NN/NP Blast Theory & Mixed Reality

[pynchonoid]

Even "experimental" art serves business...

[...] Well, we all know about experimental theatre and
some of us run screaming at the thought. But where
Blast Theory - the name comes from the Wyndham Lewis
magazine - differs from other groups of performers of
a similar bent is a six-year collaboration with the
Mixed Reality Laboratory (MRL) at the University of
Nottingham under the direction of professor Steve
Benford.

The laboratory provides the technical and theoretical
underpinning for their fascination with computer and
communications technology, and its ability to create
"virtual" situations that blur distinctions between
the real and the imaginary.

Now verbal and visual ambiguity is very much the stuff
of artistic endeavour. But with the development of
three- dimensional imaging and "intelligent" and
ubiquitous computing devices, a number of scientific
laboratories worldwide, including the MRL, are
attempting to understand how humans will interact with
all this smart machinery. The overt purpose is to
develop better business tools: videoconferencing which
creates a genuine feeling of togetherness or displays
which allow several geographically separated
individuals to share a common workspace, for example.
[...] 

Theatre: The art of blurring science's boundaries
By Alan Cane
Published: August 4 2003 18:52 

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