WordCamp was a success and a surprise. I expected more coders for some reason and what we had was primarily marketing. This makes sense as it became abundantly clear that we have moved into the realm of using social media to get people involved with our brands. There were all sorts of examples given and tips on how to act. These primarily were – be honest and get involved yourself.
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Sounds like a great event to get our students and friends out to and you can’t beat the price. As a matter of fact… if we can we should try and sponsor the event. I have put in a request to marketing and we will see what happens.
Hope to see you there – leave a comment if you and a group are coming. Oh… I am giving a talk there from a content creator standpoint at least.
Gesture interactive works developed by two groups of Sheridan Interactive Multimedia students are being displayed at the Ontario Premier’s Innovation Awards ceremony on May 15th at MaRS in Toronto.
The work will be projected on the floor and walls of the reception area and features gesture technology from Gesture Tek. People will wave to interact with elements of our innovations.In one of the features, the names of the guests will be read from QR Code readers and placed on shapes such as atoms and wind.The letters of the name will then animate to gestures.
The projects are two of the Sheridan Interactive Multimedia one year post grad program’s client projects where the students work in groups with live clients.Another group is working with Infusion to create prototypes for multitouch tables like Microsoft Surface.Spy Films in Toronto is also working with a group to create an interactive video installation for their walls during their 15th anniversary of their famed Media Agency Party.
PREMIER’S AWARDS
The Premier’s Innovation Awards was created to recognize and reward Ontario’s top researchers and innovators that are successfully turning global challenges into the next generation of jobs for the province.
There are three categories of Premier’s Innovation Awards:
The Premier’s Catalyst Awards help build a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship in Ontario by recognizing excellence and leadership in innovation.
The Premier’s Discovery Awards celebrates the research excellence of Ontario’s most accomplished researchers.
The third category, the Premier’s Summit Award is administered by MaRS. This Award provides research support to a small number of outstanding medical researchers, helping attract them to or retain them in Ontario and enabling them to significantly expand their research programs.
We are having our Sheridan Interactive Multimedia Open House at Function 13 this year in Kensington Market in Toronto. This is the home of FITO – the largest Flash User Group in the world and also FITC – one of the top digital media conferences. As such… we are thankful for Shawn and the crew for providing a FREE FITC Ticket as a door prize! So come on out!
The invite this year is exciting as usual. It was created by the students and in particular Rob, Salpy and Matt with theme and organizational help from all of us. It includes an interactive augmented reality 3D portion. You print a page and look at the page with a Webcam and it shows a surprise 3D figure. This is something that we will be continuing at the open house in a very amusing way and also is involved in how we give away the FITC ticket.
Anyone can see the invite but for the second stage with the FLAR and 3D portion you will need to have a Webcam – if you don’t or just want to take a quick look at what it is like… here is a video of professor Dan Zen trying it out:
