A faculty social
and presentation on
Second Life. Thursday March 1, 2007 from 4:30-6:00 PM at the REVE (in Old Norman Gym). |
The Digital Worlds Institute develops Gator Nation Island in the Second Life online world. |
The Digital Worlds Institute and the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) collaborate on the first International Symposium on Culture Technology. |
World premiere performances of the piece *One Hand Clapping* for the Merce in Miami festivities at the Ziff Ballet Opera House’s Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Foundation Lobby. |
Thursday February 15, 2007 at 5:30 PM in the University of Florida Constans Theatre. Live performance by ethnic and indigenous artists located throughout the Americas. |
The University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute continues its series of global collaborations
entitled “In Common: TIME” (ICT) with a special World Premiere netcast live from Miami on
Wednesday, October 11 @ 1:30 and 2:15 PM EST. |
This interdisciplinary conference, Video Games and the Alien / Other, invites both critical and practical works that engage the implications of this theme of alterity in video games and related electronic media. |
The Association for Digital Arts & Media (ADAM) and the University of Florida ’s Digital Worlds Institute (DW) hosted an Awards Ceremony at the DW REVE on February 1, 2006 . Student teams showed their conceptual designs for an update to the ADAM Website before an enthusiastic audience of ADAM members and UF students. |
| DW works with a team of artists and designers to create an original sculpture for Dr. J. Crayton Pruit, benefactor to UF's Biomedical Engineering Department. |
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MOSI, in collaboration with the Digital Worlds Insitute and Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, opened a new educational exhibit presenting groundbreaking knee replacement research in an exhibit called The Amazing You. MOSI is the largest science center in the southeastern U.S. and strives to make science real for people of all ages. |
The University of Florida's Digital Worlds Institute received the first Peoria Prize for Creativity for producing an unprecedented real-time global performing arts collaboration with partners representing Australia, Korea, Latin America, England and the USA on February 17, 2005. The collaboration, entitled "Hands Across the Ocean:The Lost Chord" featured musicians, dancers, actors, engineers and video artists from five cultures working together to create a multidimensional piece. |
On February 17 the University of Florida’s Digital Worlds Institute coordinated an unprecedented real-time global performing arts collaboration with partners representing Australia, Korea, Latin America, England and the USA. “Hands Across the Ocean: The Lost Chord” featured musicians, dancers, actors, engineers and video artists from five cultures working together to create a multidimensional perspective on world music. |
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The University of Florida's Digital Worlds Institute and Miami's New World Symphony co-hosted the world's first distributed timpani Master Class between the Atlanta Symphony and the New World Symphony. Both timpanists saw and heard each other over DVD quality video links with stereo CD quality audio in real time. |
| Technologies for presentation and collaboration in the classroom are expanding the geographical boarders of the institution and helping to break cultural boundaries. Here, Syllabus speaks with James Oliverio, a professor and director of the Digital Worlds Institute at the University of Florida, about that institution’s pioneering work in distributed collaboration. |
| Design and installation of the Micro-Air-Vehicle Virtual Environment System for UF's Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (MAE) is complete. The image generation system provides a synthetic environment in which the hardware MAVs are flight tested virtually. |
| A 2004 Golden Gator was awarded to the Digital Worlds Institute in the category of "Tactics". The honor, given by the Office of Public Relations, was for two digital media productions in 2003 for UF's Sesquicentennial Celebration. |
The first-ever "DEWIE" Awards were presented at the new Digital Worlds Research, Education and Visualization Environment (REVE) to honor outstanding Individual Achievement in Digital Media during the production of DREAM MACHINE, the original movie created to commemorate the 150 year history of the University of Florida. |
The new University of Florida promotional spot that is currently airing on national television was produced entirely by the Digital Worlds Institute. |
