VIPR (2009-)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
Theresa Caruana

In 2009 I began collaborating with Theresa Caruana, a Nottingham-based artist specialising in collage, live performance and projection, to extend and combine our current interests (both sharing a desire to enliven space with technology). We refer to our joint reseach into the uses of technology to create immersive environments in public space as VIPR: Virtual [...]

New! VIPR (2009-)

Horizon (2010-)

Institution
Horizon Research Institute
Collaborator(s)
See project site
Horizon (2010-)

Homework (2009-)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
University of Glasgow; Imperial College London; Georgia Institute of Technology; Microsoft Research (Cambridge); BT
Homework (2009-)

Coupling Mobile & Situated Devices (2005-2010)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab

The following abstract is taken from my PhD thesis, “A Framework to Guide the Design of Environments Coupling Mobile and Situated Technologies”:
An increasing number of devices are being situated in public spaces yet interactions with such devices are problematic: they tend to be impersonal and subject to social apprehension while devices suitable for specific tasks [...]

Coupling Mobile & Situated Devices (2005-2010)

INSCAPE (2008)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
CS Systèmes d'Information S.A; Immersion; Digital Video S.R.L.; Realviz; Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung; Culture Lab University of Newcastle; Centre for user-oriented IT Design, KTH; Research Unit of Communication and Art, University of Aveiro; German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence; Alterface; Ecole Nationale Supérieure d'Ingénieurs de Constructions Aéronautiques; International Centre for New Media; zVisuel S.A.
INSCAPE (2008)

Future Garden (2006)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
Willi Dorner Company; University of Nottingham School of the Built Environment

In the first year of my PhD I participated in the deployment and evaluation of the Future Garden project: a collaboration between the MRL, the UoN Architectural History and Theory Group, Dance4, Willi Dorner and others. Future Garden allowed members of the public to explore the hidden past, present and future of Nottingham’s Sneinton Market [...]

Future Garden (2006)

Anywhere Somewhere Everywhere (2008)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
Willi Dorner Company; University of Nottingham School of the Built Environment

Through Anywhere Somewhere Everywhere (née Anywhere née Hidden Spaces) we hoped to provide an exploratory experience for individuals of Nottingham city centre. We presented aspects of the city that have become unavailable, or are off the beaten tourist-track, using an approach combining mobile-based video-, photo- and text-trails alongside multimedia content, live performances and physical exploration [...]

Anywhere Somewhere Everywhere (2008)

Rivers Baghdad (2009-)

Institution
Mixed Reality Lab
Collaborator(s)
Theresa Caruana; Meredith Gunderson; Laura-Mae Brown; Andy Arkell

The Baghdad 2009- installation demonstrates one potential application of the VIPR platform, in this case used for exhibition of artistic and cultural content relating to a particular country and city.
Baghdad 2009- is an interactive installation built upon the VIPR platform that allows the user to navigate a virtual Iraqi landscape to find and view web-content, [...]

Rivers Baghdad (2009-)
VIPR (2009-)
Horizon (2010-)
Homework (2009-)
Coupling Mobile & Situated Devices (2005-2010)
INSCAPE (2008)
Future Garden (2006)
Anywhere Somewhere Everywhere (2008)
Rivers Baghdad (2009-)