AI & XR INTERSECTION
Signaling Human-Technology Interaction in XR and AI
We're in an era where documenting and reflecting human identity and lived experience is being reframed through the lens of extended reality (XR) and artificial intelligence (AI) that when combined will challenge many assumptions we hold. This analysis draws from the curation of interactive and immersive projects at Signals Creative Tech Expo and XR Lab from 2022-2025.
Key Insights from Signals Expo 2022-2025
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The Algorithmic Gaze: Erosion of Privacy
A dominant concern among Artists is the erosion of privacy under algorithmic regimes. Interactive experiences question our willingness to be seen and judged by AI, highlighting the blurred boundaries between consent and coercion in digital self-representation. These works transform passive observation into critical introspection, challenging the techno-optimism of AI's "neutrality." Project example: AI & Me.
Embodied Memory and Digital Archives
Generative AI is deployed not only to replicate but to reimagine memory—personal, communal, and ancestral. Artists use training datasets drawn from oral histories, family archives, and cultural rituals to create mutable memory systems. In doing so, they confront the fragility of human recollection and the potential for machines to both preserve and distort the past. Project examples: Recollection, Sink in Sync.
Co-Creation and Human-Machine Dialogue
Projects often invite viewers to directly influence the narrative or sensory outcome through their choices, voices, or even brainwaves. This reciprocal authorship emphasizes the role of the audience as participant rather than observer, and AI as a collaborator rather than a tool. The resulting hybridity pushes against hierarchical notions of intelligence and creativity. Project examples: Protopica, We Are Entanglement.
Land, Indigeneity, and XR as Sacred Space
Signals curators have ensured Indigenous worldviews are not siloed but embedded throughout the exhibition. Many Artists center land-based knowledge and relationality, using XR to invoke spiritual geographies and animate ecosystems as sentient entities. These immersive landscapes assert the interconnectedness of beings and question the colonial legacy of land-as-resource. Project examples: SUMAXATK™, Sanctuary, Texada.
Reclaiming Joy, Intimacy, and Resistance
In a world shaped by climate crisis, displacement, and digital alienation, many projects deliberately center tenderness, humor, and imagination as acts of resistance. Through speculative futures and queer ecologies, artists use immersive media to foster affective states that resist commodification and surveillance. Project examples: Nocturnal Fugue, The Dark XR Music Video.
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Case Study: Questioning Agency in 'AI & Me'
The project AI & Me directly interrogates the future of human-AI interaction by reading brainwaves and manipulating sensory perception using XR. It exemplifies the critical questions raised by artists about the ethical implications of AI's 'interpretation' and potential influence over human experience. This reflects the article's discussion on surveillance and the machine gaze, where artists explore consent and coercion in digital self-representation.
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Case Study: Generative AI and Mutable Memory in 'Recollection'
The Recollection project utilizes generative AI to interpret and re-present personal stories, creating mutable memory systems. This artistic approach showcases how AI can be deployed not just to preserve, but also to reimagine and potentially distort the past, drawing attention to the fragility of human memory and the power of algorithms in shaping our narratives.
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