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…