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The housing market, localism, music, history? What's your passion? | Victoria Tillotson | NewsA big thanks to all those who came along to the Minivation Lab in Plymouth last night. It was a great turn out and chance for us to meet some new, interesting people, as well as catch up with some familiar faces.
The session was facilitated by the brilliant Seth Honor, who did a fantastic job of teasing out all the possible ideas in the room (aided by a hooter).Everyone had the opportunity to spend a minute pitching an idea, then all ideas were voted on and the top five worked up into more detailed propositions.
Ideas ranged from the future of TV, to guided walks, personalised radio, locative archives, augmented reality for estate agents, attaching stories to objects, tagging your local area, bio-feedback in gaming and more. Phil Stenton, Director of Calvium, quickly worked his way around the room discussing the feasibility and possibilities of ideas.
Thoughts and propositions were feed back to the whole group and some really interesting discussion took place: if you personalise radio how do you keep the notion of 'random'? If people can tag their local area with comments how will abuse of the system be managed? To stream video from a mobile device to many people, how can we overcome the bandwidth problem? How do you bridge the gap between the collective experience of TV and the individual experience of devices? Could our own hearts become game characters that we control through emotional response?The session closed with a quick word from everyone on how they were feeling - inspired, excited, thought provoking were just a few. I was certainly inspired and I look forward to our next Lab in Gloucestershire (details coming soon). More pics on Flickr.
Many thanks to Formation Zone, Tamar Science Park, Designed in Devon and particularly Karen Stockdale and Kurston from Plymouth Media Partnership, who were instrumental in making this event a success.
Media Sandbox Plymouth Minivation Lab | Victoria Tillotson | NewsWhen: 6pm-9pm Thursday 20th May 2010
Where: Room 011, Roland Levinsky Building, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus. PL4 8AABringing together leading technology, artistic and media talent, Media Sandbox is a commissioning scheme to support South West companies/organisations to research emerging possibilities in digital media.
In 2010, awards will be made to six research projects exploring innovative Pervasive Experiences - ground-breaking ideas that dovetail mobile, wireless and sensory technologies with content and context, to create meaningful experiences.
This free event will take the form of a mini ideas lab and will offer the opportunity to examine the theme, generate ideas, find out more about the scheme and meet some interesting people.
Media Sandbox will open for applications later in the year. Whilst it is not mandatory to attend, we do advise anyone considering applying to come along.
The ideas lab will be held at Room 011 Roland Levinsky Building University of Plymouth, Drake Circus PL4 8AA
Sign up by registering at info@pm-p.com or calling the office on 01752 346530
This event is organised in collaboration with Plymouth Media Partnership, Formation Zone, Itamar Science Park & Designed in Devon.
Media Sandbox 2010 theme announced | Victoria Tillotson | NewsThanks to the many people who joined us at the Digital Lounge yesterday. It was an excellent chance to catch up with friends, meet some great new people and hear about really interesting projects happening in the South West.
Thanks also to the Creative Industries KTN and Bristol Media, who helped the event go off with a bang.
Media Sandbox 2010 will open for applications later in the year. Please keep an eye on this website and sign up to our mailing list for the latest news.
This years’ theme is: Pervasive Experiences
We’re looking for ground-breaking ideas that dovetail mobile, wireless and sensory technologies with content and context, to create meaningful experiences.
For more info visit the 2010 Sandbox page or download a PDF
Sandbox Surgeries will also begin this week. These drop-in sessions will be held at the Pervasive Media Studio and offer the opportunity to discuss any aspect of the scheme, such as the application process, potential ideas or partnerships. Surgeries will be held every thursday lunchtime until 28th January (with the exception of the 24th and 31st December). More info and registration details on our events page.
If you have a brilliant idea, this might be the perfect opportunity to pursue it…
More news on the Digital Lounge | Victoria Tillotson | NewsWe've got an exciting line up for the Digital Lounge on Monday with a short talk from Wired's David Rowan, followed by AntiVJ, Mobile Pie, youarehere and Simon, sharing news about their latest projects.
Simon have also designed a brilliant game especially for the event. Based on the classic 80's board game ‘Guess Who?’, we'll be challenging you to become super sleuths in the race to win a £25 iTunes voucher. You’ll also meet some interesting people along the way.
For info, the agenda is looking something like this:
6.00pm Registration, drinks & nibbles
6.30pm Welcome from CI KTN's John Cass, followed by a short talk from Wired's David Rowan
6.40pm Lightening talks on recent projects from Simon & AntiVJ
6.50pm More drinks, nibbles and a chance to play 'Who is this?'
7.45pm Exciting announcement about next year's Media Sandbox scheme
7.50pm Lightening talks on recent projects from youarehere & Mobile Pie
8.00pm More drinks, nibbles and more 'Who is this?'
8.30pm Announcement of the game winner plus thanks from CI KTNIf you haven’t booked yet, don’t worry there’s still time. For more information and to register, please visit our events page: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/events/
We look forward to seeing you there.
Victoria
FORTHCOMING EVENT: DIGITAL LOUNGE | Victoria Tillotson | NewsDigital Lounge: The Future of Digital Content
7 December 2009 | 18:00hrs | Watershed, Bristol | Free, booking required
Digital Content will change more in the next seven years than the last 20. Are you ready?
What's going to happen to TV & Film? Could you spot the next Spotify, iplayer or wii? What will become of news? Are you ready to get the most out of next generation networks? How do we unlock the power of social media?
Working in collaboration with the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network (CI KTN) and Bristol Media, we're co-hosting the Digital Lounge, an exciting event to be held at Watershed on 7th December.
The event will be an opportunity for you to get involved and help develop the themes and ideas being explored by the Creative Industries Knowledge Transfer Network as part of a UK wide project on technology focused innovation.
Following the success of recent Media Sandbox and Technology Strategy Board projects, the Digital Lounge will feature project highlights from Simon Games, Mobile Pie, youarehere and more. The event will offer a chance to hear about immediate funding opportunities and network with other leading innovators. We'll also announce the latest news on next yearsʼ Media Sandbox scheme.
Drinks and light bites will be served.
To register please visit: http://digitalloungebristol.eventbrite.com/
This event is organised by the Creative Industry Knowledge Transfer Network, in collaboration with Media Sandbox and Bristol Media.
It is supported by Digital Communications KTN, Digital Systems KTN, Simon, TIGA, IPA and PACT.
