This workshop is being organised by the labs/groups I am affiliated with. It should be great if you can attend. Please contact lavana@cs.ubc.ca

Workshop: Getting in touch with Large Display: hands-on practical experiences with the development of interactive large display installations

Date: Thursday, March 29th 4:00 – 6:00 pm,

Location: Room 1001, Forest Science Building, 2424 Main
Mall (Main Mall and Agronomy Road)University of BC
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Synopsis: The increasing use of public large screen digital
displays offers a new way of reaching consumers with high
impact audio and video. Currently, most commercial displays
are passive broadcast devices, similar in a way too large
screen TVs in public locations. However, research is
underway into how to transform these devices from passive
one way displays to highly interactive two way channels
allowing consumers to influence the presentation and even
upload their own media. This interaction can be driven via
a variety of means but one gaining popularity is to allow
consumers to use their own personal cell phones as
interaction device as well as upload/download and even
split screen presentation. While there is a variety of
opportunities for this type of technology, the upcoming
Olympics in Vancouver 2010 offers a chance for Vancouver to
showcase interactive public screens, the associated media
content and build on the success of the FIFA World Soccer
Championship in Germany 2006.

This workshop will discuss research work underway in the
area of public interactive large screens and will highlight
the opportunities and challenges for technologists and
media artists in their use. A particular focus will be on
existing experimental deployments as well as steps
Vancouver can make to prepare and deploy this technology in
advance of 2010.

Speakers:

1. Dr Rodger Lea/Nicole Arksey – Intro, Urban Screens background, in-home large screen project
2. Dr. Adrian Friday – eCampus, goals, status and experiences
3. Dr. Sidney Fels/Tony Tang – UBC large screen research work

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UBC Directions

Transit:
Take any bus that states UBC as its destination — in
Vancouver, bus routes #4, #9, #17, #25, #41, #43, #44, #49,
#99 B-Line, #258 and #480 will all take you to UBC.
Skytrain passengers can get off at Broadway Station and
then transfer onto the #99 B-Line bus to UBC

To get to UBC by car:
Drive westbound along either 4th Avenue, 10th Avenue turn
left when you get to Wesbrook, drive past the UBC hospital
and turn into the Thunderbird Parkade (yellow building).
Walk southwest on Thunderbird Blvd toward Health Sciences
Mall Turn right at Main Mall

Parking Information
Thunderbird Parkade 6.00 All day SE Thunderbird Blvd. -
Located on southeast sector, south of the University
Hospital.