A fast-paced exploration of XR technology using the blueprint provided by the Cyber+Physical Systems Cube. Starting with a look back at the history of Human Computer Interaction and the search for "The Ultimate Display", the viewer is invited to traverse the intersecting Pace layers of change (Stewart Brand) and The Stack (Benjamin Bratton).
This journey reveals the underlying forces behind the growing push for "hands and eyes free" immersive technologies, and the signals that hint at a fully realized vision of this probable future. From the extraction of natural resources, punitive labor conditions, consumerist and fashion led supply chains, the virtual performance of culture, the amplification of ideological polarization, and the struggles for the ownership of an increasingly balkanized Internet, among others, this video aims to make the "invisible visible" while providing a viable model for a systems level exploration and mapping of cyber-physical systems.
You can watch all the referenced videos as a YouTube playlist.