Posts Tagged ‘ EXPERIENCES ’

When the Economy Gets Rough, Virtual Worlds Get Growing

Dec 11th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Advertising, Business, Last Post, Media Personalizing, Virtual Worlds

…and a little end of 2008 Virtual Worlds, State of Play…

Just back from a short break in the lovely town of Broome in NW Australia (my pics). It was interesting being disconnected from ‘the cloud’ but in the process having a few ‘virtual experiential’ moments. One of these was watching the controversial film ‘Australia’ in [...]

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The Dawn of Mixed Reality and it’s Participatory Audience

Nov 12th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Blended Reality, Cross Reality, Games, Interactive TV, LAMP, Last Post, Media Personalizing, Mixed Reality, Virtual Reality, Web 3.0

What is Mixed Reality, why is it relevant and has TV become it’s background medium of choice for larger numbers of media consumers who around the world are spending more time in online pursuits than glued to the content breaks in-between the advertising slots of commercial TV. How will TV survive in a world where [...]

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My Upcoming Presentations - SPAA Fringe, SPAA, DebateIT, Social Networking and more…

Oct 15th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Events, Media Personalizing, personal

Been a bit lapse in not posting other talks I have been giving around Oz so these are just in time. A range from Cross-Social-Media, Mixed Reality, Games/Film and the Creative Web…

Thursday 23rd October, 2008  - DebateIT: All the web’s a stage!
Join us as we debate whether the internet is helping unleash creativity. What opportunities [...]

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Video: Cinematic Game Renaissance - Game Now Leading Film?

Sep 28th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Featured Articles, Games, Lead Article, Media Personalizing, Production

Have we reached a tipping point - with many more user hours spent with games than films are they now more culturally relevant (as in our cultures are saturated with them)? With most films having ‘game-like’ story arcs and, at the last count, nearly 80 films with stories based on game titles in production [...]

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Games and Virtual Worlds: a new frontier of experience

Sep 23rd, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Education, Last Post, Virtual Worlds, Web 3.0

OK I had better blog this ‘press release‘ copied below which quotes me, but also as I am heavily involved in the creation of these courses and still running LAMP (the innovation unit at AFTRS). Frankly it is one of the best things to happen in Australian industry education for the last three years that [...]

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The Power of ‘Our’ Machinima

Sep 1st, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Last Post, Media Personalizing, Participatory Media, Virtual Worlds

Social Media and Web 2.0 is a lot about providing the tools and therefore the means for everyone to create content, that they believe others may want to see. I have personally created a lot of corporate, professional entertainment and music films over the years using high end equipment but now, like many millions around [...]

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Choose Your Own Adventure, Games and Virtual Worlds at AFTRS

Aug 25th, 2008 | By Gary Hayes | Category: Cross Media, Education, Games, LAMP

“Make Games and Virtual Worlds at Australian Film, TV and Radio School” - OK time to wear that other hat as Director of the Laboratory for Advanced Media Production at AFTRS and plug some of the cool new courses we are delivering in 6 months time.
CREATE ENTERTAINMENT EXPERIENCES OF THE FUTURE
Discover new opportunities to express [...]

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