Brooks, Anthony Lewis

The evolution and effects of the information society can be exemplified via many threads, bothin hard and soft science, according to ones’ discipline and field. In this contribution, thespeaker’s three decades of applied research acts as a vehicle to demonstrate development andimpact via directly and creatively applying technical advances to affect life quality at a societallevel. Illustrated is how empirical research successfully reaches beyond the walls of academia todirectly affect individuals, groups and communities across abilities and ages. Developments thathave led to patented commercial product, national and international projects, and industry startups(including impactful third party research investigations) form the basis for discussion.Beyond this, a wider more generic perspective reflects on product adoption that illustratetodays’ contemporary e-society tendencies where recent influx and uptake of consumer-targetedartificial reality products point to society’s desire for alternative sensory experiences. Posited ishow aligned with this desire there is a need for new ethical considerations in research as wasfound in the speaker’s research at the end of the 20th century. The keynote will close with videoexamples that directly address such ethical issues to promote further discussions and analogies

INFORMATION SOCIETY EVOLUTION AND EFFECTS:Keynote Lecture

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