In the lecture this week we had guest lecturer Astrid from ABC R&D. I found her talk insightful and exciting to see the way that the media landscape and humans interaction with media is shaping up in the current time. She spoke of new media that I haven’t really heard off such as the holographic experiences and the smart fridges. It gave me some really interesting ideas and thoughts when it came to approaching Media 6. When we broke out into separate groups we brainstormed further into the three headings and there sub headings.

My group had a – immersive and wearable’s. This is media that is able to be experienced all around. One becomes a part of the medium rather than simply consuming it. As per the attached pictures they were rather interesting in deciphering new ideas such as advancements to health and allowing people to understand the data they are receiving. In addition we thought of all round experiences with driverless cars allowing the monotony of driving to become an interactive and technological journey. We also weighed in on the risk of these types of media such as laziness and losing our sense of humanity to the media machine. We emphasised the point that we must move forward but still remember the foundations of who we are as humans.