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Description: Conversation for Three (C43) is an interactive dining experience that combines art, science, theatre and philosophy through an emotionally responsive table that detects the diners' emotional changes during conversation and projects different films, animations, conversational suggestions, film quotes and emits sounds depending on the emotions being detected. Developed in a collaboration between artist Jo Fairfax, the Mixed Reality Lab and the Department of Architecture, C43 will go live at Broadway cinema on 17th and 18th of July, 2018
Date:: 11 July 2018

Description: An afternoon of talks, artworks and a workshop that looks to the future as the environment and climate is changing. The afternoon will explore how we can respond to these changes through a combination of art, science, technology, and in our everyday lives.
Date:: 21 June 2018

Description: Techtopia Festival at Polka Theatre features MRL and Horizon's interactive works, such as, coded wallpaper in the café, interactive flooring in the foyer and a spectacular enchanted forest, and more.
Date:: 30 May 2018

Description: The Institute of Digital Life and Ephemera (IDLE) has produced a short film to explain their work.
Date:: 29 May 2018

Description: The Enchanted Forest is a participatory installation for children 0-10 years and their grownups.
Date:: 02 May 2018

Description: Music is an integral part of any film, and research into computer generated music has been used to create the soundtrack for a film that has been nominated for a British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) Learning Screen Award.
Date:: 21 March 2018

Description: The trailer has been released for Richard Ramchurn's second interactive brain-controlled movie, "The MOMENT". Find out more information about the film and upcoming tour here and watch the trailer below.
Date:: 27 February 2018

Description: Applications are now open for 10 fully-funded PhD Studentships in the School of Computer Science.
Date:: 02 December 2017

Description: We are recruiting one PhD student to carry out research in partnership with the BBC with a focus on interactive and responsive broadcasting.
Date:: 02 December 2017

Description: The Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training is recruiting for PhD students from a wide variety of backgrounds including computer science, engineering, mathematics, human factors, psychology, sociology, business, geography, social science and the arts.
Date:: 10 November 2017

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