Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Bath
Department Name: Computer Science
Abstract
The Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research and Applications (CAMERA) will build on and extend existing impactful relationships between leading researchers at the University of Bath supported by investment from the University, from external partners and with the close participation of Bath's EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE).
Building on existing expertise in Applied Visual Technology and closely linked with the CDE, CAMERA will draw on knowledge, skills and outputs across multi-disciplinary research areas. These include Computer Vision, Graphics, Motion-Capture, Human-Computer Interaction, Biomechanics and Healthcare, underpinned by a strong portfolio of DE research funding from RCUK and other funders. CAMERA will deliver Applied Visual Technology into our partners companies and their industries, to achieve high economic, societal and cultural impact.
Bath leads the UK in innovative creative industry research and training for post-graduates through our CDE, which is contractually partnered with 35 innovative UK companies. Growing from our established core strength in the area of Visual Technology - capturing, modelling and visualising the real world - and our strong historical foundation of entertainment-delivered research, CAMERA will focus on high-impact work in movies, TV visual vffects (VFX) and video games with partners at the The Imaginarium and The Foundry, two of the world's leading visual entertainment companies. This focused collaboration will push the boundaries of technology in the area of human motion capture, understanding and animation, and artist driven visual effects production, feeding into our existing CDE partnerships.
From this strong foundation, we will extend and apply visual technology to new areas of high economic, societal and cultural impact within the digital economy theme. These include Human Performance Enhancement, with partners in British Skeleton and BMT Defence Services; and Health, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, with partners in the Ministry of Defence.
CAMERA is well placed to lead the application of Visual Technology in these new directions: Bath researchers have helped athletes to win 15 Olympic and World Championship medals in the last 10 years and have contributed significantly to national efforts in integrating ex-soldiers with disabilities into civilian life.
Building on existing expertise in Applied Visual Technology and closely linked with the CDE, CAMERA will draw on knowledge, skills and outputs across multi-disciplinary research areas. These include Computer Vision, Graphics, Motion-Capture, Human-Computer Interaction, Biomechanics and Healthcare, underpinned by a strong portfolio of DE research funding from RCUK and other funders. CAMERA will deliver Applied Visual Technology into our partners companies and their industries, to achieve high economic, societal and cultural impact.
Bath leads the UK in innovative creative industry research and training for post-graduates through our CDE, which is contractually partnered with 35 innovative UK companies. Growing from our established core strength in the area of Visual Technology - capturing, modelling and visualising the real world - and our strong historical foundation of entertainment-delivered research, CAMERA will focus on high-impact work in movies, TV visual vffects (VFX) and video games with partners at the The Imaginarium and The Foundry, two of the world's leading visual entertainment companies. This focused collaboration will push the boundaries of technology in the area of human motion capture, understanding and animation, and artist driven visual effects production, feeding into our existing CDE partnerships.
From this strong foundation, we will extend and apply visual technology to new areas of high economic, societal and cultural impact within the digital economy theme. These include Human Performance Enhancement, with partners in British Skeleton and BMT Defence Services; and Health, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, with partners in the Ministry of Defence.
CAMERA is well placed to lead the application of Visual Technology in these new directions: Bath researchers have helped athletes to win 15 Olympic and World Championship medals in the last 10 years and have contributed significantly to national efforts in integrating ex-soldiers with disabilities into civilian life.
Planned Impact
CAMERA, as a Next Stage Digital Economy Centre, has been set-up to stimulate an ethos of exploring pathways to impact as an intrinsic part of training and research. Our key aims are to:
a) interweave industry and academic work to generate economic, societal and cultural impact and further research outcomes
b) further develop our already substantial training mechanisms to provide an array of highly skilled professionals.
