Chair: Dr Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield
Computer-based games and entertainment not only provide enjoyment and stimulation (not to mention frustration too), but influence the use and growth of other computer-based applications. For many, interactive entertainment is their first acquaintance with computers and thus can influence their subsequent expectations, games technology can enhance education through a seductive 'learning-by-doing' approach, and the demands of interactive entertainment can drive technology developments which subsequently become available for other uses.
The speakers are from leading games companies and from academia and will provide an expert view of where the market is and where it's going, and how higher education institutes are collaborating with games companies.
Dr Steve Maddock, University of Sheffield
Introduction
slides (in PowerPoint form - 1.3MB)Dr Alan Watt, University of Sheffield
Computer games in education
slides (in PowerPoint form - 2.8MB)Dr Lubo Jankovic, University of Birmingham
Games Development in VRML
abstract / slides (some slides link to VRML)Dr Ian Badcoe, Infogrames Studios Ltd
R&D in computer games
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form)John Kirriemuir, Centre for Digital Library Research, University of Strathclyde
The console market
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form - 0.9MB)Tony Cox, Microsoft
Online and multiplayer gaming technology
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form)Dr Stephen Bell, National Centre for Computer Animation at Bournemouth University
Entertainment and Beyond; Where Art & Design meets Computer Games
abstract / slides (in PowerPoint form)Chris Thornborrow, PixelFusion
10 Unsolved Issues in Computer Graphics
abstract