Thursday, December 22, 2011

Holiday Break

We will be closed for the rest of the holidays and plan on resuming our normal hours on the first day of classes next year, January 4th.

Have a great break!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Kinect Used for Terrain Imaging

A recent Wired article highlights the use of the Kinect as a terrain imaging tool, to capture data for anything from glaciers to asteroids.

According to Tedesco, one of the scientists mentioned in the article, the Kinect works as a much more affordable way to capture the kind of data they need. It also helps inspire students to do related research because the Kinect is a tool that they're likely already familiar with, and doesn't seem as imposing as more complicated imaging equipment.

Read more about their use of the Kinect here.

Friday, December 16, 2011

International Games Innovation Conference - Call for Papers

The Fourth International Games Innovation Conference is accepting submissions for their next conference taking place in September 2012. 

According to their website, the conference is "a platform for disseminating peer-reviewed papers that describe innovative research and development of game technologies. Participation from academia, industry and government are welcome."

They are seeking "short papers (4 pages), long papers (5-8 pages), posters and panels" from a variety of areas of gaming. 


Read more about the conference and the submission process here.