Ben Dalton's MScape project shortlisted by b.tween!

Our Ben Dalton has been selected to be among the finalists for developing a pitch for his project Our Music, Our City. The competition has been organised by just-b Productions and HPLabs, where ideas have been sought for developing an "Exploding Narrative" using the location-based framework MScape. This is a software development framework which runs on Windows Mobile phones with GPS. The MScape software allows to develop location-based applications in a very easy way, linking events to actions. These actions can be playing media which are stored on the mobile device.

Congratulation, Ben!

Final Year Showcase

On 7.May 2008 the final year students at Innovation North will show their projects in the Final Year Show.

Viewing Times:
Wednesday 7 May 2008 10.00am - 4.00pm

VIP Evening:
Wednesday 7 May 2008 5.00pm - 8.00pm


To confirm your attendance please contact:
Email: innevents@leedsmet.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 (0)113 812 3702

Venue:
James Graham, Leeds Metropolitan University, Headingley Campus, Leeds, LS6 3QS

Seminar Talk: Creative Technology

On 23.April 2008, 15:30-17:00 a seminar talk was held at Leeds Met at Caedmon G09. The following topics were covered:
Reinhold Behringer: Recent Activities of the Centre for Creative Technology
Tony Renshaw: Eye Tracking
Tony Partington: Demonstration of using the Vicon Motion Tracking System for tracking objects

Leeds Met Students win Prices at Games Competition!

On 15.April 2008 the Game Republic organised a student showcase and awarded prices to games designers.

Leeds Met students were very successful:

For the overall game concept, art, and design, the first prize of 100 pounds was awarded to the Leeds Met Team of Jason Brooke, Steven Kerrigan, Richard Hetherington, Joe Roe, and Kevin Jorge.

The 2nd prize for Game Design - 50 pounds - was awarded to David Mclure.

The 3rd prise for Game Art - 25 pounds - was awarded to Ashley Mitchell and Tim Owens.

Congratulations to all these successfull Leeds Met students!

Student Spotlight: Andy Brennan

At Leeds Met, Masters student Andrew Brennan (MSc Sound & Music for Interactive Games) has been investigating a number of tangible interfaces ranging from big screen to table-top interaction. For his ElectroBurst project, Andy created a real-time interactive audio table interface using the Nintendo Wii remote.

ElectroBurst : An investigation into physical, tangible interaction with music. WingBats utilises a glass table, a projector and a Nintendo Wii control setup to bridge the gap between the 'real' and the ‘virtual'. By playing a simple game the physical actions of the user influence the resulting sound.

Andy says, "I initially wanted to be an architect and spent two years learning about principles such as conceptual design, self critique and discipline. After this period I decided to take my newly acquired skills and knowledge to sound design and production. My undergraduate course in BSc Creative Music & Sound Technology has exposed me to exciting areas of sound technology that I had never thought of before. My first audio programming experience was Native Instruments Reaktor, which I used to create various synths and samplers. From this point on I began to experiment with other programming platforms such as Max/MSP, Processing, Java, C++ and C* to create various interactive systems and stochastic performance tools. "

His masters work has continued these experiments and successes. More info is available on Andy's personal site, and his project blog.

Student Spotlight: Simon Mann

For the 2008 Innovation North Postgraduate Showcase, Simon Mann (MSc Creative Technology) demoed his bTraffic project. It builds on boid flocking algorithms to create realistic traffic animation.

bTraffic is an easy to use toolset designed for animating traffic flow. It works within an existing 3D application and generates simulated traffic that can be used for still or animated 3D visualisations. bTraffic is customisable and aimed at animators with little or no programming skills.

Simon has a keen interest in 3D modelling and animation which has led him back into university life. He indulges in programming in a variety of languages including PHP, Python, Actionscript, MEL, SQL and Javascript as well as occasionally dabbling in a little C, C++, Virtools, ASP and Maxscript. From an artistic angle he enjoys regular life drawing sessions which help to complement his 3D modelling skills.

In the past Simon has had a range of jobs including being a web designer, web developer, applications developer, multimedia designer and technical support analyst and has been involved in creating anything from small websites up to large successful Content Management and Ecommerce systems. He has worked in a variety of companies from a small start up business through to an enormous public sector body and believes that all helped him gain a huge amount of experience and skill.

Announcement: Postgraduate Showcase: 13.3., 5-8pm

On 13.3.2008, the annual Postgraduate Showcase for the Creative Technology students will be hosted at the Old Broadcasting House, 17:00 - 20:00. There will be the students presenting their work, as well as some staff from Innovation North. Also, there will be some finger food - bring friends and colleagues to this event!