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John Marcar visits Silverstone Museum to explore a groundbreaking mixed reality exhibition featuring insights from key figures in motorsport.

In this week's episode of The Driven Podcast, John Marcar visits Silverstone Museum to experience Black Cats & Chequered Flags – a groundbreaking mixed reality exhibition making its UK debut. Blending virtual reality, interactive storytelling and authentic motorsport history, the experience puts visitors in the shoes of Ferrari legend Alberto Ascari, Formula One's first double World Champion. Recorded during the exhibition's launch event, John speaks with members of the project team as well as a very special guest from the world of F1... THE GUESTS: >> Rob Jaina is the Director of Curation and Learning at Silverstone Museum, and is also a journalist and motorsport commentator. >> Elisabetta Rotolo is the CEO and Founder of MIAT (Multiverse Institute for Arts and Technology), the company that created Black Cat and Chequered Flags. >> Phil Lawrie is the CEO of Silverstone Museum. He shares a fascinating insight into what it takes to run the museum and what it's like to be situated on the outskirts of arguably one of the world's most famous racing circuits during the F1 weekend. >> David 'CROFTY' Croft - As a special guest on the episode, we're joined by…

People in this episode

Host: John Marcar

Guests: Rob Jania, Elisabetta Rotolo, Phil Lawrie, David 'CROFTY' Croft

Topics covered

• mixed reality exhibition
• motorsport history
• Formula One
• Silverstone Museum
• virtual reality
• interactive storytelling

Keywords

• Black Cats & Chequered Flags
• Silverstone Museum
• Alberto Ascari
• F1
• motorsport
• virtual reality
• interactive exhibition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Silverstone Museum, MIAT (Multiverse Institute for Arts and Technology)

Books & works: The Sky Sports F1 Podcast

Places: UK

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