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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Aug 12

Just War Theory and Artificial Intelligence has just been published by Routledge and includes my chapter on Wargaming and Just War Theory www.routledge.com/Just-War-The... - which will form the basis of my GUWS presentation next week - www.eventbrite.com/e/wargaming-... #wargaming #justwar

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Jul 23

I was interviewed on Monday by Jillian Godsil for Dublin City FM. The talk is mainly around virtual humans and digital amortality, but also touches on some metaverse issues.

You can find a link to the radio programme, and a text version of the interview at: jilliangodsil.com/talking-to-v...

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Jul 21

I'm being interviewed on Dublin City FM at midday today on virtual humans by author and journalist Jillian Godsill www.mixcloud.com/1032DublinCi... #virtualhumans #digitalimmortality

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Jun 16

Interesting and encouraging findings in a new XRA survey on XR/VR adoption and the #metaverse metaverseseries.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...

New XRA Survey Finds 1 in 5 Teens Own a Virtual Reality Headset

Interesting new survey out from the XR Association. Their blurb, and links, below: The XR Association 's 2025 teen survey results give in...

metaverseseries.blogspot.com

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 28

Good number of people trying out my MR demo this pm at Kings Wargaming Week, most took to it pretty naturally. In response to a comment on a neighbouring naval wargame I quickly put a prototype ASW space together in ShapesXR - so depth is just a natural part of the experience. #wargaming #metaverse

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 16

BBC Local News picked up on the Wolverhampton project - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #metaverse #virtualreality #education

Wolverhampton University literature students experiment with VR

The experiment sees students moving beyond essays to create their own virtual reality spaces.

www.bbc.co.uk

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 15

Nice bit of PR on a project I'm currently helping deliver at Wolverhampton University, some great builds by the students, who took to the VR authoring/building app with only a few hours training from me. www.wlv.ac.uk/news-and-eve... #virtualreality #metaverse

University pioneers immersive learning with virtual reality for English Literature

The study of English Literature at the University of Wolverhampton is gaining an exciting new dimension. Professor Sebastian Groes is trialling cutting-edge Virtual Reality (VR) technology with Unive...

www.wlv.ac.uk

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 8

#3 in the series. Just proof reading what will become #4 or #5 I expect - we're now onto the books not co-written by my or Maggi. #metaverse

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 8

Hard copies have arrived! More info at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita... #metaverse

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · May 7

Our new space on the Frame virtual platform is up for the Military Metaverse book.

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · May 7

Our Military Metaverse microworld is now open, just use your browser to go to framevr.io/militarymeta.... Just walk around the world and learn more about the book. It pings me when people enter so don't be surprised if I drop by to say hi (although feel free to ignore me!) #metaverse

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 30

Nice coverage in MS&T on our new book on the Military Metaverse which is published tomorrow! www.halldale.com/defence/expe... #metaverse

Experts Fawkes & Burden Chart the Rise of the Military Metaverse in New Book

The Military Metaverse, a new book written by MS&T's Andy Fawkes and David Burden will be published by Routledge on 1st May.

www.halldale.com

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Closing slide from the New Scientist Consciousness event, very apposite given our work on the Sensay Wisdom Engine!

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Brilliant video on attention that makes a change from the gorilla one youtu.be/LW_ZVvjP_Ms?...

Whodunnit?

YouTube video by iOpener Institute

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Fascinating stuff on day-dreaming and mind-wandering and the Default Mode Network - an area I’ve always been interested in trying to get into a bot/AI - this might finally give me an in to it

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Nice graphic on the build up of simple episodic memories into complex episodic memories from Catherine Loveday, UoWestminster

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Interviewed about my work on conversational AI on Sensay’s weekly Community Call. Good chat with Dan for 30 mins plus in a variety of relevant topics #AI #chatbots www.youtube.com/live/bBQFvUn...

Sensay Community Call – AI, Web3 & Real Talk

YouTube video by Sensay

www.youtube.com

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 26

Down in London for the @newscientist.com Instant Expert day of talks on Consciousness #AI #Consciousness

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Apr 23

Military Metaverse virtual book launch in 2 weeks - sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-milita.... Now on pre-order at Amazon and Routledge (use 25AFLY1 at Routledge for 20% discount!) - metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita...

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 23

GPT4.5 passes the Turing test, surprised its taken this long for a documented/peer reviewed pass by an LLM, so may not be the first - medium.com/@mcunningham... #AI #ChatGPT

The Turing test has fallen. Does it matter?

OpenAI’s GPT-4.5 beats computing’s most famous intelligence test

medium.com

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 17

Nice immersive experience of the city of Carcassonne, c. 1304 from a location-based entertainment centre in Paris. eclipso-entertainment.com/en/paris/car...

The Last Stronghold, Carcassonne 1304 - ECLIPSO

Join the waiting list and get 20% off when the ticket office opens! I'm signing up BOX OFFICE A co-production EXPERIENCE AN EXTRAORDINARY ADVENTURE IN THE MIDDLE AGES Prepare yourself for a real leap ...

eclipso-entertainment.com

David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 10

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dms...

New AI Humanoid Robot Tech At 2022 World Robot Conference

YouTube video by AI News

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Apr 9

The Military Metaverse space will be linked in to the larger Metaverse Series microverse already established at framevr.io/themetaverse.... And here are a few pics of the build in progress, with spaces dedicated to each chapter of the book. #metaverse #framevr

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Apr 9

Invites now open for the virtual launch of The Military Metaverse, in the #metaverse! Open house 1200-1900 BST on 7th May 2025, guided tours at 1300 and 1700. Free sign up at www.eventbrite.com/e/the-milita.... URL to follow nearer the date, but will be on the framevr.io virtual world platform.

The Military Metaverse - Virtual Launch

A virtual event in FrameVR.io to launch the new book on The Military Metaverse from Taylor and Francis.

www.eventbrite.com

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Apr 7

Nice summary of the state of VR in China - www.immersivewire.com/p/china-repo... #metaverse

China Report: A deep dive into China's large-scale VR

A quarterly write-up by Sylvan Shen

www.immersivewire.com

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Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Mar 27

Thought provoking session from Richard Boyd at #ITEC2025, and a conclusion I’d pretty much agree with - “Ultimately knowledge graphs, combined with LLMs and a digital twin simulation of the world will result in AGI”

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David Burden @davidburden.bsky.social · Mar 5

This pulls together my experiences from Unity days, though Arkio and Frame to SpacesXR.

Urban Wargamer @urbanwargamer.bsky.social · Mar 5

Just made a Substack post pulling together my experiences so far of mixed reality wargaming open.substack.com/pub/urbanwar... #wargaming #xr #mixedreality #quest

Mixed Reality Wargaming

I’ve long been interested in the idea of playing wargames within virtual spaces.

open.substack.com