Providing unparalleled access to globally recognised artists, designers, entrepreneurs and art world practitioners involved in the field of Virtual and Augmented Reality (VR/AR) and artificial intelligence (AI), this three-day course is led by John Slyce (Senior Tutor, RCA School of Humanities) and Daniel Birnbaum (Artistic Director, Acute Art).

World-leading speakers will deliver each session, with site visits across London to map the production and reception of 21st century VR/AR art.

Confirmed guest contributors you will interact with in-person or online on the 2024 programme include:

• Es Devlin, Artist

• Marco Brambilla, Artist

• Refik Anadol, Artist and Designer

• Hans Ulrich Obrist, Curator and Director of the Serpentine Gallery

• Simon Fox, CEO, Frieze Art Fairs

• Rodrigo Marques, CTO of Acute Art

• Samantha King, Head of Programme for VIVE Arts (HTC)

• Asha Easton, Immersive Tech Network LeadImmersive Tech Network Lead, Innovate UK

• Professor Johnny Golding, Professor of Philosophy & Fine Art, RCA

• Dr Ali Asadipour, Academic Lead, Computer Science Research Centre, RCA

• Yuqian Sun, AI research artist and game developer, PhD candidate, Computer Science Research Centre, RCA

• Dr Claude Dutson, Tutor (Research), Digital Direction, RCA

• Dr Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Senior Tutor, Information Experience Design, RCA

• Jack Hardiker, Tutor (Research), Digital Direction, RCA