Welcome to The Hybrid Reality Institute

Exploring Human-Technology Co-Evolution and Its Implications for Society, Business and Politics

  • Research


    The Hybrid Reality Institute conducts original research into human-technology co-evolution, including the politics of Digital Natives. A Hybrid Reality book will be published in 2012.
  • Salons


    The Hybrid Reality Institute hosts brainstorming salons around the world on issues related to human-technology co-evolution in the spheres of education, health, relationships, and business.
  • Labs


    The Hybrid Reality Institute partners with innovators and entrepreneurs to incubate new ideas and pilot them in corporations through hands-on and immersive workshops.

News and Events


  • Featured Los Angeles – Emerging Immersive Realities

    Hybrid Reality brought together leading film-makers, online game designers, branding executives, and media personalities to discuss how the construction of ever more immersive realities in influencing real-life behavior, and whether new technologies can re-shape our current social and political dynamics.

  • Featured New York – Citizen 3.0

    Hybrid Reality and Science House together convened a salon to discuss the impact of technology on citizen activism and innovations in governance. Among the many topics debated were the emergent forms of “We-Government,” new trade-offs between openness and privacy, gaps between educational preparedness and digital opportunity, and multiplying types of identity.