Andy Quay and Joella Walz, via a multi-continent Internet2 video link, presented their exciting work in the use of collaborative technologies for Art and Culture at this years Supercomputing Global 2003 conference, The session was titled "Use of Collaborative Technologies: Artistic and Cultural Instincts." |
A distributed collaborative process between participants in three continents including Korea, Chile, Florida, and Indiana. The rehearsals and performance, using Internet2 and advanced media technology, demonstrated how telepresence can effectively empower multinational collaborations in the performing arts. |
With the preparations leading up to the recent opening of the new Digital Worlds Research, Education and Visualization Environment (REVE) and the premiere of the digital movie "DREAM MACHINE", Fall 2003 has been bustling at the Institute. |
As a tribute to the 150-year legacy of the University of Florida, come experience the wide-screen presentation of the "Dream Machine" in the Digital Worlds Institute's REVE at the newly renovated Norman Gym. |
Attendees at the Fall 2003 Internet2 Member Meeting were treated
to a performance demonstration of an intercontinental dance
and music collaboration between the University of Florida's
Digital Worlds Institute and participants on three continents. |
John Kichury, Principal Systems Engineer with Silicon Graphics
(SGI) led two public sessions on 3D Visualization for researchers
and students in the new Digital Worlds Research, Education and
Visualization Environment (REVE) on Wednesday, October 29th. |
If James Oliverio has his way, the long war between the left-brained
and the right-brained will soon be over. "My goal is to
create a place where artists and engineers, creative people
and technical people, can work together," he said. "I
want to explore fields that don't traditionally overlap, to
create new ways to solve problems, and new problems to solve." |
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Built heritage (i.e. Architecture) is said to be one of
the finest forms of human endeavor. Perhaps the idea of capturing
time in a tangible form first prompted people to build monuments
in a quest for immortality. Given the passage of time, however,
there has been significant decay and loss of these historic
structures. |
The first performance of "The Faux Taxi" took place
on April 3, 2003 at the 12th annual Florida Electro-acoustic
Festival and featured an interdisciplinary ensemble of transmedia
DAS sound & video designers operating as a portable television
show- AmbienTV. Free in performing conception but directed by
a shared "pallet" of audio and video source material,
++silica entity attempts to explore generative audio and video
collaboration worldwide. |
Moving through several labs and facilities on campus linked
by new Access Grid technology, the CNN team spent five hours
taping material intended for the new show NEXT, which aired
internationally. CNN Producer Christian Cascone called DW after he visited the
"Dancing Beyond Boundaries" web page on the Internet.
As a result of his interest in this innovative project, Christian
and his team came to the Digital Worlds Media Lab to interview
project principals and gather imagery on the research and technology
behind the intercontinental collaboration. The story aired on
NEXT@CNN on Saturday, April, 27, 2002 and Sunday, April 28,
2002. |
During her stay, Kellie Dipple developed a multi-sited event
for the Access Grid linking between Gainesville (US),
Manchester(UK) and Sydney(Australia). This collaborative work
with Digital Worlds investigates the distribution of live performance
and screen culture across networks, the impact of distribution
on narrative and form and the integration of these technologies
into cultural venues. |
William VanDerKloot describes his philosophy as "making
films that make a difference." And that he has. His original
films have thrilled and educated children by exploring an ocean-going
submarine, crawling around the cockpit of a space shuttle, even
straddling a volcano. Targeting adults, his films have raised
awareness and generated funds to protect the environment.
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Professor James Oliverio gave an invited half-day tutorial at
8th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia
(VSMM2002). The conference was held in the ancient city of Gyeongju,
Korea the week of September 23, 2002. The topic of the session
was "Which Comes First in the 21st Century: Art, Technology
and Esthetics?", presented as part of the conference focus
on Media Art and Creative Technology. |
The Digital Worlds Institute's project "Dancing Beyond Boundaries"
was one of the three winners of the High Bandwidth Challenge
at Super Computing 2001, along with U.S. Department of Energy's
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a team from the San
Diego Supercomputer Center and University of California at San
Diego.
