BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies - ECPv5.16.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://cms.mit.edu
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for MIT Graduate Program in Comparative Media Studies
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20210314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20211107T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210510T160000
DTSTAMP:20260422T174911
CREATED:20210319T133107Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210422T163547Z
UID:37268-1620662400-1620662400@cms.mit.edu
SUMMARY:‘Healing’ Anime in a Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/healing-anime-in-a-pandemic/
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cms.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/A-Whisker-Away-poster.jpg
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T183000
DTSTAMP:20260422T174911
CREATED:20210512T152015Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210519T171448Z
UID:37371-1621530000-1621535400@cms.mit.edu
SUMMARY:Sandra Rodriguez\, “Creating and Interacting with Virtual Entities: Combining VR and AI to Reflect on Human Experiences”
DESCRIPTION:Drawing from recent creative experiences Chomsky vs Chomsky (Sundance 2021) and Future Rites (Creative XR\, UK-Can Immersive Exchange\, Philharmonia\, IDFA DocLab Forum)\, Director Sandra Rodriguez (Canada) explores how artificial intelligence (AI) and human creativity meet at a crucial junction\, to create compelling virtual worlds and characters that invite interaction\, discovery and play. Between technology and carefully crafted storytelling\, it is the human imagination that remains at the core of any immersion. \n\n\n\n\nSandra Rodriguez\, Ph.D.\, is a creative director (interactive\, VR\, XR\, AI)\, producer and a sociologist of new media technology. For the last four years\, she was founder and head of the Creative Reality Lab at EyeSteelFilm (Emmy-award company based in Montreal)\, where she explored futures of non-fiction storytelling in VR/AR/AI. Her work as creative director and producer (DoNotTrack\, DeprogrammedVR\, Big Picture\, ManicVR\, Chomsky vs. Chomsky: First Encounter) have garnered multiple awards\, including a Peabody (DoNotTrack\, 2016)\, best immersive experience (IDFA DocLab 2016; Leipzig DokNeuland 2018\, Numix 2018)\, best storytelling (UNVR and World Economic Forum tour 2018)\, and the first Golden Nica award given to a VR project at Ars Electronica (2019). \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer most recent works span from immersive dance performance\, multi-user XR theater and large scale installation\, but always explore the sparks that fly at the crossroads of AI\, VR\, and human creativity. Rodriguez is also a lecturer at the MIT CMS/W since 2017\, where she leads the course HackingXR\, MIT’s first course on VR and immersive media production. Her experience combines immersive know-how\, award-winning productions and human-centered design.
URL:https://cms.mit.edu/event/sandra-rodriguez-combining-vr-and-ai-human-experiences/
CATEGORIES:Colloquium
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://cms.mit.edu/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Sandra-Rodriguez.jpg
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR