Mozilla Festival 2021 (March 8th – 19th, 2021)

Mozilla Festival 2021 (March 8th – 19th, 2021)

Project Immerse - a deepfake paranoid thriller exploring misinformation and deception

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Project Immerse is a deepfake paranoid thriller that places upwards of 100 participants within a virtual experience that mixes story, play and web pervasive technologies. Designed to work in Zoom and Miro, a collaborative whiteboard platform, Project Immerse takes these web tools and subverts them into a thrill ride that leverages elements of film, immersive theatre, ARGs and escape rooms into a collaborative storytelling experience. The piece explores the challenges associated with deepfakes, shallow fakes and bots. All the images, videos, audio and text- about 90% of the experience is created with AI. The end result is a unique storytelling experience that explores deception, conspiracy, and the way humans create meaning and make connections. The experience starts in the waiting room of Zoom, so be prepared to arrive early and to keep on the chat for more instructions.
This session is hosted on a third party website.


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Lance is recognized as a pioneer in mixing storytelling and technology. He teaches at Columbia University School of the Arts and co-founded the school's Digital Storytelling Lab.