Daniel González-Franco is a Colombian Spanish interdisciplinary artist, researcher, and entrepreneur whose work explores embodied virtual reality, telepresence, and immersive storytelling as tools for empathy and social innovation. He is a cofounder of BeAnotherLab, creators of The Machine to Be Another, an embodied VR system that combines performance and neuroscience protocols to generate body-ownership illusions and catalyze dialogue across difference. The project has been presented at the United Nations General Assembly, Tribeca StoryScapes, IDFA DocLab, and the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, reaching audiences in more than thirty countries. BeAnotherLab’s work has received the European Social Innovation Competition award, the Laval Virtual Learning and Humanities Award, two Ars Electronica honorary mentions, and the N.I.C.E. Award. González Franco founded Omnipresenz, developed the intimacy-focused VR experience ImbueVR, and codesigned MISS-U, a psychosocial support system for space travel contexts. With choreographer Margherita Bérgamo he received the Laval Virtual Award 2019 and the VR Grand Prize at the Kaohsiung Film Festival for Eve: Dance is an Unplaceable Place, and recently presented Love Vibes at Ars Electronica with Espronceda.
Web: beanotherlab.org omnipresenz.com imbuevr.com
Date: 02/September/2025