Hi all, Spotted the posting below on another list. If you're near to London, UK, and interested in novel types of interaction then you may enjoy this free lecture.
Don't reply to me: the post below is all I know about it. Cheers Caroline Jarrett [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01525 370379 Effortmark Ltd Usability - Forms - Content ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Boyd Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Lansdown Lecture - Heartlands: heart-rate, GPS, gameplay - 21 November 2007 - London ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This public lecture is free. All welcome. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary + Heartlands: heart-rate, GPS, gameplay + Rachel Jacobs of Active Ingredient + Date: Wednesday 21 November 2007 + Time: 5:00pm for one hour + Location: Middlesex University, London, EN4 8HT Cat Hill Campus: Room 137 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Enquiries Stephen Boyd Davis: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Heartlands: heart-rate, GPS, gameplay ---------------------------------------------------------------------- What is happening to media? -- the implications of an award-winning world-first pervasive game. A unique game/artwork that uses live heart-rate and GPS to build each player¹s personal game experience. Media are changing, becoming pervasive and physical instead of being confined to conventional screens like TV, cinema and PCs. Rachel Jacobs and her colleagues at Active Ingredient, a Nottingham based new media company, have developed a world-first pervasive game which recently won the first Nokia Ubimedia international award in conjunction with the Mixed Reality Lab at Nottingham University. The work originated in a Wellcome Trust-funded project while Rachel was a postgraduate in the Lansdown Centre and has received world-wide attention. The Centre welcomes her back to Middlesex to reflect on the project and draw out issues for the future. The original project: http://lansdown.mdx.ac.uk/dragons/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About the speaker ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Rachel Jacobs is an artist, consultant and project manager, coming from a background of dance, performance and visual arts. She has been based in Nottingham since 1991 where she co-founded Active Ingredient. Rachel is responsible for the creative delivery and project management of the work. She has also worked as a lecturer and workshop facilitator. Rachel was awarded an MA in Electronic Arts from Middlesex University in 2006 and has co-authored papers about her work with Active Ingredient, Middlesex University Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts and the Mixed Reality Lab at University of Nottingham. Active Ingredient have developed a reputation over 10 years specialising in interactive media. They attempt to unlock everyday magic from the rigid systems of new media, their innovative approach to new technologies has led them to national and international success in the public, academic and commercial sectors. Active Ingredient: http://www.active-ingredient.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Room 137 Middlesex University Cat Hill Barnet Herts EN4 8HT United Kingdom http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=en4+8ht&ie=UTF8&ll=51.644 269,-0.147951&spn=0.007523,0.016308&t=h&z=16&om=1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date and time ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday 21 November at 5pm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen Boyd Davis Reader in Interactive Media Head, Lansdown Centre for Electronic Arts Middlesex University, Cat Hill, Barnet, Herts EN4 8HT United Kingdom Tel 44 (0)20 8411 5072 ............................................................. The Centre's Web Pages are at http://www.cea.mdx.ac.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://gamma.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://gamma.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://gamma.ixda.org/help
