We’ve had a busy May at Media Sandbox. Our six commissions continue researching the opportunities posed by multi-platform technologies and we’re pleased to share their progress…

HMC, Drake Music and bibic’s research led to swift development of a version of ‘Cyber-therapy’ called ‘Visual Voice Pro’.  Legendary music producer Jools Holland helped to launch the software at London’s Rich Mix Studios. The launch was an excellent opportunity to promote the project and gave people the chance to try out the software. See pictures on our Flickr group

C6 and Steal from Work are ones to watch this June. They’re preparing to host a city wide exhibition of public art works in Bristol, to officially launch ‘Street Art Dealer’. They’ve engaged a number of exciting artists and will showcase several uses of QR technology to engage the public in a treasure hunt of art on the streets.

They need your help – 'Street Art Dealer' are appealing the general public to host a work on their wall (walls must ajoin public space). If you have a wall to lend, please email them at: walls@streetartdealer.com

AntiVJ have been on the road around Europe and Canada for most of the month. The opportunity to produce visuals for the 'Nuits Sonores' festival in Lyon, France, provided the perfect platform for a successful test of ‘Mapping Software 1.0’. They’ve posted a few pictures and videos on their project journal.

Indie Mobile and Nomos Media have worked hard on the development of their projects this month: Indie Mobile and Destar Limited have completed the first phase of ‘The Generator’. The team are now planning focus group testing and discussing exciting possibilities for a launch campaign with key artists.  Nomos Media have also completed development of ‘AudioEnable’. Since chatting with Media Sandbox advisor Richard Hull of HP Labs, they've made some modifications to the user interface and the online Virtual Studio editing platform. Testing is underway, and so far, so good. They plan to handover to a selected school for user testing in the next couple of weeks.

U-Soap Media have continued to test out game scenarios for ‘Viral Spiral’ with the support of some fantastic volunteers. The tests have thrown up many interesting questions for the team and provoked some fascinating thoughts on why a resurgence of live TV is inevitable. Read more on their project journal.

Throughout May, all the projects have pushed their concepts into working prototypes. The teams are moving forward at significant pace and we’re really excited by the ideas that are beginning to manifest. With one month to go, the teams are focused on bringing their projects towards meaningful conclusions. To follow their progress, remember to check their Project Journals regularly

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