On Friday, November 20, 2020 at 8:30a PST, Voices of VR podcast host Kent Bye presented some lessons learned his exploration of the virtual conferences in VR from the early days of the pandemic. He also provides some feedback on the Architectural Association's Civic Program Preliminary Report: Distant Crowds: Architecture & Infrastructure of Virtual Gatherings 2020.

1. Part 2: The Art of Gathering Virtually
Frameworks for Tech Architecture &
Experiential Design Tradeoffs
@KentBye

2. ● Lessons from VR Confs 2020
● Brief Response to Civic Program
My Experiential Design Approach
● Tech Architecture & Evolution
● Design Tradeoffs

3. Lessig’s Pathetic Dot Theory
Lessig, Lawrence, Code 2.0, Chapter: What Things Regulate (available in print: Lawrence Lessig (2006). Code. Lawrence Lessig. pp. 120–137. ISBN 978-0-465-03914-2.
Market
Law
Cultural
Norms
Technology
Architecture
& Code

4. Audience
Watches
Work
New
Technology
Makers
Explore New
Affordances
Distribution
Channels
for the Work
Communications Medium as Process

5. Audience
Watches
Work
New
Technology
Makers
Explore New
Affordances
Distribution
Channels
for the Work
Communications Medium as Process
Tech
Architecture
& Code
Market
Law
Cultural
Norms

6. A Century of Technology Diffusion

7. Simon Wardley’s Model of Technology Evolution
Wardley, Simon (2015). http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/evolution-diffusion-hype-cycle-and.html

8. Prototype &
Genesis
Custom-Built
Enterprise App
Ubiquitous
Commodity
Consumer
Product
Simon Wardley’s Model of Technology Evolution
Wardley, Simon (2015). http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/evolution-diffusion-hype-cycle-and.html

9. Simon Wardley’s Model of Technology Evolution
Wardley, Simon (2015). http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/evolution-diffusion-hype-cycle-and.html

10. Sword of Damocles
Initial Prototype: Sword of Damocles (1968)

11. Sword of Damocles
Custom, Bespoke Enterprise Apps: VPL (1989)

12. Sword of Damocles
Consumer VR (2012 to 2019)
https://twitter.com/vr_sam/status/1189169806198693892

13. Sword of Damocles
Ubiquitous Commodity? (TBD)

14. Simon Wardley’s Model of Technology Evolution
Wardley, Simon (2015). http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/evolution-diffusion-hype-cycle-and.html

15. Tech Evolution
Vs
Tech Diffusion

16. Technology Evolves Through Distinct Phases
Wardley, Simon (2015). http://blog.gardeviance.org/2015/03/evolution-diffusion-hype-cycle-and.html

17. Technology Evolves Iteratively - Oculus VR 2013-2020

18. Each Iteration Has a New Wave of Diffusion

19. Rogers, Everett. Diffusion of Innovations. Free Press, 1962. via Wikipedia.org
Everett Rogers’ Diffusion of Innovation Model

20. “Crossing the Chasm” into the Mainstream
Moore, Geoffrey. "Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers" HarperBusiness, 1991
Graphic via https://blog.prototypr.io/design-for-crossing-the-chasm-1c4d4c68a3f1

21. https://medium.com/wardleymaps/finding-a-new-purpose-8c60c9484d3b
Technology Diffusion: Adoption (%)

22. https://medium.com/wardleymaps/finding-a-new-purpose-8c60c9484d3b
Evolution: Genesis -> Custom -> Product -> Commodity

23. Wardley Maps
Wardley, Simon (2018). https://medium.com/wardleymaps

24. Idea | Enterprise | Consumer | Commodity

25. Wardley Mapping: Value Chain Across
the Four Evolutionary Phases
Wardley, Simon (2015). https://medium.com/wardleymaps/exploring-the-map-ad0266fad59b

26. Wardley Mapping: Pioneers vs Settlers vs Town Planners
Wardley, Simon (2015). https://medium.com/wardleymaps/better-for-less-58fe8c0a3aaa

29. Open Source Can Be An Accelerator to Commodification
Wardley, Simon (2015). https://medium.com/wardleymaps/a-smorgasbord-of-the-slightly-useful-2498a1163dd6

30. https://twitter.com/kentbye/status/573176206222180352

31. Hegelian Dialectic: Thesis, Antithesis, Synthesis

33. ● Lessons from VR Confs 2020
● Brief Response to Civic Program +
My Experiential Design Approach
● Tech Architecture & Evolution
● Design Tradeoffs

35. Active
Presence
Embodied
Presence

36. Mobile PC
Distribution
Location-
Based
Entertainment
Enterprise

37. Tableto
p
Full
Scale
Scale
Giant

38. Volumetric
Capture
Computer
Generated
Type of Capture?
Rendered Real-Time
Game Engine
Digital
Lightfield
Microsoft
Mixed
Reality
Depthkit Live
Mocap
Mobile
Capture

39. 2D
Texture
CGI Geometry
Point
Coud
Polygon Voxels
Creative
Coding
(Math)
5D
Digital
Lightfields

40. 2D
Spatialized Audio
Stereo Ambisonic
Fully
Spatialized
Sound

41. Real-Time
Audio
Simulation
Recorded
Audio Source
Procedural
Generation
Blended

42. Ghost
Avatar Embodiment
Hands
Fingers
Body
Feet
Eyes
Facial
Expressions
Biometric
Abstraction
Body
Language

43. No Haptics
Haptic Feedback
Controller
Rumble
SubPac
Haptic
Suit LBE
Motion
Platforms
Passive
Haptic
Feedback
Objects
Holodeck
Nanotech
Textures

44. RealisticNo Smell
Smell
Diffuser Smell Stick
Docents
Smell Collar

45. DecisionVigilance
EEG
Perception
Attention
Motor

46. BCI
Eye
Tracking
Biometric Feedback
Galvanic
Skin
Response
Heart
Rate
EMG

47. RegenerativeMotion
Sickness
Comfort
Intense
Comfortable

48. Mixed Reality Spectrum

49. Active
Presence

50. No Impact
on Story
Narrative Agency
Impact on
Story

51. On-Rails
Open-World
Exploration
Locomotion
TeleportStatic Dynamic Continuous

52. ChaosOrder
Trace of Agency
Sweet Spot of
Unpredictable
Novelty

53. Player
Archetype
Reacts to
Character
No
Player
Profiling
Reactive to Behavior
Behavioral
Reaction

54. Embodied
Intuitive
Skeuomorphic
Abstracted
Buttons
Interactions
Gestures
Neural
Inputs

55. Active
Presence
Mental
Presence

56. Feels
Real
Phone
Telepresence
Video
Chat
Spatial
Group
Meetings

57. Super
Intelligence (?)
Recorded
Dialogue
Virtual Beings
Embodied AI
Interactions
Artificial
General
Intelligence
Conversational
AI

58. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01792/full
Avatar Fidelity

59. Memory
&
Imagery
(???)
Visual
Attention
(SSVEP,
P300…)
BCI Cognition
Audio
Attention
(ASSR)
Internal
Speech
(PRP...)
Motor
Intention
(LRP,
LRD... )

60. BillionsSolo
Audience Size
Social VR
Virtual
World
Concurrency
(100s)
Screenings Dome
MSG
Sphere
(18,000)

61. Active
Presence
Emotional
Presence

62. Ghost Character
Embodiment in Story

63. Literal Symbolic
Metaphors
PersonalRealistic Surrealistic Universal

64. CyclicalLinear
Time
Branching

65. Walk In
Someone’s
Shoes
Trauma
Tourism
Empathy
Understanding

66. Biometric
Abstraction
No
Emotions
Emotional Expression
Facial
Tracing
Micro-
expressions

67. Rhythm
Game
No
Synchrony
Synchrony
Group
Ritual

68. Confirm
Contest
Stabilize
Destabilize
Belief
Doubt
Lived
Experience
Mental
Model
The Importance of Dialectics in Design:
Polarities of the Learning Process

70. Extra Slides

71. Bloom’s Taxonomy
Shabatura, Jessica. “Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Write Effective Learning Objectives.” Teaching Innovation and Pedagogical Support, 19 Mar. 2018, tips.uark.edu/using-blooms-taxonomy/.

72. Sensory
Experience
of Reality
Mental
Models of
Reality

73. Visual mismatch negativity: A predictive coding view - Scientific Figure on ResearchGate.
Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Simplified-scheme-of-the-hierarchical-
predictive-coding-framework-Friston-2005-2008_fig1_266401430 [accessed 20 Feb, 2020]
Alexander, W.H., & Brown, J.W. (2018). Frontal cortex function as derived from hierarchical predictive coding. Scientific Reports.
Predictive Coding Theory
Of Neuroscience

74. Practice
Theory

75. Attention
Active
Engagement
Error
Feedback
Consolidation
Dehaene, Stanislas. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better than Any Machine ... for Now. Viking, 2020.

76. MathAstronomy
MusicGeometry

77. Number in
Space & Time
Number
Number in
Time
Geometry Music
MathematicsAstronomy
The Quadrivium
Number in
Space

78. Objects Moving
Through Space
Abstract Patterns
& Forms
Consonance
Dissonance Cycles
In Time
Geometry Music
MathematicsAstronomy
The Quadrivium
Architecture &
Embodiment
in Space

79. Mental & Social
Presence
Active
Presence
Emotional
Presence
Embodied
Presence

80. Attention
Active
Engagement
Error
Feedback
Consolidation
Dehaene, Stanislas. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better than Any Machine ... for Now. Viking, 2020.

81. Sensory
Experience
of Reality
Concepts of
Reality

82. Sensory
Experience
of Reality
Update
Concepts of
Reality
Consolidate Learnings
Unconscious Integration
Form Worldview & Beliefs
Make Behaviors Automatic
Optimize Efficiency
File Away Memories
Interact & Play
Explore & Create
Chase Curiosity
Find Motivation & Purpose
Embodied Movement
Error Correction Dopamine
Novelty & Surprise
Answer Questions
Fail Fast & Adapt
Dehaene, Stanislas. How We Learn: Why Brains Learn Better than Any Machine ... for Now. Viking, 2020.

83. Shared Experience
Shared Language
Shared History
Shared Values
Shared Worldview
Shared Beliefs
Shared Causality
Shared Heroes/Enemies
Culture
Age
Gender
Ability
Education
Race & Ethnicity
Country of Origin
Religion
RANGE OF CONTEXTS

84. Koestler's “Holon”: Simultaneously Whole & Part

85. Scope of Identity & Context
Self

86. Scope of Identity & Context
Self
Family

87. Scope of Identity & Context
Self
Family
Community

88. Scope of Identity & Context
Self
Family
Community
Other

89. Scope of Identity & Context
Self
Family
Community
Other
World

90. Scope of Identity & Context
Self
Family
Community
Other
World
Cosmos