Combined Output Portfolio: Immersive Experiences and Storyworlds
- Submitting institution
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University of the West of Scotland
- Unit of assessment
- 34 - Communication, Cultural and Media Studies, Library and Information Management
- Output identifier
- 21178908
- Type
- Q - Digital or visual media
- Publisher
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- Month
- March
- Year
- 2017
- URL
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http://beta.uws.io/2020/03/01/ref-practice-based-research-portfolio-nick-higgins-2/
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- This combined output portfolio, Immersive Experiences and Storyworlds, contains the following research outputs: two Virtual Reality (VR) experiences, two curated Virtual Reality exhibitions and two research symposiums. and a Knowledge Transfer Project.
In their totality, the outputs represent 4 years of dedicated research into the field of VR and the research collaborations required to enable such a technologically complex and innovative research practice to take place.
Experiences: The Circuit was the first 360 degree VR documentary to be produced in Scotland. The VR experience is the outcome of a practice-led exploration into how the reality of a professional jockey might be captured in an immersive way. It screened at several festivals and conferences and was showcased by the Department for International Trade in Beijing, China as an example of innovative practice where it afforded the Princess Royal her first experience of VR.
Kristallpalast: Fractures in the Cinematic Void is an interactive room-scale ‘6 degrees of freedom’ interactive experience that deploys photogrammetry, 3D animation and games engine software to create a cinema projection booth that shatters upon touch. The experience operates as a form of social commentary and the interactive element creates increased understanding of participants’ complicity in the destruction of analogue viewing habits and the consequences of that for our mediatised attention.
Both experiences were first presented at the Glasgow Short Film Festival, 2017 & 2019 respectively, within a programme of VR experiences curated by Professor Nick Higgins. Alongside these two programmes, Nick organised two complimentary research symposiums. The final two years of this research took place within the context of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the ISO design agency. Now complete, the KTP has been recognised as ‘outstanding’ by Innovate UK and has led to international contracts valued in excess of £1million for the company.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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