PLAN & MRL Discussion - Broadway Mezz Bar, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham
Thursday 6th October 8.30pm

The Pervasive and Locative Arts Network and Mixed Reality Lab, Nottingham
University will be holding a presentation as part of TRAMPOLINE on Thursday
6th October at 8.30pm

Representatives of PLAN and MRL Drew Hemment, Ben Russell and Steven Benford
will be discussing their recent activities in encouraging discourse between
artists, scientists and engineers in the field of pervasive and locative
media.

Come along to this discussion and find out more about the innovative
research, development and artistic production which is being pursued in this
area.

http://www.trampoline.org.uk
http://www.open-plan.org/
http://www.mrl.nott.ac.uk/

PLAN
A new international and interdisciplinary research network in pervasive
media and locative media has been funded as part of the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Culture & Creativity programme.
The network will bring together practicing artists, technology developers
and ethnographers with the aim of advancing interdisciplinary understanding
and building consortia for future collaborative projects. It will be of
relevance to people working in the arts, games, education, tourism,
heritage, science and engineering.
The network will stage three major gatherings. Each gathering will have a
distinct form and focus: an initial workshop to launch the network and
assess the state of the art; a technology summer camp for artists and
technologists, including hands-on prototyping sessions using the facilities
at Nottingham's Mixed reality Laboratory; and a major public conference and
participatory exhibition as a central component of the Futuresonic 2006
festival in Manchester; as well as a supporting web site and other
resources.

Mixed Reality Lab
The Mixed Reality Laboratory (MRL) is an interdisciplinary research
initiative at the University of Nottingham.
The MRL brings together leading researchers from the Schools of Computer
Science, Engineering and Psychology to research mixed reality - new
technologies that merge the physical and digital worlds. The MRL is focused
on the development and application of mixed reality to visualisation,
learning, knowledge management, control systems, ethnomethodological
studies, leisure and co-operative work.