Newton Lee
ACM Computers in Entertainment, USA
Title: From the World's First Computer Art to Star Trek's Holodeck
Biography
Biography: Newton Lee
Abstract
Albert Einstein once said, “True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” In accordance with the theme of the conference – “Where Art meets Science…. Imagine the Possibilities! ” – Newton Lee’s keynote speech takes us on an unforgettable journey from the world's first computer art to Cyborg artists to Star Trek's Holodeck. Along the way, he also discusses virtual reality with Oculus Rift, Microsoft HoloLens, and Magic Leap, among others.
In a 1996 interview by Terry Gross, Steve Jobs remarked that “computer science is a liberal art; it’s something everyone should know how to use, at least, and harness in their life. It’s not something that should be relegated to 5 percent of the population over in the corner. It’s something that everybody should be exposed to and everyone should have mastery of to some extent, and that’s how we viewed computation and these computation devices.”
Regina Dugan, senior executive at Google and former director of DARPA, summed it up nicely: “Science is art. It is the process of creating something that never exists before. ... It makes us ask new questions about ourselves, others; about ethics, the future.”