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"The Messenger" is a Concerto for "Batterie" (an old French
term with no English equivalent, referring to both timpani and
percussion instruments). The soloist actuates the images as
he performs the new orchestral score. The computer programming
utilizes new music visualization techniques being developed
at the Digital Worlds Institute. |
To appreciate the power of 3D and its effects on immersing the
viewer in an artificial space, two Computer and Information
Science & Engineering Seniors at the University of Florida
have used Parallel Graphics' VRMLPad and Cortona 4.0 SDK to
allow users access to any VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
world on the NAVE. |
During 2003, the Digital Worlds Institute will pay homage to
the University of Florida's sesquicentennial with a large-scale
multimedia presentation. This innovative visualization of UF's
150 year history will premiere in DW's new production lab and
teaching space in the former Norman Hall gym. |
The University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute is pleased
to present Australian artist Kelli Dipple and company in an
innovative intercontinental performance piece this coming Thursday
10/10/02 from 6-7 PM in Room # 2205 of the Physics Building
(corner of Museum Road and North South Drive). |
Professor James Oliverio gave an invited half-day tutorial at
8th International Conference on Virtual Systems and Multimedia
(VSMM2002). The conference was held in the ancient city of Gyeongju,
Korea the week of September 23, 2002. The topic of the session
was "Which Comes First in the 21st Century: Art, Technology
and Esthetics?", presented as part of the conference focus
on Media Art and Creative Technology. |
There have been many exciting developments in the last few months
at the Digital Worlds Institute. Since our award at the Global
SuperComputing Conference in Denver we've been in the news several
times including a segment on the new show entitled NEXT which
is broadcast internationally on CNN. |
Steve Walker has been creating images on film, video, and digital
media for twenty-five years. He jumped into computer graphics
during its fledgling days in the mid-80's and spent several
years working on award winning commercial and broadcast projects
involving all aspects of computer animation, image processing,
compositing, and film integration.
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There have been many exciting developments in the last few months
at the Digital Worlds Institute. Since our award at the Global
SuperComputing Conference in Denver we've been in the news several
times including a segment on the new show entitled NEXT which
is broadcast internationally on CNN. |
Ms. Dipple is internationally known for her work in performance,
new media and gallery events. She was on campus in August and-September,
2002, working to investigate newly emerging technologies to
facilitate distance collaborations engaging artists and engineers. |
Digital Worlds Institute, the College of Fine Arts, the School
of Music and the Philips Center for the Performing Arts hosted
the legendary Wynton Marsalis in the University Auditorium on
February 9, 2002. |
Steve Walker, Director and Supervisor of Visual Effects for
Turner Studios Effects, and Al Abronski, a twenty-five year
veteran of the television industry, visited Digital Worlds on
Friday March 22, 2002. |
"Dancing Beyond Boundaries" is an unprecedented distance
collaboration between artists, engineers, computer scientists
and video producers which premiered at the SuperComputing Global
conference in Denver November 12-15, 2001. The choreographer,
dancers, animation artists, musicians, computer scientists,
engineers and producers will all be in different cities in North
and South America as the piece is created, rehearsed and premiered
over the 4 days of the conference. |
Three faculty have been awarded $450,000 from the National Science
Foundation to study ways in which aesthetic media and presentations
can be used in creating formal models for Computer Science. |
Dr. Bruce Walker lectured to the DAS Production Studio class
utilizing a bi-directional video conference link. |
Through the use of the Access Grid and other emerging technologies,
Digital Worlds will facilitate the conception and premiere of
a media-rich dance performance with geographically remote artists. |
A leading practitioner of new technologies in virtual and augmented
realities, Consultant Jarrell Pair speaks to the Digital Production
Studio class. |
Digital Worlds is currently engaged in elevating the design
and functionality of the Access Grid to a level not yet available
at any of the current nodes installed worldwide. |
 An agreement for international collaboration in research
and education for joint projects in virtual environments and
visualization. |
Kidd is a pioneer of many of the technologies now used everyday
in digital effects, such as motion capture, fully computer generated
people, cyberscanning, digital water, and virtual sets. |
Rob Gibson visited the University of Florida Digital Worlds
Institute to speak. |
Steve Walker, head of Visual Effects at Turner Studios, visited
the University of Florida Digital Worlds Institute to speak
to current and future Digital Arts and Sciences students about
making it in the real world of visual media. |
James Oliverio of the Digital Worlds Institute Attended the
IEEE VR 2001 Conference in Japan. |
Students heard Professor Oliverio speak about the new possibilities
with art, music, science, and engineering. |
Local students visited the Digital Worlds Lab to express their
digital artistic selves. |
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Children of a Common Mother
Sculpture for the J. Crayton Pruitt family Department of Biomedical Engineering
Syllabus Magazine - June 2004
Micro-Air-Vehicle Virtual Environment System
"DEWIE" Awards Ceremony
Supercomputing Global 2003
Dream Machine: The History of the University of Florida
