10 Things You Shouldn’t Miss at SXSW Interactive and Film Inline
Photo: Courtesy of Apple1/10The Future of What We Wear
Now that there’s finally a release date for the highly anticipated Apple Watch (next month), wearables are on everyone’s mind. SXSW Interactive will be offering a multitude of panels and workshops exploring the potential of wearable technology, including discussions on everything from 3-D-printed fashion to wearable wallets.
Photographed by Steven Klein, Vogue, September 20132/10The Internet of Things
The Internet of Things, the term used to describe intelligent objects (FitBit, cars with wireless connection), is the new buzzword in Silicon Valley. From the functionality of a smart house to the potential of creating a connected “smart city,” the possibilities of the IoT is this year’s hot topic at SXSW.
Making the Internet of Things a Reality, March 13, 3:30 p.m.
Photo: Courtesy of Karlie Kloss / @karliekloss3/10The Next Frontier of Fashion Week
At every fashion show these days, a wave of iPhones and iPads point toward the runway. Supermodel @karliekloss pairs up with Instagram’s Sara Wilson to discuss the ways in which technology, from blogs to live-streams to social media, has taken over the fashion industry.
How Technology Colonized Fashion Week, March 14, 3:30 p.m.
Photographed by Steven Klein, Vogue, October 20064/10Artificial Intelligence
Robots are becoming less of a science-fi concept and more of an everyday reality. Martine Rothblatt, CEO of United Therapeutics and author of Virtually Human: The Promise—and Peril—of Digital Immortality, talks about the advances in artificial intelligence and why she believes robotics might just hold the key to living forever.
A.I., Immortality and the Future of Selves, March 15, 2:00 p.m.
Photo: Courtesy of Google5/10A look into Google[x]
We’ve always wondered what exactly goes on behind the closed doors of Google’s secretive innovative facility, Google[x]. Tasked with creating next-generation technology—think driverless cars, hoverboards, teleportation—Google[x] is pretty tight-lipped about its upcoming projects, but we’re hoping to get some insight at this year’s keynote speech by Astro Teller, lead scientist at Google[x] or, as he prefers to be called, “Captain of Moonshots.”
Moonshots and Reality, March 17, 2:00 p.m.
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW6/10Ex-Machina
It’s fitting that Ex-Machina is premiering at SXSW. This new film by Alex Garland follows a tech engineer (Domhnall Gleeson) who wins a competition to meet the company’s CEO (Oscar Isaac) at his secluded house in the mountains. There, he discovers his reclusive and brilliant boss has been busy working on a remarkably emotionally intelligent A.I. called Ava.
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW7/10Creative Control
Taking place in the near future in Brooklyn, Creative Control explores the consequences of augmented reality through the eyes of David, a young ad executive who is obsessed with his best friend’s girlfriend, Sophie, and lands himself into trouble after using smart-glass technology to create a relationship with her in the virtual world.
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW8/10Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
After taking on Scientology in his last documentary, Alex Gibney now focuses his lens on the intriguing CEO behind the black turtleneck in Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine. The film features interviews with many in Jobs’s inner circle and is one of the first in-depth looks at the legacy the Apple founder left behind since passing away in 2011.
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW9/10Mavis!
This music documentary explores the life of Mavis Staples, the soul singer behind the hits “I’ll Take You There” and “Let’s Do It Again.” The film by Jessica Edwards charts the rise of the gospel singer turned civil rights activist and features plenty of archival concert footage, as well as interviews with Bob Dylan, Prince, and Bonnie Raitt.
Photo: Courtesy of SXSW10/10Manson Family Vacation
Jay Duplass (aka Josh in Transparent) stars as a family man, Nick, whose life is upended when his mess of a brother, Conrad (Linas Phillips), shows up on his doorstep. Obsessed with Charles Manson, Conrad takes Nick on a road trip through all the Manson family murder sites. Here’s hoping this indie is a comedy.
