Archive pour septembre 2009
Live 3D: The Adventure Goes On
Posté par Roland dans In english please, R&D insights le 25/09/2009
The Don Giovanni project attempts a world first: recording the Mozart opera played on 2 June at the Rennes Opera and broadcasting the 3 hours of spectacle in 3D, live, to different specially equipped venues in Rennes, Brest and Paris. The operation was complemented by a broadcast of the opera in other formats (SD and HD) in a number of places in Rennes, on the Web and on Mezzo TV channel, a leading classical and jazz music channel broadcasted over 39 countries. From a technical point of view, everything went perfectly. But the best reward came from the spectators who came out in large numbers to see the show and witness the technological prowess at first hand.
Maryline Clare, who was responsible for the Don Giovanni project on behalf of Orange Labs, gives her view of an operation which left all the partners involved with excellent memories.
There is still progress to be made both from the technological and artistic points of view
Maryline Clare, responsible for the Don Giovanni and 3DLive projects
A Fresh Look at the Design of Interfaces and Services
Posté par Roland dans In english please, Member profile le 08/09/2009
The École de design Nantes Atlantique design school was founded in 1988 for 80 students who were learning only industrial product design. Twenty years later, the role of designers has evolved significantly, and so has the École de design. It has now become a reference for design schools in France and beyond, which trains 700 students every year in subjects as various as product design, space design, graphic design and interactivity design. By 2012, student numbers should reach 1,000.
Frédéric Degouzon
Frédéric Degouzon is head of the R&D department. He tells us more about the research activities that he is responsible for developing: « Research is a new activity in our discipline. It is mainly applied research linked to teaching programs. Three of these programs are closely related to the Images et Réseaux cluster’s domains: Tangible interfaces which are new ways of interacting with digital interfaces, virtual reality which allows a user to interact with a computer-simulated environment, and what we call new mobility with its consequences in terms of design of transport and services. »