UTS PhD student  Damian Hills has merged science and design with contemporary social practice to create *assimilate*. In an installation housed at Beta_space in the  Cyberworlds Gallery, a touch table fitted with a downward projection and  multiple sensors runs *assimilate. *

This work encourages social networking on a different plane. With an  interface that allows for multiple participants to comb online databases  associated with myths and folklore, users can construct their own narratives  for a 3-dimensional space.  As the users chat, role-play, and continue  through their adventure, the system learns how best to organise the choices  participants make based on their behaviours during the process. The end  product is a human-computer collaboration, with each assimilating the best  qualities of the other to create an ideal narrative.

When:  Friday 20 August – Friday 1 October
Where: Powerhouse Museum, 500 Harris St, Ultimo
Cost: Free with entry to Powerhouse Museum – Adult $10, child $5 more information available here: http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/visit/hours&charges.asp

For further information, please visit the Beta_space website.