13. The Metaverse and Digital Storytelling - Empathy and VR

The Northern Digital Storytelling Festival is an online festival comprising 20 sessions designed to encourage collaboration, inspiration, and knowledge-share at the intersections between games, film and TV, XR and the more traditional creative industries, to encourage the furthering of ‘Digital Storytelling’ innovations in the North of England and beyond.

Due to its intimate nature, XR experiences can provoke a powerful sense of empathy in the audience. We will consider how technology & digital storytelling can be used to build it. Speakers include Samantha Kingston from Virtual Umbrella, Richard England from Reflex Arc and Josh Naylor from HTC Vive.