MSCAPES & PERVASIVE MEDIA EVENT

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/15/2009 - 18:35

MSCAPES & PERVASIVE MEDIA EVENT
in association with i-DAT
Thursday 21st May 2009 2pm-4pm
Stonehouse Lecture Theatre, Portland Square University of Plymouth. PL4 8AA

Come along and find more on Mscapes (short for mediascapes) programme and
Pervasive Media work from industry expert Phil Stenton who manages the
Pervasive Media research in the Pervasive Computing Lab at HP Labs Bristol.

Phil Stenton¹s presentation will chart a journey from the bubbling test
tubes of Ubiquitous Computing through the emergence of 'wearables' and
street art to the current opportunities and challenges of Pervasive Media.
Videos and demonstrations and will illustrate stories from over a decade of
exploration at the confluence the physical and the digital.

Mscape is a mobile media gaming platform that can be used to create
location-based games with the players GPS location an element of the
gameplay by moving from place to place. The Mscape platform is flexible and
encourages developers to use Mscape to create not just games, but also
informational guides to points of interest, imaginative stories about
places, and practical information about worksites.

To reserve your free place please email info@pm-p.com or call 01752 346530