The impact of the Centres' research outcomes will be accelerated by the close working relationships of impact partners. In particular the work within the Movies, TV and Video Games theme will directly benefit the UK Digital Entertainment economy. The UK television export market is £3 billion p.a. (UK TV Production Market Insight (2013) and a report by Oxford Economics in 2012 valued the UK Film industry at £4.6 billion p.a. and supported over 117,000 jobs (up from 100,000 in 2009). The tools developed by this Centre will be immediately relevant for vision-industry applications and will either give our partners a competitive edge (e.g. additional facial capture tools for The Imaginarium) or a lead to potentially marketable products similar to The Foundry's NUKE.
The work proposed by CAMERA is unique worldwide as the technology is only just reaching an applicable state of development. The timeliness of this programme and the scale of the industries it could potentially disrupt highlights the important national impact that could be achieved.
The Centre targets impact through the three core research themes.
The Video Games and Film theme will impact artists and creators by enabling them to create digital content for film and games more easily, for example by automating manual tasks such as rotoscoping.
The cutting-edge augmented environment training technology developed with our partners British Skeleton and leading defence service provider BMT will capture motion and use visualisation in a way that will benefit not only their own industries but other sectors such as the Emergency Services or TV broadcast analysis. Prior analysis on sporting success has highlighted the national level impact success can generate, through both positive associations and copy-cat affects. Improving the way computer generated training is implemented will result in safer and more effective training in the large commercial and military marine sectors.
Through the Health, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies theme our vision and motion capture work co-created with the charity Help the Heroes and the MoD will have a step-change in how the rehabilitation of ex-soldiers returning from conflict with trauma will be set-up and assessed. Improved orthopaedic tools will be developed improving amputee outcomes and improving the quality of life for people with ocular impairments and a real opportunity to create a substantial saving to the NHS and MOD (and healthcare beyond the UK).
Training provision adds an additional level of impact. By associating CAMERA with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Entertainment we will be able to further develop opportunities for researchers and students to enhance their skills in the three themes. By exposing students to real-world problems and being involved in the co-creation of the solutions with our partners we hope to train a workforce that will support the UK creative industries. Our training provision represents a complete route from research to the real world: from EngD/PhD students, to post-doctoral RA's working directly on transitioning existing research portfolios to industrial impact, to new academics who will become world leaders in this area with industrial links second to none in both the UK and world-wide. To reinforce this we have allied ourselves with the University of Bath Innovation Centre (founding partner of the SETsquared incubator ranked 2nd globally) who will provide entrepreneurship training which is particularly relevant in such fast paced field
a) interweave industry and academic work to generate economic, societal and cultural impact and further research outcomes
b) further develop our already substantial training mechanisms to provide an array of highly skilled professionals.
The impact of the Centres' research outcomes will be accelerated by the close working relationships of impact partners. In particular the work within the Movies, TV and Video Games theme will directly benefit the UK Digital Entertainment economy. The UK television export market is £3 billion p.a. (UK TV Production Market Insight (2013) and a report by Oxford Economics in 2012 valued the UK Film industry at £4.6 billion p.a. and supported over 117,000 jobs (up from 100,000 in 2009). The tools developed by this Centre will be immediately relevant for vision-industry applications and will either give our partners a competitive edge (e.g. additional facial capture tools for The Imaginarium) or a lead to potentially marketable products similar to The Foundry's NUKE.
The work proposed by CAMERA is unique worldwide as the technology is only just reaching an applicable state of development. The timeliness of this programme and the scale of the industries it could potentially disrupt highlights the important national impact that could be achieved.
The Centre targets impact through the three core research themes.
The Video Games and Film theme will impact artists and creators by enabling them to create digital content for film and games more easily, for example by automating manual tasks such as rotoscoping.
The cutting-edge augmented environment training technology developed with our partners British Skeleton and leading defence service provider BMT will capture motion and use visualisation in a way that will benefit not only their own industries but other sectors such as the Emergency Services or TV broadcast analysis. Prior analysis on sporting success has highlighted the national level impact success can generate, through both positive associations and copy-cat affects. Improving the way computer generated training is implemented will result in safer and more effective training in the large commercial and military marine sectors.
