Jaron Lanier kills the Sony AIBO dog at Cybersalon
http://www.cybersalon.org Jaron Lanier (Virtual Reality computer scientist) critiques Sony's AIBO robot dog, calling it 'junk' live in front of 300 viewers at Cybersalon in London in 2001. The viewers retaliate, sending live SMS, to a large screen behind Jaron's head. The text you see on screen are real comments by the audience...boo to Jaron! Jaron's on stage together with Irene McAra-McWilliam- then newly-appointed Head of Computer Related Design at the Royal College of Art and former head of R&D at Philips Design and Tim Parsey- VP for Consumer Experience Design at Motorola and ex-Apple. Footage from the 'On, Everywhere? -Ubiquitous Computing' Cybersalon 20th November 2001 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
http://www.cybersalon.org Jaron Lanier (Virtual Reality computer scientist) critiques Sony's AIBO robot dog, calling it 'junk' live in front of 300 viewers at Cybersalon in London in 2001. The viewers retaliate, sending live SMS, to a large screen behind Jaron's head. The text you see on screen are real comments by the audience...boo to Jaron! Jaron's on stage together with Irene McAra-McWilliam- then newly-appointed Head of Computer Related Design at the Royal College of Art and former head of R&D at Philips Design and Tim Parsey- VP for Consumer Experience Design at Motorola and ex-Apple. Footage from the 'On, Everywhere? -Ubiquitous Computing' Cybersalon 20th November 2001 Institute of Contemporary Arts, London