Weekly Blog - Week commencing 9 April

Posted on Fri 13 Apr 2012

The Easter bunny has disappeared down the rabbit hole and it’s game on in the Studio, as everyone gets their collective head down and prepares for a productive summer. This week lots of weird and wonderful sounds have been drifting around the studio from various apps and instruments, what else has…


Pervasive Media Studio at Bordeaux Digital Week

Posted on Thu 12 Apr 2012

March 2012The Pervasive Media Studio was invited to take part in this year’s Bordeaux Digital Week, France’s foremost creative technology festival, exploring the very latest in digital experiences.


Weekly Blog

Posted on Thu 5 Apr 2012

Week commencing 2nd AprilThis week has gone eggs-cellently, everyone is eggstremely happy despite being egg-traordinarily busy. That’s right, you guessed it: Easter is upon us and we are all getting in the mood. The promise of chocolate and Easter cheer is all around as we get geared up for…


Lunchtime Talk: Beyond Dance Dance Revolution

Posted on Wed 4 Apr 2012

Guerilla Dance Project has been operating as a dance company for 2-3 years. Laura Kriefman is also a Clore fellow.Laura began by showing a video  that spanned the length of Guerilla Dance Project, tracing its development, from dancing with everyday objects, to sound-triggering objects and embedding…


Lunch time Talk: The Most Dangerous Game: Exposing Sixth Formers to Power Tools

Posted on Tue 27 Mar 2012

Sam Phippen and Tim Jones are undergraduate computer scientists at Bristol University, together, along with their constructed robot Alice, they presented the student robotics programme that they run for sixth formers at various schools in Bristol. The project culminates in a robotics competition,…


Weekly Blog

Posted on Tue 27 Mar 2012

Week commencing 12th MarchHello and welcome to the first edition of the Pervasive Media Studio’s weekly blog, put together to highlight the achievements, activities and general comings and goings of the studio residents. As ever it has been a busy week for all of us. Check out what we have been up…


Weekly Blog

Posted on Tue 27 Mar 2012

Week commencing 19th MarchHello campers, it’s been relatively quiet in the Studio this week, as a lot of the studio residents are taking the energy of the Studio to partners around the world! A strange blanket of serenity has fallen over the usual hustle and bustle of the studio; in fact I can…


Heritage Sandbox: from Georgian Gardens to future cemeteries

Posted on Mon 26 Mar 2012

Six projects have been commissioned out of the South West to unlock histories, hauntings and happenings in all kinds of UK heritage attractions, unraveling rich experiences through the use of cutting edge technologies. The commissions come under the banner of Heritage Sandbox, the first run of…


Lunchtime Talk: The Quantum Workshop: why isn't the world more weird?

Posted on Thu 22 Mar 2012

Lia and James from The Quantum Workshop: part of the department of physics at UCL brought their public outreach project to the Pervasive Media Studio. They want to bring their specialism: experimental quantum physics to a wider audience.The Quantum Workshops mission statement is: Why isn’t the…


AppFurnace powers the Guardian ‘Streetstories’ audio app for King's Cross

Posted on Wed 21 Mar 2012

The latest app from the Guardian - “King’s Cross, London - Streetstories” - was created using Calvium’s AppFurnace platform. The app is an immersive audio walking guide with a difference; as users wander through the streets of King’s Cross, the app automatically activates sounds, music and…