Limitless Possibilities: To Infinity and Beyond!

Our reality is more interconnected with technology than it ever has. Join this month’s EMCoP conference co-hosted by the University of Victoria and the Emerging Media Lab to learn more about some of the infinite possibilities of how we can integrate technology, whether 3D or VR, to convey your narrative.

Zoom link will be posted soon!

Our Speakers:

Charla Pereira – Principal Design Manager, Microsoft

Think 3D

The power to connect with the 3D world involves thinking in 3D and harnessing the emerging technologies and devices that build and embody our ideas. Thinking in 3D is a leap we all need to take to envision, create, and develop in this new world. This talk will overview some of the ways in which we can extend these design skills to more students were are interested in taking this leap!

David Leach – Professor, University of Victoria

Blending Realities: The Future of Co-Creation across Virtual and Physical Worlds at the Canadian Centre for eXtended Realities (CCXR)

This talk overviews UVic’s recent CFI bid that draws together computer scientists and artists to collaborate at a new research facility equipped with virtual-location, motion-capture and spatial-audio production technologies, previously inaccessible in Canada, to investigate facets of a central question: How can digital environments be better engineered, integrated and networked to deepen the psychological immersion and positive social interactivity of XR experiences to connect diverse audiences?

Loc Dao – Executive Director DigiBC and co-founder of the NFB Digital Studios and CBC Radio 3

Future Makers

Loc Dao the Executive Director of DigiBC and co-founder of the NFB Digital Studios and CBC Radio 3 will share his vision around the intersection between education, the creative technology sector and new storytelling technologies