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Building an ethical framework for Virtual Reality documentary

Building an ethical framework for Virtual Reality documentary

Lunchtime Talks

Talk

Please note: This event took place in Oct 2016

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.

Studio resident Catherine Allen produced of one of the BBC’s first VR documentaries, Easter Rising: Voice of a Rebel – a virtual reality documentary where the audience live through the memories of a rebel in the Easter Rising of Dublin, 1916.

Catherine argues that when a person puts on a Virtual Reality headset, they are vulnerable. It’s not only about the senses they loose in the physical space they are in; it’s about the virtual environment they are dropped into. Whereas TV and film involve showing your audience a situation, VR involves them in it. They can feel complicit. If creating a VR experience for a user is more like taking someone somewhere in real life, then the producer must adapt their ethical approach accordingly. In this Lunchtime Talk, Catherine will share her own learnings and argue that the media industry needs a new ethical framework for VR.

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 studio@watershed.co.uk

For further information visit watershed.co.uk/studio


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