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A Dickens Research Talk

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

RESEARCH 101

AMY DICKENS - MIXED REALITY LABORATORY
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A little bit about me.....

IT ALL STARTS HERE

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OR DOES IT?

"Anything is possible, if the idea is there the rest will follow" Desmond Briscoe, BBC Radiophonic Workshop

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BUZZ WORDS

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DATA

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QUANTITATIVE

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QUALITATIVE

METHODOLOGIES

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THERE ARE MANY

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READ A BOOK

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LARGE

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What you know vs How much you know about it

IMPACT

LARGE

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SMALL

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WHERE IS THE FOCUS?

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MWP

MINIMUM WORKING PROTOTYPE

VALID DATA

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THINK ABOUT YOUR SYSTEM

INTERESTING

HERE'S WHAT I DO

  • I use Max MSP (groans anybody?)
  • Plus a few sensors (Leap Motion, Xbox Kinect)
  • To create sounds from embodied movements
  • To see if there is scope to assist disabled users in embodied performance
  • This has taken me to some really interesting places & led me to work with some amazing people