Fueled by research, visualization, and prototyping, McDowell’s world building process organically unearths world spaces that become containers for narrative; characters, history, and stories are mined directly from the context of their surroundings. World Building for the Rilao Project, a fictional city formed from the chance encounter of the DNA of Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles – is expanded through the process of gaming. Watson’s Rilao Remote Viewing Protocol, which was initially utilized at the Science of Fiction, developed over 1000 stories in a one-day world build. This process of interactive story development inspires holistic creation between the multiple authors to build a logical, collaborative world, and to develop a narrative that produces rich and surprising outcomes.
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Alex McDowell RDICreative Director, experimental.design; Professor, USC SCA; Director, World Building Media Lab, World Building Institute -
Jeff WatsonArtist, Designer, Storyteller, and Assistant Professor of Digital Futures, OCAD University -
Juan DiazBEuropean Director World Building Institute; Creative Director Kosmology; Director, Writer, Narrative Designer -
Petra LebduškováProduction Designer; Head of Production Design Department in Studio Famu -
Romke Faber5D Cell Leader, the Netherlands -
Tawny SchlieskiResearch Scientist, Intel Experience Group -
Sarah EllisHead of Digital Development, Royal Shakespeare Company -
Botond BognarAmbassador of Singularity University to Hungary and the Founding Director of Singularity University's Summit Europe -
Anrick BregmanVirtual Reality, Film Director -
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Sergei GepshteinScientist, Director of Collaboratory for Adaptive Sensory Technologies, Salk Institute for Biological Studies -
Alvise SimondettiGlobal Leader, Digital Environments NeXt_work Arup -
Azad MadniProfessor and Director, Systems Architecting and Engineering Program, USC
