Walton and his lab are coming together to combine the power of our current digital technology and combine it with our physical reality. In this way, we can take what we already have or could create in the physical environment and tell a story digitally. His examples included attaching sensors to physical items and having the digital medium react based on the interactions people gave as they passed. In this way, Walton is bringing virtual reality into physical reality, and I cannot wait to see what else he may have in store.
Levin is taking "cybernetic systems" to a new level. Experimenting with computing and creating works with the help of technology, Levin is slowly becoming a pioneer in his own way, finding new ways to combine our digital systems to create performances and virtual environments. I suspect that we will see more pieces such as his as the norm in our art museums and events as the digital age progresses.
While they may not be working together, Obermeier and Obarzaneks are both experimenting in the use of digital systems and technologies in order to create and enhance performance pieces. The pieces themselves are visually stunning and seem to be one-of-a-kind, really combining the power of art and our current technology. Perhaps this may begin a trend towards extending our performances into the digital era. However, I feel that even without the use of technology, performance pieces can stand on their own and still create a sense of meaning and wonder.
An expert in cybernetics, Warwick is paving the way of the future and the experimentation with cyborgs not only through his research, but through his own experiments on himself. Why just study the technology when you could see the effects of our growing technology on yourself? Warwick believes that in the future we will develop machine intelligence that will surpass our own. Honestly, if they seem to end up working out the kinks, I wouldn't mind being one of the first in line to try out some cybernetics. It may be a pipe dream, but at the rate that our technology seems to be evolving, we're either going to hit a wall or smash straight through it. I truly am excited to see what the future holds for our technology and how society is shaped around it. We're already seeing the changes in our art and personal lives, and soon we will see how our technology will begin to shape the world.
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