How do we interact when we can’t touch or get out of our house?

Matt Corrall, Pratik Jain

05 Feb, 4:45 pm

06 Feb, 12:45 am

06 Feb, 8:45 am

30 min

Overnight, Covid changed everything. Many personal gestures of goodwill, hugging, shaking hands, sharing space, are no longer available to us. We must reassess what we know about human behavior. What is the future of interaction?

Description

Human interaction has taken a major hit since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since social distancing arrived as a must-do to protect ourselves and others, how we interact with others and our environment has shifted significantly.

This thought-provoking roundtable brings two innovators, Matt Corrall and Pratik Jain, together to present their ideas and engage in a conversation with the audience.

Who is it for?

All AudienceSpecific for designersSpecific for Researchers

Outline

Meet the speakers

Matt Corrall

@corralldesign

Design Director, Ultraleap

Matt is Design Director at Ultraleap, where he and his team are pioneering touchless interaction design for VR and public spaces, using hand-tracking and mid-air haptics. Over 18 years in the design business, Matt has worked on everything from Lego to cryptocurrency to wind-farm software. Today he specialises in humanising new technology, gestural interfaces, VR and design leadership.

Pratik Jain

@PratikPatJain

Interface Designer

Pratik is a UI/UX Designer working with Looking Glass Factory, where he is designing tools for holographic displays. He has been a designer for 4+ years and also holds a Masters degree in Integrated Digital Media from NYU. He has previously worked as a designer for SpringboardVR (management and distribution software for VR LBE and Education), Microsoft (collaboration project for accessibility in VR), Sansar (Virtual events and concerts) and GMetri (XR platform for training and development). He was a fellow at RLab and also received a grant from the NYC Media Lab to develop an accessible art tool for VR.