Experiencing virtual reality (VR) has become increasingly easy in recent years thanks to the availability of commodity head-mounted displays, such as the Oculus Rift. However, good VR content is still scarce and might become a bottleneck for VR technology. Currently, most VR content is computer-generated from virtual 3D scenes, which...
CAMERA was delighted to receive a visit from Chancellor HRH The Earl of Wessex. The Chancellor was visiting the University of Bath to mark the 51st Founders Day. As part of a visit to the University’s Faculty of Science, CAMERA was able to offer a tour of the studio. Professor...
We are absolutely delighted the our friends at REWIND have won two VR Awards for their beautiful Magic Butterfly immersive VR experience for Welsh National Opera. REWIND won both the Immersive Heritage & Leisure Award and The Immersive Art Award. CAMERA was proud to collaborate on technical elements of this...
Read how our researchers have been working with British Skeleton and UK Sport to improve the skeleton start “There’s more to skeleton than meets the ice” Their recently published research can be found in the Journal of Sport Sciences. Photo: Dr Aki Salo
David Massey, the Digital Producer from the Welsh National Opera, has written about the experience of partnering with REWIND and CAMERA to produce the Award winning Magic Butterfly VR experience. “At Welsh National Opera, we are always seeking new artistic projects to make opera more accessible. We are aware of...
Dr Jose Serra will be presenting a paper at Eurographics 2018 in April. Dr Serra said “Facial animation is a crucial element of how computer graphics generated characters are brought to life and how we develop empathy with them. A smile placed at the correct moment can have more meaning...
CAMERA was delighted to open it’s studio doors to some of the dogs at Bath Cats and Dogs home in December. CAMERA is creating a library of movement data from different dog breeds, to make animal animations in films and video games more realistic. Films such as the Planet of...
This has been hatching a while! CAMERA is delighted to support the Minerva’s Owls of Bath 2018. This is a major public art sculpture trail featuring 100 individually decorated owl sculptures displayed across the World Heritage city of Bath and surrounding region from June – September 2018. Sculptor Alan Dun,...
The REWIND virtual reality experience for Welsh National Opera “Magic Butterfly” has won the FMBE Gold Award for Creative Technology. The Team at CAMERA collaborated on technical production elements. The judges noted “the accessible nature of their creative ideas applied in a way that were clearly achievable and replicable for...
With many thanks to CAMERA team member Dr Yongliang Yang for giving us this insight into the paper published at Chi 2017. The availability of commodity 3D extruder pen allows direct drawing of 3D wire sculptures for novice users. However, the lack of spatial and structural cues among individual pen...
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