Breaking News!
Following on the success of our activities staged throughout 2010/11 exploring the creative potential of augmented realities and novel interactions in public places, the Shang-pool team have begun further developments of the 'Arcadia' project.
As a manifestation of the Collaborative Laboratory being developed between LJMU, FACT and our friends at the University of Shanghai we are planning an event centred at FACT in September.
Staff from the school of Computing science began discussing how the Kinect system could be customised to provide sophisticated vector information allowing much more intuitive paddle control of our virtual Arcadian canoes.
Along side the experiments with the Kinect system, the Shanghai Virtual Lab team in Shanghai are developing an App for the IPhone which will allow our virtual park to be enriched and overlaid with sounds and images from China.
Members of the School of Computer Science hold a skype conference session with colleagues from the Virtual Lab team, University of Shanghai.
You can follow our progress on our Blog. Further information on the event at FACT will be announced as planning develops so keep an eye on our Events page.
Arcadia: A retrospective...
Voyages in Arcadia
This event, held at LJMU’s Art and Design Academy in 2010, was the first outing for the Arcadian canoeing experience when participants where able to navigate between the real and virtual worlds. read more...
Blossom Time
The success of Voyages in Arcadia led to a reprise of the event in 2011 during the Liverpool Light Night read more...
Picnic in Arcadia
The first collaboration between Liverpool LJMU, University of Salford and University of Shanghai where the Bluecoat Chambers became the setting for or a virtual meeting place, enabling people from Liverpool and Shanghai to mingle, talk and play together amid the imagined landscapes of Second Life. read more...
Workshops
As part of the outreach preparation for this project, pupils from Upton Hall Grammar School, Wirral, visited the Liverpool Screen School and the Computer and Maths Departments of the LJMU during September and early October, 2010. read more...
