am-4pm! If you swing by, you might get to meet one of our VR Residency Artists. Excited to present this in collaboration with UNCSA Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise Wake Forest University #uncsa #BaileyPark