Layered Realities Weekend 5G Showcase Programme

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

Millennium Square

Choose to be a witness or a player and explore two sides of a beautiful, poetic VR world in Kaleider's experimental experience.

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

Millennium Square

In addition to the Layered Realities 5G Showcase Weekend programme, The Smart Internet Lab, led by Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, has also created a series of experimental demonstrations which showcase an array of trailblazing 5G technologies.

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

We The Curious

Tim Kindberg considers what types of experiences people can have when using mobile phones simultaneously, en masse: how they are designed, what people are prepared to do, and what type of coordination is involved.

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

Millennium Square

Imagine the future of Millennium Square in this theatrical guided tour where you can take a walk through time, watching as future architecture appears before your eyes and hearing what different worlds may sound like.

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We The Curious

ginger coons will explore what might happen to privacy and (in)equality in a 5G future, imagining how these issues could be exacerbated in a future of 'ubiquitous computing'.

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We The Curious

Jake Applebee, co-founder of Crack Magazine, discusses the possibilities 5G might present in the music industry, from live-streaming to virtual reality, augmented reality and more.

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Millennium Square

As part of the Layered Realities Weekend 5G Showcase we are presenting two of our Playable City Commissions; Stop Smile Stroll and Shadowing which play with the idea of Layered Realities and the ways technology can bring new life to our cities.

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We The Curious

Stuart Nolan explores and questions how 5G can impact our sense of physical, mental and emotional connection: what does it mean for imagination, synchronicity, empathy, knowledge and touch?

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

We The Curious

In this talk Professor Dimitra Simeonidou, Director of the Smart Internet Lab at University of Bristol, will explore questions such as: what is 5G? Why do we need it? And what will the 5G future look like?

Please note: This event took place in March 2018

Millennium Square

This fantastic projected spectacle of 3D-like visuals, projected on to a screen of water, explores the way technology changes our perception of the world. Come and experience it as night falls...