On 9. July 2007, the Centre for Creative Technology celebrated its official
launch with an evening of demonstrations of previous work by the members of this
Centre.
Program:
17:30 - 18:00
Acre Room, James Graham Building
Light Refreshments
18:00 - 19:00
Lecture Theatre B, James Graham Building
Welcome by Cath Orange, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dean Innovation North
Overview of
Centre for Creative Technology by Prof. Reinhold Behringer
Brief overview by exhibitors about the demonstrations
19:00
Acre Room, James Graham Building
Buffet Reception
19:20 - 21:00
Music Studios, James Graham Building
Creative technology demonstrations
Demonstrations
Approaches to Interactive Video - Examples of Student Work.
Brian Larkman
Various games and installations from MSc projects.
Real-World Sensors for Interaction with Virtual Worlds.
Bal Singh
A laptop computer with a built-in inclinometer allows the simulation
of a rolling ball.
The user can also blow onto a virtual object simulated on the
laptop computer and make it move.
The Vibra-Chair.
Student project: Matthew Smith and Lionel Myers
This level-3 student project demonstrates a chair which translates acoustic
signals into vibrations, shifting them into a different frequency domain.
"Clap 'n' Smack".
Andy Brennan
Interactive Audio Game with visual interaction to music.
Towards Automatic Understanding of Language.
John Elliott, Elizabeth Guest
These demonstrations show the spatial visualisation of language semantics.
This is a precursor to automatic parsing of text which ultimately
can be used for automated detecting of the semantic meaning of text.
Live Motion Capture and Animation.
Duncan Folley
A motion capture system captures live the motions of a person and
allows a real-time animation of a computer-generated avatar (a virtual 3D character).
Eye Tracking in the RePossessed Project.
Richard Stevens, Tony Renshaw, Dave Raybould
Users can have their eyes tracked as they watch a scene of a
movie shown on a monitor. Subsequently they can watch their eye
movement, combined with those of others in a variety of innovative formats,
on another screen.
Instant Messaging with Expressive Avatars.
Marc Fabri
Talk to someone in another room using a messenger-style chat tool,
which allows you to express emotions.
Sound Diffusion: The Performance of Electroacoustic Music.
Adam Stansbie
Every 20 minutes, a short program of electronic compositions is
being performed on a sound diffusion system.
Creative Technology