Verity McIntosh
UWE Bristol
Verity is a Senior Lecturer in Virtual and Extended Realities at UWE Bristol.
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Bristol VR Lab
Bristol VR Lab is a new space for research, development, product design, teaching, company incubation and investment within Virtual and Augmented Reality that will open in central Bristol.Verity McIntosh a Senior Lecturer and Programme Lead for a new masters course in Virtual and Extended Realities at UWE Bristol.
From 2011 - 2018 Verity was Managing Producer at the Pervasive Media Studio. She curated a vibrant mix of projects and events and works closely with a community of over 100 Studio residents, including artists, creative companies, technologists and academics. As a creative producer she worked with the teams and individuals to develop, expand and realise their ideas. She also programmed a regular series of talks and events, including the Friday lunchtime talk series.
Previous key projects included international arts commission, The Playable City Award which invites creative practitioners from all disciplines to respond to the concept of a city as a personable, playable and social space that can be reconfigured and re-imagined by its citizens. Verity was the lead producer for the 2013 and 2014 Playable City Award winners Hello Lamp Post and Shadowing, both of which were nominated amongst the Design Museum's Designs of the Year and have gone on to tour internationally.
Verity is also a regular public speaker (incl SXSW, Edinburgh Science Festival, Bilbao Design Week), guest lecturer at UWE and UAL and writer of assorted things (Arts Professional, Medium).
She is an enthusiastic advocate for work that is experimental, embraces risk and that is interdisciplinary by design.
More from Verity McIntosh
Virtually Useful: Step Five - Sound
Posted on Sat 4 Aug 2018
Great sound design can elevate immersive experiences, whilst poorly handled audio can feel clumsy, uncomfortable and disjointed. But what is it that actually makes the difference when using audio in VR/XR?
In Conversation with Emma Bettridge
Posted on Wed 25 Jul 2018
Emma Bettridge is Bristol Old Vic Ferment Producer and for the last 8 years has been the driving force behind Ferment, an extraordinary testing ground supporting artists to develop and share experimental work at an early stag...
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
Virtually Useful: Step Four - tools for making in VR
Posted on Wed 15 Nov 2017
In this episode, Studio Managing Producer, Verity McIntosh introduces some practical tools for making creative content in VR.
In Conversation with Sharon Clark
Posted on Thu 12 Oct 2017
Studio Producer Verity McIntosh and Sharon Clark Creative Director of Raucous discussed the making of immersive theatre and narrative in ‘found space’. Sharon’s latest show Ice Road utilizes the old Jacob Wells swimming...
Virtually Useful: Step Three - Design dimensions (what really works in VR)
Posted on Fri 29 Sep 2017
In this week's short read, Studio Managing Producer Verity McIntosh shares of some design dimensions that can create impact in virtual reality.
Virtually Useful: Step Two - What is VR/AR/MR/360?
Posted on Tue 19 Sep 2017
Second in a series of short reads, Studio Managing Producer Verity McIntosh attempts to demystify some virtual reality terminology.
Virtually Useful: Step One - A brief history of VR
Posted on Mon 11 Sep 2017
In the first of a series of short reads, Studio Managing Producer Verity McIntosh shares a brief history of VR, and why it's a great time to be an artist working in this new(ish) medium.