Data & Life in the Metaverse

The unknown potentials of the metaverse are both exciting and terrifying. Technologists and the media have been exploring the implications of a potential shift to user-centered 3D experiences, which could eclipse our familiar two-dimensional ways of interfacing with our screens. Here, urgent questions emerge about who owns the data of our virtual bodies, our movements and online traces, and our virtual “homes.” At the same time, new modes of expression through online characters, animations, digital art, simulations, and machine learning promise to reveal new modes of cultural production and ways of living together. The program will include a panel presentation followed by a variety of breakout sessions to discuss specific aspects of media production, critical analysis and data stewardship

See event link for Keynote Panel members and breakout session topics.

Note that the breakout sessions take place at a different UC Berkeley location.