Posted on Wed 5 Jan 2011
In December we were all excited about the launch of the first iPhone app for the Tower of London, which was a great success. Last week Calvium's Creative Director, Jo Reid did a talk at the Pervasive Media Studio about the process involved from trial to the launched app. Jo described the history…
Posted on Tue 4 Jan 2011
Our warmest congratulations go to Dick Penny, who was appointed MBE for his services to the creative industries in Bristol. As Managing Director of Watershed, Dick has been a key figure in the development and success of the Studio since its opening in 2008 and remains close to the Studio through his…
Posted on Sun 2 Jan 2011
Most of us are used to GPS and take being able to locate yourself outdoors for granted. But what about indoor positioning? Why is it so much harder and what options are out there? Tom Melamed, Product Director of Calvium and Dan Williams, Creative Technology Research Associate at the Pervasive Media…
Posted on Mon 20 Dec 2010
Posted on Sun 19 Dec 2010
Visitors to the Tower of London will be able to actively participate in some of its most infamous and audacious escapes in the places they
Posted on Fri 17 Dec 2010
How can you get visitors of a historical building to actively experience the space? Can you get people to have fun and learn about political or historical contexts at the same time? Yes, you can.
Posted on Thu 16 Dec 2010
Can you believe that 2010 is already coming to a close? Time flies when you’re having a good time and we’ve had an incredibly exciting year. There have been new additions to our team, fascinating projects and new collaborators. We’ve run and supported great events, met amazing people and…
Posted on Wed 15 Dec 2010
An opportunity for companies in the Creative Industries sector: Do you have a technology-based idea/question/problem that you never manage to get around to working on because pesky client work always gets in the way? Or a new app/area of tech-driven business you would like to develop but can’t…
Posted on Fri 26 Nov 2010
The Pachyderms' Picture BCD project is in the process of being relaunched as an aspect of Bristol Braille Technology. See www.bristolbrailletechnology.com for the latest.
Posted on Fri 26 Nov 2010
There seems to be a lot of interesting things happening around hacking the Kinect recently. Here's a quick roundup of what people are making. What's Kinect? Kinect is an accessory for the xbox games console that allows Wii and Playstation Eye style games that are more physically active. The games…
