Centre for Digital Media

The Centre for Digital Media is a converted multimedia facility at the Great Northern Way Campus in Vancouver, British Columbia,^[1] which is mirrored in Second Life as a "Virtual" Centre for Digital Media. Great Northern Way Campus Ltd (GNWC is a private limited company and educational enterprise located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Second Life ( abbreviated as SL) and its sister site Teen Second Life are Internet-based 3D Virtual ^[2]^[3] The Centre houses a Master's Degree program in Digital Media.

The facility has facilitated several publicized "blended" or Mixed Reality events. Mixed reality (MR (encompassing both Augmented reality and Augmented virtuality) refers to the merging of real and Virtual worlds to produce new environments During 2007, the Centre hosted science-fiction author William Gibson,^[4] British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell,^[5] and the Vancouver Police Department. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre The Premier of British Columbia is the First minister, Head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province Gordon Campbell may refer to Gordon Campbell Baron Campbell of Croy, Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician Secretary of State for Scotland 1970–1974 The Vancouver Police Department ( VPD) is the Police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. ^[6]

1 Funding
2 Facilities
3 Educational Program
4 Virtual Centre for Digital Media
5 Blended Reality Events
6 References
7 External Links

Funding

The Centre, and the Masters of Digital Media Program which it houses, are primarily funded by a 2006 grant of CAD 40. 5 million from the Government of British Columbia. The Executive Council of British Columbia (informally and more commonly the Cabinet of British Columbia) is the Cabinet of that Canadian ^[7] The Masters of Digital Media Program has additional funding from industry affiliates including Electronic Arts. ^[8]

Facilities

According to the facility web page,^[9] the Centre offers the following facilities for the use of students and faculty:

Information Resource Centre for "video games, books, films and magazines" including "the largest collection of titles outside of Electronic Arts. "
A 10,000 square foot filming area and green screen, and other facilities for filmmaking and editing
Classrooms including "full Dolby 5. 1 capabilities, high-end wall projectors, Blu-ray and HD-DVD playback. "
Game rooms
Wireless Internet

Educational Program

The Centre primarily houses a 20-month "Masters of Digital Media Program," which is also the inaugural academic program delivered at the Great Northern Way Campus. Great Northern Way Campus Ltd (GNWC is a private limited company and educational enterprise located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada The program seeks to offer its students "team-based experiences focused on project learning in close collaboration with the international games and digital media industry". ^[10]

Virtual Centre for Digital Media

The Centre is mirrored in the virtual world of Second Life as the "Virtual Centre for Digital Media" (vCDM), which is located at the "University Project" sim (150, 84, 23). Second Life ( abbreviated as SL) and its sister site Teen Second Life are Internet-based 3D Virtual The sim was created in 2006 by a "virtual architect", Scope Cleaver. ^[11] According to the literature on the official program webpage, the sim seeks to be a "centre for innovative events, conferences and knowledge sharing as well as extending the possibilities of MDM course activities". ^[12]

Blended Reality Events

On August 2, 2007, the Centre hosted science-fiction author William Gibson simultaneously in Second Life and the physical space. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Second Life ( abbreviated as SL) and its sister site Teen Second Life are Internet-based 3D Virtual ^[13] In an interview with Salon Magazine, author William Gibson commented on the experience of Mixed Reality:^[14]

Apparently there's always finite space in Second Life. William Ford Gibson (born March 17 1948 is an American - Canadian writer who has been called the "noir prophet" of the Cyberpunk subgenre Mixed reality (MR (encompassing both Augmented reality and Augmented virtuality) refers to the merging of real and Virtual worlds to produce new environments I was actually in a room at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver with a live audience so I wasn't paying much attention to the Second Life aspect, which is probably a good thing in terms of my performance. I had a laptop open so I could see it as if I was watching from within Second Life. What I saw I found a bit distracting -- people levitating and sitting on top of the microphone.

British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell formally opened the Centre for Digital Media in a similar blended reality function in September 2007. The Premier of British Columbia is the First minister, Head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province Gordon Campbell may refer to Gordon Campbell Baron Campbell of Croy, Scottish Conservative and Unionist politician Secretary of State for Scotland 1970–1974 ^[15]

The Vancouver Police Department held a recruitment event using the Virtual Centre for Digital Media in 2007. The Vancouver Police Department ( VPD) is the Police force for the City of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada. ^[16]^[17]

References

External Links

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