Ho Ho Ho! It's Christmas in the BIG lab and everybody was here to participate in the 2013 edition of the secret santa! "Sri Claus" came down from the chimney to bring each of us a hamper bag with delicious surprises, and we all finish around the improvised buffet.
The BIG Lab took SensaBubble to the Watershed on Friday evening, 6th December 2013, for a bit of festive fun. SensaBubble is an ambient notification system; creating scented smoke-filled bubbles, tracking and projecting onto them. During the evening, SensaBubble created bubbles filled with the scent of Christmas pudding and projected festive colours onto them,
Chi Thanh Vi presented and demoed our work at ACE 2013, Netherlands and received a Honorable Mention Paper Award. The works was carried out at the Tohoku University, in Japan where Chi spent 6 months as an intern and done in collaboration with University of Bristol, OLM Digital Inc., and Osaka University. Abstract: D-FLIP,
Shidoheddo, "the sociable robot with a plant for a brain" has won first place in the International Conference on Social Robotics design competition. The conceptual design for the robot, a mix between a bonsai and a Tamagotchi, was presented as a magazine advert (shown above) and created by illustrator Louise Cunningham and BIG researcher Peter Bennett. More info on
BIG's Ultrahaptics project creates the feeling of 3D objects in mid air using ultrasound. Tom Carter and the project team will be showcasing this exciting work at the User Interface Systems and Technology conference (UIST) in the University of St Andrews this week. There will be a demonstration from 7pm today, Wednesday 9 October at the
The BIG lab team are delighted to confirm that we have had two full papers accepted to the Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2014). CSCW is the premier venue for presenting research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Quick and Dirty: Streamlined 3D
Our collaborating work between Tohoku University, University of Bristol, OLM Digital Inc., and Osaka University entitled: "D-FLIP: Dynamic & Flexible Interactive PhotoShow" has been accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2013 Emerging Technologies. We will demo this work at the conference venue (Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong, China) this November.
Our paper entitled "D-FLIP: Dynamic & Flexible Interactive PhotoShow" has been accepted to the 10th International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2013). This work is collaborated between University of Bristol, Tohoku University, OLM Digital Inc., and Osaka University. We look forward to present this work in Netherlands this November.
Great news! We are proud to announce that our comment on Materials Today just got published! We discussed the future of interactive devices and how important it is to create better synergies with material science field. Click below to know more about this! http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702113002265
Starting in October, we will be exploring the exciting relationships between the magic of technology and the technology of magic through a Magician in Residence, a position which has been created as a joint residency between the BIG lab and the Pervasive Media Studio at the Watershed Media Centre. This week we have been conducting