Current research into the area of future narrative and storytelling, with a technology called Perceptive Media. A new approach to broadcasting; which pairs the best of broadcast with the best of internet technology; creating a experiences like sitting around a camp fire telling stories.

1. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickpiggott/5212959770
Perceptive media, ethics, dreams & hyper reality
Ian Forrester
Senior Firestarter, BBC R&D
@cubicgarden

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNhTDSAfPYA
Newcastle to Manchester

3. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smcgee/234278571
Oral storytelling
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smcgee/234278571

4. Storytelling timeline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/feuilllu/302001867/

5. Engaging, participatory, immersive..
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smcgee/234278571

6. Object based media
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nickpiggott/5212959770

7. The objects make the story
https://www.flickr.com/photos/halfbeak/5541818517

8. Storytelling with variables

9. Context, location, environment...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/haaijk/14196995087

10. Narrative on Rails
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ag2r/4437697015

11. Media has far more potential
Wired magazine Top trends for 2013

12. TV as wallpaper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisbartow/5835428673/

13. Attention is a scarce commodity
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dani_vazquez/12644326014

14. The attention economy
http://www.themoviedb.org/account/LaTropa64 - Quote from New Line Cinema’s “Se7en”
“Wanting people to listen, you can’t just
tap them on the shoulder any-more.
You have to hit them with a
sledgehammer, and then you’ll notice
you’ve got their strict attention”
- John Doe

15. Just a tickle will do
http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_lee/2394548742

16. Perceptive Media “Breaking Out”
http://www.futurebroadcasts.com

17. Responsive Radio
http://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/projects/responsive-radio

18. Perceptive drama

19. Scalable experiences (50000+)

20. How does it work?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXKu-b4Afh4

21. Variations not versions
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816692/ Interstellar – © 2014 – Paramount Pictures

22. http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_lee/2394548742
It’s the small things

23. Manipulation of audiences feelings
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thNvpubJir8

24. Film has been doing this for decades
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2096673// Inside Out – © 2015 - Disney

25. Memorable narratives experiences
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0259711/ Vanilla Sky – © 2001 – Paramount Pictures

26. Highly relevant
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/ Se7en – © 1995 - New Line Cinema

27. Relevance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/leweb3/6471629995
It will be very hard for people to
watch or consume something
that has not in some sense been
tailored for them
- Eric Schmidt, Google

28. Some media reaction
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3350076/BBC-experimenting-smart-shows-adapt-personality-male-female.html

29. Data ethics research
https://www.flickr.com/photos/birgerking/5137440872
Privacy
Security
Ownership
Identity
Data management

30. Data ethics research
https://www.flickr.com/photos/noodlepie/7256071790
Trust is the foundation of the BBC:
we are independent, impartial and honest

31. How people understand personal data and trust
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjc/3140642627

32. Understanding new models for data negotiation
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dodnewsfeatures/28742900754

33. Making data visual, understandable & actionable

34. Ethics of personal data videos

35. No more shared experiences?

36. This shared experience?
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/16/tv-viewing-christmas-netflix-on-demand

37. Too late...
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/dec/16/tv-viewing-christmas-netflix-on-demand

38. A different shared experience
https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjc/3140642627

39. Personal data + narrative + physical objects = ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2RlGXcueDss

40. Perceptive Radio

41. Internet of things need a narrative?

42. Perceptive media experiences
https://www.flickr.com/photos/tedconference/22645546430

43. Mixed reality experiences

44. Hyper reality experiences
www.imdb.com/title/tt0119174/ - The Game (1997)

45. Imagine… a tiny theatre performance
https://www.flickr.com/photos/schoschie/4294160420

46. Imagine… media which bends to you

47. Imagine… new learning experiences

48. Storytelling always was/is participatory

49. We are open, join us!

50. Thank you for listening… questions?
Ian Forrester
Senior Firestarter, BBC R&D North
@cubicgarden