Through the Health, Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies theme our vision and motion capture work co-created with the charity Help the Heroes and the MoD will have a step-change in how the rehabilitation of ex-soldiers returning from conflict with trauma will be set-up and assessed. Improved orthopaedic tools will be developed improving amputee outcomes and improving the quality of life for people with ocular impairments and a real opportunity to create a substantial saving to the NHS and MOD (and healthcare beyond the UK).
Training provision adds an additional level of impact. By associating CAMERA with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Entertainment we will be able to further develop opportunities for researchers and students to enhance their skills in the three themes. By exposing students to real-world problems and being involved in the co-creation of the solutions with our partners we hope to train a workforce that will support the UK creative industries. Our training provision represents a complete route from research to the real world: from EngD/PhD students, to post-doctoral RA's working directly on transitioning existing research portfolios to industrial impact, to new academics who will become world leaders in this area with industrial links second to none in both the UK and world-wide. To reinforce this we have allied ourselves with the University of Bath Innovation Centre (founding partner of the SETsquared incubator ranked 2nd globally) who will provide entrepreneurship training which is particularly relevant in such fast paced field
Organisations
- University of Bath (Lead Research Organisation)
- The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd (Collaboration)
- Minerva’s Owls of Bath (Collaboration)
- British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association (Collaboration)
- University of Bath (Collaboration)
- Aardman Animations Ltd (Collaboration)
- Immerse UK (Collaboration)
- Sioned Ltd (Collaboration)
- Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (Collaboration)
- Satore Studio Ltd (Collaboration)
- The Imaginarium Studios Limited (Collaboration)
- NORTH BRISTOL NHS TRUST (Collaboration)
- Ministry of Defence (Collaboration)
- Bath Cats and Dogs Home (Collaboration)
- BMT Defence Services (Collaboration)
- Rewind (Collaboration)
- Marshmallow Laser Feast Ltd (Collaboration)
- Axis Studios (Collaboration)
- Mesmerix (Collaboration)
- BMT Group (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Bath and North East Somerset Council (Project Partner)
- British Skeleton (Project Partner)
- Defence Services Medical Rehab Centre (Project Partner)
- Foundry (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Imaginarium (Project Partner)
- West of England Local Enterprise Partnership (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- 270 Vision Ltd (Project Partner)
Publications
Yuan, Mingze
(2021)
360° Optical Flow using Tangent Images
Rey-Area M
(2022)
360MonoDepth: High-Resolution 360° Monocular Depth Estimation
Cui M
(2020)
3D computational modeling and perceptual analysis of kinetic depth effects
in Computational Visual Media
Seminati E
(2017)
A DOWNWARD HEAD POSTURE LEADS TO HIGHER CERVICAL SPINE LOADING DURING HEAD-FIRST IMPACTS IN SIMULATED RUGBY TACKLES
in British Journal of Sports Medicine
Roberts G
(2019)
A Longitudinal Examination of Military Veterans' Invictus Games Stress Experiences
in Frontiers in Psychology: Movement Science and Sport Psychology
Roberts G
(2019)
A Longitudinal Examination of Military Veterans' Invictus Games Stress Experiences
in Frontiers in Psychology
Naeem M
(2018)
A memory-optimal many-to-many semi-stream join
in Distributed and Parallel Databases
Sindhwani S
(2020)
A Multidisciplinary Study of Eye Tracking Technology for Visual Intelligence
in Education Sciences
Paternò L
(2020)
A personalised prosthetic liner with embedded sensor technology: a case study
in BioMedical Engineering OnLine
Paternò L
(2020)
A personalised prosthetic liner with embedded sensor technology: a case study.
in Biomedical engineering online
Richardt C
(2020)
A Reference Guide
De Angeli D
(2020)
A Review of Game Research Methodologies
in Foundations of Digital Games
De Angeli D
(2020)
A Review of Game Research Methodologies
Colyer S
(2018)
A Review of the Evolution of Vision-Based Motion Analysis and the Integration of Advanced Computer Vision Methods Towards Developing a Markerless System
in Sports Medicine - Open
Farrow M .
