“Creating interactions that enhance the narrative, not pull focus from it” – Allison Crank (UX / XR designer)

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Today we meet Allison Crank, UX designer and researcher whose work in immersive technologies (the most recent with IMPULSE: PLAYING WITH REALITY, currently at the Venice Film Festival) teaches us how the language of user interaction connects to the core content of a story to bring out its deeper meanings. An attentive audience listener and […]

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