We are very happy to announce that CAMERA Centre Director Professor Neill Campbell will be stepping into the role of Research Director for the MyWorld programme with immediate effect. Neill brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the role. As Research Director for MyWorld, Neill will work closely with the MyWorld Management team,...
Back in the summer of 2021 the team at CAMERA began to work with filmmakers Andrew Panton and Piotr Forkasiewicz to create a set of digital characters for their film Attack on Sorpe Dam. The film features George ‘Johnny’ Johnson and focuses on the attack of the Sorpe Dam in...
In November CAMERA was pleased to welcome the Product Design Sixth Form students from St Augustine’s Catholic College to our University of Bath Motion Capture studio to hear more about what we do and experience some live motion capture for themselves. Their teacher Emma Bilzon said “It was a motivating experience...
CAMERA are recruiting a Research Software Engineer to support internationally leading interdisciplinary research across the centre. Activities include assisting in the production of high-quality research software and leading the development and refinement of research outputs from early prototypes to deployable applications. You will work with academic and other staff and...
Photo Credit: EMIL Immersive technologies – such as virtual and augmented reality – have enormous potential to make digital experiences more vivid and relatable. To accelerate progress in this field, four top European universities have banded together to form a high-tech media lab that will work with, and support, organisations...
CAMERA are taking part in Hopeful Futures: An event exploring the future of creative technology in Bath and Bristol. Come and see us at Bath Spa University’s Locksbrook Road campus on 10th November 2022. Over five years of experimentation, the creative tech community of Bristol and Bath come together to share...
As part of the recently funded European Media and Immersion Lab (EMIL), the Department of Computer Science are looking for a highly motivated individual to conduct research in the area of VR/AR. The project aims to design exciting new VR/AR systems, focusing on systems that involve physical activity such as VR exercise...
We are sad to have to say farewell to CAMERA Research Associate Yiguo (Joyce) Qiao this summer. We asked her to tell us a little about her time at CAMERA and her plans for the future. Tell us a little about what you have been working on while at CAMERA....
We were thrilled to welcome colleagues from across the MyWorld programme to the CAMERA Innovation studio at Bottle Yard Studios in Bristol this month. As part of our involvement in MyWorld we are supporting skills training in Motion Capture. The workshop hosted by CAMERA Head of Studio Martin Parsons covered...
New research by Dr Pooya Soltani from CAMERA has used motion capture technology to assess the accuracy of Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technologies in football. The study suggests that VAR is useful for preventing obvious mistakes but is currently not precise enough to give accurate judgements every time. VAR was...
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