Robots, Embodiment, and Mediated Virtuality

Robots and other embodied systems can be seen as mediators between the real and the virtual, influencing our expectations of the possibilities and limitations of virtual worlds. In some cases, technologies designed specifically for virtual interactivity have spilled over into our exchanges with other places not normally considered "virtual": distant (but real) places, nano-scale phenomena, and even our own cultural history. Danny describes several of his past and ongoing media arts projects, which involve a range of real and virtual components.