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S2:E5 - How to create an afro-futuristic virtual reality beauty salon (Carmen Aguilar y Wedge)

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4.7618 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2017

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

We talk to Carmen Aguilar y Wedge, a creator of NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism, a VR experience that’s appeared at Sundance, Tribeca, and many other film festivals. She shares how she and her team at Hyphen Labs created this artistic, technical exhibit.

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0:00.0

Oh, that's my prime delivery.

0:01.6

What, already?

0:02.7

Only one thing can match the buzz of Prime's fast delivery.

0:06.2

And that's the buzz of Prime's entertainment.

0:09.0

What are we watching?

0:09.7

Heads of state, that new action comedy with Idris Elber as the Prime Minister,

0:13.3

John Sina as the president, and Prianka Chopra Jonas,

0:15.9

as their only hope.

0:17.0

It looks like a blast.

0:18.2

From fast delivery to explosive entertainment, it's on Prime. For only

0:23.0

899 a month, join now. Content includes limited ads, subscription, or to renews. For more information,

0:28.2

go to amazon.com.uk.uk. U.K.S. I had the absolute pleasure of speaking to Pamela Anderson.

0:34.3

All thanks to the Dove Self-Esteen project. We speak about the impact Y2K has had on women's body confidence and how Pamela has regained control. The Dove Self-Esteen project is an amazing initiative supported by science-backed methodology to help us improve our relationship with our bodies. To find more body confidence building exercises, go to dove.com forward slash

0:55.4

Y2K. That's Y2K spelt WHY2K.

1:04.2

Welcome to the Codinavy podcast, where we talk to people on their coding journey in hopes of helping you on yours.

1:14.1

I'm your host, Saron, and today we're talking about virtual reality.

1:19.7

About a year ago, I had the privilege of speaking at the School for Poetic Computation, a boot camp that combines art and code.

1:27.2

And after I gave my talk, I met this woman.

1:29.3

My name is Garmin Aguilar I Wedge.

1:32.3

I'm the co-founder of HiphonLaps, and I use emerging technology and new media to augment

1:40.3

experiences.

1:42.3

She was working on this project. It's called Neurospeculative Afrofeminism.

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