The body as data: Immersive technology and biometric artistic performance
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The body as data: Immersive technology and biometric artistic performance

ByLucy Sparrow, Caiti Galwey, Ben Loveridge, Solange Glasser, Margaret Osborne and Ryan Kelly

The performer Sarah Nicolls sits poised at a piano at a darkened concert hall in London. This is no ordinary recital—strapped around her arms are Myo Armbands that track her arm movements, allowing her to generate curious and unnerving sounds through gesture as she plays Atau Tanaka’s (2019) biometric piano piece Suspensions. In Madrid, Marco…

Is the metaverse really the future of work?
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Is the metaverse really the future of work?

ByBen Egliston, Kate Euphemia Clark and Luke Heemsbergen

According to Mark Zuckerberg, the “metaverse” – which the Meta founder describes as “an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content – you are in it” – will radically change our lives. So far, Meta’s main metaverse product is a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. When Zuckerberg announced his company’s metaverse push in October 2021, the prevailing sentiment was that it was something nobody had asked for, nor particularly wanted.