DMW at WIRED's NextFext of Future Technologies

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 17, 2007 - 7:15am.
WIRED NextFest: VirtuSphere
Los Angeles - Cut out of work a little early on Friday to head downtown and check out WIRED's NextFest, a showcase featuring "The Future Of" any number of things, from communication, entertainment and design, to health, security, green living and, of course -- robots! As one might guess, many of the robots and other installations came from either Japan or the U.S., but the future has also been busy being created all over the planet, in places like Moscow (VirtuSphere), Amsterdam (Cell Phone Disco), Milan (Laptop_Orchestra), Göteborg (Glowbots) and Montreal (McGill Digital Orchestra). Check out a photo slideshow (picture above is of the "VirtuSphere") and video highlights from the event after the jump…




WIRED NextFest Highlights






DMW was also in attendance at a pre-NextFest concert on Monday produced by WIRED that included performances by Spoon and Dr. Octagon, and an appearance from Keepon, the little yellow dancing robot that stars in the music video to Spoon's "Don't You Evah." Our coverage of the show is here.

by Mark Hefflinger
Video and photos by Graham Kolbeins

tags: Games | Music | WIRED | NextFest | Robots |


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