Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.

This lunchtime talk is guest presented by Mandy Rose, director of the Digital Cultures Research Centre, University of the West of England.

In 1973 Oscar Raby's father witnessed the execution of a group of prisoners captured by the military regime in Chile, the army he was a part of. Oscar, a multimedia designer and visual artist, turned to the Oculus Rift Virtual Reality headset to tell his father's story in Assent. This immersive autobiographical documentary game, developed using the Unity engine, puts the user in Oscar's father's footsteps as he walks to the place where the execution happened.

Come along to hear about Oscar's journey in interactive storytelling and the making of the innovative and moving Assent project.

Assent has been included in Documentary and New Media festivals in Australia, Canada, USA and the UK and won the Audience Award (Cross-Platform) at Sheffield DocFest 2014.

The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to admin@pmstudio.co.uk

FFI: pmstudio.co.uk

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