BBC Micro:bit - for writing the future
Posted on Fri 6 Apr 2018
After 17 years at the BBC, guest speaker Howard Baker now works with the Micro:bit Foundation. The Micro:bit is a small programmable device, a bit like a portable computer. The project started life in 2013, and was officia...
Why interactive children's books are different
Posted on Thu 5 Apr 2018
Five Things I Learned:1. Books with bits engage pre-school children much more then books with just words or pictures, whether that is including AR, or embedding within electronics or something simpler like including a sticker...
How to Grow a Story
Posted on Wed 4 Apr 2018
Animation and pupperty director Joseph Wallace and illustrator and co-founding director of The Paper Cinema Nicolas Rawlings have collaborated to create a brand-new piece of ‘live animation’.
Introducing our New Talent Residents: Somestic Media
Posted on Tue 3 Apr 2018
Five Things I Learned:1. Vytautas Jankauskas and Jon Flint have worked together on various collaborative projects over last two years, but Somestic Media will be the first project that they will be working on together exclusi...
Catching up with our Artists in Residence
Posted on Thu 15 Feb 2018
We’ve been genuinely struck by the creative ideas of our funded artists in residence over the past year. So what have they been up to?
CELEBRATING A DECADE OF INNOVATION AT WATERSHED’S PERVASIVE MEDIA STUDIO
Posted on Thu 15 Feb 2018
Excerpt from article by Jess Connett for B247
Studio residents win CreativeXR commissions to make immersive experiences
Posted on Wed 31 Jan 2018
Residents Amy Rose, May Abdalla, Olie Kay and Emma Hughes are amongst those to win Creative XR commissions.
Blockchain for Sceptics
Posted on Tue 23 Jan 2018
More people are aware of Bitcoin now than ever, but what exactly is it? Tim Kindberg reveals all...
Limina Immersive
Posted on Tue 16 Jan 2018
Reflecting on their VR research events over last 6 months, Catherine Allen and Emma Hughes have been bringing VR to broader audiences.
Meet our New Talent Residencies cohort
Posted on Thu 4 Jan 2018
Navigate through Bristol’s LGBTQ+ history; discover people of the African diaspora who are accomplishing amazing things; meet satirical home appliances that expose the impact of social media; and experience performance that...