[IMAX cameras have always been too noisy to film intimate scenes with real-time dialogue, but new technical innovations allowed director Christopher Nolan and his cinematographer to create the first film entirely shot in the presence-evoking large-screen format. Details are in this story from Variety, followed below by excerpts from coverage in World of Reel and Screen Rant. For more about the new camera, see coverage in Y.M.Cinema Magazine. –Matthew] [Image: “The new IMAX’s Next-Gen 65mm Cameras on the Set of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey” Source: Y.M.Cinema Magazine] Christopher Nolan Shot ‘The Odyssey’ Entirely With Imax Cameras by Creating New Equipment…

[Journalism is just one of the many professions for which artificial intelligence creates presence-related and other ethical challenges and the need for an updated code of ethics. This commentary from the Media 3.0 blog by the MediaPost Editor-in-Chief demonstrates that AI itself can help with the updating process (but thereby argues that humans have to be transparent about AI’s role and take ultimate responsibility for the revised code). –Matthew] Commentary An AI Journalistic Code Of Ethics (Proposed By An AI) By Joe MandeseNovember 17, 2025 Citing a variety of factors related to artificial intelligence — misinformation, disinformation, media literacy, media…

[A key concept in presence scholarship has been named Word of the Year for 2025 by Cambridge Dictionary, and is the topic of widespread press coverage including by CNN, USA Today, the CBC and BBC, and Rolling Stone. ABC News has a 2:17 minute video report. The press release by Cambridge Dictionary from Business Wire is below; see also a new graphic-heavy Cambridge website about the word and a 2:55 minute Cambridge video about it featuring psychologist Simone Schnall. –Matthew] ‘Parasocial’ is Cambridge Dictionary’s Word of the Year 2025 November 17, 2025 2025 saw huge interest in ‘parasocial’ relationships with…

[House Beautiful provides this summary of a clever “immersive stay” experience at the Sheraton Boston hotel likely to evoke presence. See the original version for seven more pictures of the room designed to recreate the room in the well-known children’s book “Goodnight Moon.” In his Travel blog Live and Let’s Fly, Matthew Klint provides a personal perspective on the project (and includes two videos). Here’s a key quote: “The magic is not that a hotel has painted some walls green and added a few themed props. The magic is that you walk in and your brain starts filling in the…

[This short story from The Strait Times reports on a recent wedding between a woman and a digital companion she created using ChatGPT; the event was “planned by a local company that specialises in “2D character weddings” and has “arranged about 30 weddings for people with non-human partners, from anime characters to AI companions.” A related story from  The Strait Times titled “I let an AI bot ‘love’ me for a week. Here’s what went wrong“ includes this: “This experiment was part of a larger exploration into how people are increasingly turning to AI for emotional and practical support.…

[Two technology companies have partnered to advance an ambitious vision of thousands of people on Earth experiencing and learning about space via real-time telepresence. Coverage from The Cleveland American below provides some details; for more, see the press release via EIN News and the websites of Arkisys and Limitless Telepresence. –Matthew] Arkisys and Limitless Telepresence Partner to Bring Real-Time Space Interaction to Earth By Misty TateNovember 13, 2025 Two pioneering technology firms, Arkisys and Limitless Telepresence, have announced a groundbreaking collaboration aimed at revolutionising the way people on Earth experience and interact with space. The partnership, unveiled in Los Alamitos,…