Emerging Media Community of Practice February 2018 Meeting
David Dunkley Gyimah | Head of Digital Interactive Storytelling LAB University of Westminster Interdisciplinary approach to VR, via looking at Art, Cinema Journalism, Emotions and Technology David heads up the disLAB at the University of Westminster. His work has been described as “a rare combination of skills in hands-on field reporting, and technology and technical innovation…” […]
Emerging Media Community of Practice March 2018 Meeting
Bernard Reike | Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) Could Virtual Reality Make Us More Human? How we could use the potential of virtual reality to go beyond entertainment and gaming, for creating positive or even transformational experiences we might otherwise not be able to have? And how could we democratize the medium […]
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UBC Emerging Media Lab Photo Contest Please review the official UBC Emerging Media Lab photo contest rules below. Download the official rules here: UBC Emerging Media Lab Contest Rules OFFICIAL CONTEST RULES 1. CONTEST 1.1 The University of British Columbia (“UBC”) is a contest sponsor of UBC Emerging Media Lab Google Cardboard Photo Contest. 1.2 […]
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Advancing Industrial Human Robot Interaction | Methods with Augmented Reality
The second speaker of UBC’s November VR/AR User Group meeting, Camilo Perez addresses CARIS Lab (http://caris.mech.ubc.ca/)’s recent work on developing novel human-robot interaction (HRI) capabilities by extending the Microsoft Hololens Augmented Reality (AR) platform. He presents an overview of the development of two robotic systems that integrate the Hololens as part of the human-robot interaction, […]
Nicola Anderson | Eye Tracking in VR
In January’s Emerging Media Community of Practice meeting, Nicola Anderson presents her work in eye tracking in VR. Eye tracking in VR is a relatively new technological advancement. While it was initially developed in order to save processing resources (only rendering in high detail where the point of gaze is), it can provide eye movement […]
Eyemole – EML Sandbox Collective
The first speakers of UBC’s November VR/AR User Group meeting, the Eyemole collective (https://eyemole.io) present their work at the Emerging Media Lab. The group works at the intersection of neurotechnology, virtual reality and art. They explain why this particular intersection is relevant in today’s world and talk about several of their current projects involving creative […]