One of my goals for the Educational Technology program is to learn how to develop a humanistic element to technology when the virtual environment can sometimes feel cold and impersonal. In keeping with this line of thinking, I have elected to investigate sociable media.

Saturday, October 16, 2004

The Sociable Media Group (MIT)

The Sociable Media Group investigates issues concerning identity and society in the networked world. They asks questions such as "what does a virtual crowd look like" and they build experimental interfaces and installations that explore new forms of social interaction.

Take a look at what they are exploring: