Hosted within the platform Spatial Chat, POV: After Hours will be a casual meet and greet directly after the Combating Implicit Biases In Technology Through Impact Storytelling to continue discussing the themes of implicit biases and data/privacy surveillance in emerging technologies found in the Mozfest exhibition piece titled POV: Points of View.
About the Project: Brought to life by GRX Immersive Labs, POV: Points of View is a sci-fi immersive series project that educates its audience about emerging tech literacy.
This networking event is to spark the conversation of how to build positive oversight into the research and development of emerging technologies like facial recognition, data/privacy surveillance, and A.I.
How will you deal with varying numbers of participants in your session?:This will be an informal networking event taking place within Spatial Chat. Please adhere to safe and respectful social platform guidelines. There will be admins present on the platform to warn and remove disruptive attendees if needed. Spatial Chat will populate rooms as needed. We are limiting the cap to 200 people.
We're hoping that many efforts and discussions will continue after Mozfest. Share any ideas you already have for how to continue the work from your session.:This MozFest event is a kick-off to numerous collaborations with educational & justice reform institutions for the year. GRX Immersive Labs aims to continue creating environments that empower marginalized groups by pursuing the rapidly increasing opportunities in the tech industry to develop solutions that address this ongoing issue of implicit biases in emerging technology and predictive policing.
GRX Immersive Labs presents POV: Points of View, a hyper-digital sci-fi experience immersed in a near-future Los Angeles where weaponized A.I. Police drones enforce the law.
Well-known virtual reality creator and founder of GRX Immersive Labs, Alton Glass is the director of POV: Points of View.