11-11-2026 –, Foyer 3
What happens when smart glasses tell you what to say during a job interview? Or when students receive real-time support and suggestions through AI-powered smartglasses during exams? Smart glasses are no longer a distant future; they are consumer products already reshaping how we see, know, and relate to each other in public and professional spaces. Corrupted Visions is a hands-on sandbox workshop using consumer smart glasses to explore what wearable AI does to human relationships, trust, and moral responsibility.
In this interactive workshop participants wear Meta Ray-Ban and Even Realities G2 glasses in roleplay scenarios where some people access information others don't, and where AI suggests what to say in live conversations. These scenarios are designed to be morally stimulating; generating discomfort, unexpected outcomes, and lively debate about what responsible wearable AI actually looks like in practice.
Rather than debating ethics abstractly, participants feel the information asymmetry, surveillance dynamics, and power imbalances that smart glasses create in real time. Corrupted Visions offers the XR industry a sandbox to experience what these technologies do to people before deciding what they should do and to develop the shared value-first work that responsible deployment requires. Come join the discussion in this unique workshop!
By the end of the session, you will:
- Have experienced how future smart glasses could reshape learning, assessment, and professional interactions.
- Recognise opportunities, risks, and dilemmas that emerge when these technologies become widely available.
- Gain inspiration for conversations about emerging technologies within your own institution.
Please come in time, since there's place for a maximum of 15 people in this session!
What is already possible with smart glasses and what undesirable (ethical) effects this may have on education.
Sanderijn Kuijvenhoven is a project manager AI in Education and responsible tech advisor at SURF and Npuls. She has a Master’s degree in Artificial intelligence where she studied the effects of AI in education and how policy for AI in education should be approached to mitigate the ethical risks. In her current work, she organizes projects that look into the future of AI in education and bring different educational institutions in the Netherlands together to exchange knowledge and work together towards collective agreements and the responsible use of AI in education.
John Ford Walker is an Emerging tech advisor at SURF who connects new technologies with responsible ways to use them. John has worked on ethics games, reports, workshops and inspirational speeches to advocate for the practice of ethics in XR and AI tech in education and research.
As a speaker, John transforms complex ethical topics into engaging, accessible presentations. Known for his warm humor and storytelling approach, he makes challenging subjects welcoming and interesting. His speaking style energizes audiences while addressing serious technological questions. John creates a more inclusive atmosphere where attendees from all backgrounds feel comfortable participating in important conversations about our technological future. His presentations balance thought-provoking content with practical takeaways that participants can immediately apply to their work.
Stefan is an advisor in the Visualisation&XR Team at SURF. He has a PhD in Biophysics, works with researchers on data visualisation projects on the national supercomputer Snellius, and works with SURF colleagues on the Corrupted Visions project about Smart Glasses and Public Values.