Episode 51: Data Storytelling in Virtual Reality

In the 2002 movie, Minority Report, the future of data interaction is depicted as Tom Cruise standing in front of a computer monitor and literally grabbing data points with his hands. Data interaction is shown to be as easy as interacting with physical objects in the real world.

This vision of a world where data is accessible to all was considered to be science fiction when Minority Report was first released. But over 20 years later, we are now at a point where technology has become good enough for this to soon become fact. And its data science that’s making this possible.

Or more accurately, it’s the intersection of data science and art.

In this episode, Michela Ledwidge joins Dr Genevieve Hayes to discuss how virtual reality and data science can be combined to create interactive data storytelling experiences.

Guest Bio

Michela Ledwidge is the co-founder and CEO of Mod, a studio specialising in real-time and virtual production, and the creator of Grapho, a VR platform that lets non-technical users examine and manipulate graph data. She is also the writer and director of A Clever Label, a world-first interactive documentary.

Highlights

• (00:05) Meet Michela Ledwidge
• (02:04) Michela’s journey from Commodore 64 to interactive filmmaking
• (06:40) The birth of Mod and remixable films
• (14:48) Exploring graph databases and data science techniques
• (25:33) The future of data science and AI in creative industries
• (32:27) Grapho: Data science + storytelling in virtual reality
• (48:29) The future of data science and storytelling
• (49:37) Conclusion and contact information

Links

• Grapho website
• Connect with Genevieve on LinkedIn
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