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MeiGeist - best ARG of 2007

January 24, 2008

Posted by Clare in: Events 3| Comments

MeiGeist Alternate Reality Game, which came out of the Watershed/HP Labs artist placement scheme last year, was named as the most outstanding ARG of 2007 by players and critics. It triumphed ahead of World Without Oil, The Lost Experience and Year Zero, huge Alternate Reality Games with million dollar budgets. US-based ARG producers commented “MeiGeist was pretty amazing” (Marie Lamb of World Without Oil), “MeiGeist came out of nowhere. It was so well done, definitely a nice surprise for the year.” (Brooke Thompson). Congratulations Hazel and Jon of Licorice Film, who created it. Read more at http://www.argnetcast.info/archives/481


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Home Sweet Home

January 21, 2008

Posted by Clare in: Watershed | Innovation | bristol | pervasive | 1 comment so far

Pervasive Media Studio Pervasive Media Studio
iShed has moved and taken over management of Leadworks on Anchor Square, Bristol which will be home to the Pervasive Media Studio, a partnership project between Watershed and HP Labs. The Studio will be a cross-disciplinary, cross-community space which will pioneer pervasive media projects through socially engaged practice and world-class research.

Residents will be a mix of commercial companies, researchers, artists and academics working in wireless and mobile R&D. Official launch details will follow in the near future.


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Media Sandbox Commissions announced

January 18, 2008

Posted by Clare in: Technology | Funding | bristol | pervasive | Add a comment

The six Media Sandbox commissions are announced today. Below is the list of companies from across the South West who we will be working with over the next three months on pervasive media R&D projects. The awards went to:

Ani-Mates | HMC Interactive and Aardman
Storytelling through augmentation of space and location

Harmonize | Licorice Film
A site-specific collaborative team game exploring behavioural dynamics of team play across physical and virtual worlds.

Happy Town | BDH and Plot London
Exploring how pervasive media might support us as creatures that seek happiness.

Happy Packages | Thought Pie
Delivering a smile to Bristol's media users.

Power To The People | Altern8
Creating a way for installations in public places to be controlled by the public themselves.

Swarm | Simon Evans and Simon Johnson
A tool-kit to enable groups of individuals to use the power of their collective creativity

Read more at http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/2008-commissions/


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