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Episode 7 - Making Immersive Stories: Reflecting Reality

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Exploring the Creation of Synthetic Nixon Speech using Deep Fake Technology

Exploring the process of using deep fake technologies to generate a synthetic version of Nixon delivering a speech he never made, cautioning on the importance of verifying media sources in the era of advanced AI technology.

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People often see immersive technology as a way of entering new worlds to experience things that they would never normally get to do in real life. While there is certainly much out there to delight and entertain, immersive stories can also enable a glimpse into someone else's world or provoke new perspectives on social or political issues. This week we look at the issue-based work of two XR makers: Francesca Panetta, who led the Guardian’s VR studio and more recently has been dabbling in deep fake technology; and Karen Palmer, whose body of recent immersive work deals with race, ethics and AI to challenge our own implicit biases.

With Francesca Panetta and Karen Palmer

Francesca Panetta, Artist & Journalist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/francesca-panetta-895b457/

Karen Palmer, Artist

https://www.linkedin.com/in/storytellerfromthefuture/

Credits:

Presenter: Shehani Fernando

Producers: Chris Hogg & Shehani Fernando

Assistant Producer: Max Bower

Executive Producer: Will Saunders

Editing and sound design: John Wakefield & Matt McGuinness

The title track is ‘A Thousand Years’ by David A Molina