Agents in the Wild Designing characterful AI for the real world

AI is moving into the physical world - beyond text interfaces and assistants, as embodied companions that understand you and your context. This talk traces a design lineage from Keiichi’s short films HYPER-REALITY and Agents through to Liquid City’s award winning experiments with spatial AI.

This session will demonstrate the potential of spatial agents through projects such as Jade, a local guide developed in collaboration with Niantic, and Wisp World, a context-aware AR glasses game featuring characterful agents that can see into your world. Together, they suggest new ways of blending narrative, environment and intelligence, and present an optimistic path for designing and living with AI.