Tag Archives: iPad

Introducing a new staff member

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Suhad

I am  Suhad Aljundi Background My passion for new innovations and ideas, and their applications to enhance education drove me to pursue Higher Education at the University of Manchester studying Digital Technologies, Communication, and Education (MA DTCE) graduating with merit. Throughout … Continue reading →

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Visualising rich spatial data with 3D and AR

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Matt Ramirez

Over the past couple of months I have been working with colleagues from the Landmap service at Mimas to create an AR experience around the UKMap dataset. The UKMap Collection is one of five collections provided free of charge to … Continue reading →

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Ding! Ding! Round two – AR in the classroom

Posted on March 2, 2013 by mtgwork

On Friday afternoon we demoed the second, and brand new, version of the Crafts Study Centre augmented reality (AR) app to students at University for the Creative Arts. Originally our lead academic, Adrian Bland, had envisoned AR as a ‘portal … Continue reading →

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Introducing AR to 2nd year students at UCA

Posted on February 8, 2013 by mtgwork

On 25th January the Crafts Study Centre augmented reality (AR) app was introduced to 2nd year students on the Contextual and Theoretical Perspectives course at University for the Creative Arts, Farnham. The SCARLET+ lead academic, Adrian Bland (and Pathway Tutor … Continue reading →

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Portal to another world

Posted on November 15, 2012 by mtgwork

The Little Gallery, 5 Ellis Street, London, SW1 Copyright managed by the Crafts Study Centre The image above has been used as the pattern for the Crafts Study Centre’s first proof-of-concept augmented reality (AR) app. The idea was born from … Continue reading →

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SCARLET+ Technical Workshop

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Matt Ramirez

On Monday 1st October, myself and the two technical leads from the University of Creative Arts (Marie-Therese Gramstadt) and University of Sussex (Rose Lock) took part in a technical workshop in Manchester. The main aim was to gain a basic … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Focus Groups: 2nd and 3rd Year Undergraduates

Posted on May 14, 2012 by frankmanista

On the 3rd of May, Matt Ramirez and I conducted our latest series of focus groups with two different courses, whose delivery will involve the oldest fragment of the Gospel of John, which dates back to the 2nd half of … Continue reading →

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The SCARLET Project Survey

Posted on May 14, 2012 by frankmanista

As part of the on-going work to evaluate and disseminate the work being done with the SCARLET Project,  we conducted a simple and straightforward survey for Dr. Guyda Armstrong’s 3rd year undergraduates from the pilot course “Beyond the Text: The … Continue reading →

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Rise of the (portable) machines

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Matt Ramirez

As the proliferation of tablet and handheld devices showcased at CES 2012 attest, mobile devices are big business. A growing number of consumers are turning away from what they perceive to be a restrictive desktop environment in a bid to … Continue reading →

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Demonstration Content

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Matt Ramirez

A SCARLET demonstration channel is now available for the user community to view a sample of the project content. To access the content download the image below and print it out in colour. Next, follow the instructions illustrating the user … Continue reading →

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