David Burden
@davidburden.bsky.social
Independent consultant on AI, metaverse & wargaming. Series co-editor "The Metaverse Series" and co-author "Virtual Humans". Series info at https://metaverseseries.blogspot.com/. TEDx speaker on Digital Immortality. Also @urbanwargamer.bsky.social.
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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
August 12, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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
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...
You can find a link to the radio programme, and a text version of the interview at: jilliangodsil.com/talking-to-v...
July 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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...
You can find a link to the radio programme, and a text version of the interview at: jilliangodsil.com/talking-to-v...
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
July 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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
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
June 16, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Interesting and encouraging findings in a new XRA survey on XR/VR adoption and the #metaverse metaverseseries.blogspot.com/2025/06/new-...
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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
May 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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
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
May 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
BBC Local News picked up on the Wolverhampton project - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #metaverse #virtualreality #education
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
May 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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
#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
Hard copies have arrived! More info at metaverseseries.blogspot.com/p/the-milita... #metaverse
May 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#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
Our new space on the Frame virtual platform is up for the Military Metaverse book.
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
May 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Our new space on the Frame virtual platform is up for the Military Metaverse book.
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
April 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Nice coverage in MS&T on our new book on the Military Metaverse which is published tomorrow! www.halldale.com/defence/expe... #metaverse
Closing slide from the New Scientist Consciousness event, very apposite given our work on the Sensay Wisdom Engine!
April 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Closing slide from the New Scientist Consciousness event, very apposite given our work on the Sensay Wisdom Engine!
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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April 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Brilliant video on attention that makes a change from the gorilla one youtu.be/LW_ZVvjP_Ms?...
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
April 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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
Nice graphic on the build up of simple episodic memories into complex episodic memories from Catherine Loveday, UoWestminster
April 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Nice graphic on the build up of simple episodic memories into complex episodic memories from Catherine Loveday, UoWestminster
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
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April 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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...
Down in London for the @newscientist.com Instant Expert day of talks on Consciousness #AI #Consciousness
April 26, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Down in London for the @newscientist.com Instant Expert day of talks on Consciousness #AI #Consciousness
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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...
April 23, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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...
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
April 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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
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 ...
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April 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Nice immersive experience of the city of Carcassonne, c. 1304 from a location-based entertainment centre in Paris. eclipso-entertainment.com/en/paris/car...
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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
April 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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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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.
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April 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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.
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
April 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Nice summary of the state of VR in China - www.immersivewire.com/p/china-repo... #metaverse
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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”
March 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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”
This pulls together my experiences from Unity days, though Arkio and Frame to SpacesXR.
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
March 5, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This pulls together my experiences from Unity days, though Arkio and Frame to SpacesXR.