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…


Bordeaux Digital Week

Posted on Tue 20 Mar 2012

This week the Pervasive Media Studio is heading to Bristol's twin city, Bordeaux, to take part in the Semaine Digitale de Bordeaux. Now in it's second year, Bordeaux Digital Week is France's foremost creative technology event, exploring the very latest in digital experiences.


i-Doc Symposium 22nd-23rd March

Posted on Fri 16 Mar 2012

i-Docs  2012 is the only UK event dedicated to Interactive Documentary and it’s happening here at the Watershed on the 22-23 March. Produced by Pervasive Media Studio residents, the Digital Cultures Research Centre, it will introduce a collection of people from diverse backgrounds and practices…


Andy Littledale and Lee Carrotte Lunchtime Talk: A Social TV platform

Posted on Mon 12 Mar 2012

Andy Littledale and Lee Carrotte Lunchtime Talk: A Social TV platformSecond Screening and social television: the combination of social interaction and social media with the age-old activity of watching TV.What Andy Littledale and Lee Carrotte from SecondSync Limited offer is a social TV platform…


Lunchtime Talk: Introduction to Plonk with Martin Robinson

Posted on Thu 8 Mar 2012

The Friday Lunchtime Talk on 17th Feb was led by Martin Robinson of the Department of Computer Science and Creative Technologies at the University of the West of England came in to the Studio to give us an introduction to Plonk: the new C++ framework for audio software development that he has been…