Episode 6: Immersive Media and Digital Representation

Max Peacock

March 17, 2022

Our Connected Future is the first season of the BMPD Storytellers podcast, hosted by Max Peacock. it is a series of conversational podcast episodes featuring experts on various aspects of technology. With guests, Max discusses digital storytelling, artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, and much more. The podcast aspires to incite critical reflection on the role of technology in today’s societies.

The Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) engages in theoretical and applied multidisciplinary research concerned with the integration of new and emerging technologies. CIMS leverages innovations in information modeling and virtual reality to bring immersive heritage-focused storytelling to the public sphere.

In episode 6 of Our Connected Future, Max is joined by Stephen Fai, the Director of CIMS to discuss their mission and operations. In their conversation, Max and Steve explore the role of technological innovation in applied research and the necessity of deep thinking and optimism to guide it.

Max Peacock is a third-year student in the Bachelor of Media Production and Design program minoring in Entrepreneurship. He is a digital architect, aspiring philosopher, and optimistic futurist. Max uses digital storytelling to express his entrepreneurial worldview and incite critical reflection about the role of technology in society. He dreams of a future where technology augments the pursuit of a meaningful human life. In his podcast, Our Connected Future, Max explores tech innovation’s ethical implications and role in human progress.