Author and media commentator Rachel Botsman discusses trust, collaborative consumption, and innovative new uses for blockchain technology. Rachel is the leading global authority on an explosive new era of trust. She’s an award-winning author, s

VF006 | Virtual Reality Therapy - with Michael Carthy

Sep 6th, 2017 42m 35s

Therapist Michael Carthy discusses how he uses virtual reality to help individuals overcome anxiety, conquer their phobias and tackle their fears. Virtual Reality Therapy (VRT) is backed by twenty years of scientific studies that prove its effi

VF005 | Electronic Waste - with Dani Ploeger

Aug 30th, 2017 43m 25s

Performance artist, Dani Ploeger, discusses electronic waste (e-waste), planned obsolescence of technology and the posthuman in performance. Dani's work investigates and subverts the spectacles of sex, violence and waste in techno-consumer cult

VF004 | Emoji Delights - with Carla Gannis

Aug 23rd, 2017 53m 3s

Carla Gannis discusses emoji, using augmented reality for creativity and the current state of digital art in New York. Carla is an American artist and Assistant Chair of Digital Arts at Pratt Institute. She identifies as a visual storyteller an

VF003 | Transhumanism and Risk - with Professor Steve Fuller

Aug 16th, 2017 58m 52s

Professor Steve Fuller discusses transhumanism, how scientists should approach risk, and what it means to be human in the 21st century. Steve is a Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick, his most recent work has been concerned with

VF002 | Cybersex - with Dr. Trudy Barber

Aug 9th, 2017 28m 12s

The UK’s leading cybersexpert Dr. Trudy Barber speaks about the history of cybersex, the future of teledildonics and the emerging field of sex robotics. For the past 20 years Trudy has been investigating how people become intimate with technolo

VF001 | Cyborg Experiments - with Professor Kevin Warwick

Aug 5th, 2017 35m 56s

Professor of cybernetics Kevin Warwick talks about augmenting human capabilities, the exciting field of robotics, and what it means to be a cyborg. His pioneering research into robots with biological brains and enhancing human physiological fun

VF000 | Trailer - Virtual Futures Podcast

Aug 5th, 2017 1m 20s

Trailer for the Virtual Futures Podcast which brings together artists, philosophers, cultural theorists, scientists, technologists and fiction writers to re-address the potential benefits of looking at our future through a techno-philosophical

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