(2020)
A single bout of upper-body exercise has no effect on postprandial metabolism in persons with chronic paraplegia
in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Farrow MT
(2021)
A Single Bout of Upper-Body Exercise Has No Effect on Postprandial Metabolism in Persons with Chronic Paraplegia.
in Medicine and science in sports and exercise
| Title | Cosmos Within Us |
| Description | CAMERA was proud to contribute digital characters, using our proprietary animation technology, to Satore Studios' Raindance award-winning VR production Cosmos Within Us directed by Tupac Martir. Martir's team, who's production won the Best Immersive Experience of the Festival, visited the CAMERA studio where actors wore a Vicon Cara headset with 4 video cameras. These were used to track markers strategically placed on their faces. The team at CAMERA used an in-house facial motion capture solver algorithm to match and blend a library of face shapes to fit the changing marker positions. Rubin Shah at Satore noted that "we worked with CAMERA as we knew they could deliver the motion capture that was required for the production to be delivered in the vision we required." |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | * |
| Title | Creative Edge Podcast |
| Description | CAMERA and The Edge Andrew Brownsword Gallery teamed up to create an exciting new Immersive Technologies Producer post to work between the two groups. A podcast series was created to provide a platform for University of Bath students and academics to discover, listen and take part in conversations that highlight the benefit of having a 'creative edge'. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Impact | Creative Edge explores similarities and disparities in the meeting of arts and research. Guests demonstrate connections between arts and academic interests; researchers who believe creativity is a tool to share their work, artists who collaborate with scientists, and those who engage with arts and 'research with creativity' as a spectator or participant. |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/guides/creative-edge-podcast/ |
| Title | Exhibition at the University of Bath's Festival |
| Description | To celebrate the University of Bath's 50th Anniversary, CAMERA will exhibit the Chameleon Project, funded by the British Council in partnership with Marshmallow Laser Feast. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Impact | The exhibition is open to the general public, school groups, and members of the University. |
| URL | http://50years.bath.ac.uk/story/event/50th-festival-on-campus/?instance_id=131 |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | Experimental and simulated data, and model corresponding to manuscript |
| Description | Videos of simulated and experimental data corresponding the manuscript: Three-dimensional data-tracking simulations of sprinting using a direct collocation approach. We have also included the model and associated files to reproduce the videos. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/media/Experimental_and_simulated_data_and_model_corresponding_to_manus... |
| Title | George Eksts, Dance Project |
| Description | Artist George Eksts approached CAMERA in 2016 to set up a one day motion capture shoot of a dancer for an installation he was creating looking at perceptions of time. The shoot used CAMERA's optical body motion capture system and involved capturing a series of eleven choreographed routines. The motion capture files were delivered to the client as fbx files via a secure file transfer protocol. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | *** |
| Title | Renaissance (Ben Dunks) |
| Description | The CAMERA team worked with Ben Dunks, dance and movement artist, on his immersive falls prevention project Renaissance (funded by the South West Creative Technology Network) Motion capture took place at CAMERA's state of the art studio, to fully capture participants in their seventies performing Ben's movement programme. Renaissance is an immersive falls prevention programme, designed for vulnerable older people living in Sheltered Accommodation and paid for by Housing Associations. At its heart is a movement programme that will be delivered by Housing Association Carers through an interactive platform. It is a programme that will fundamentally change the heath of all who experience it alongside decreasing their chances of falling. Our Prototyping Project is an ambitious set of three different programmes that will ultimately support the success of Renaissance. 1) In partnership with CAMERA at Bath University we will Motion Capture 6 participants from Bath Sheltered Housing as they go through our movement programme across 6 weeks, one session/week. This will demonstrate change in participant movement, validating the programme as suitable for falls prevention. 2) Plymouth Community Homes, our partner in the development of Renaissance, work with sensors embedded into resident armchairs, measuring activity levels. We will work with 3 cohorts of participants in Plymouth, using accelerometers to measure movement in sessions and linking this to residential data to help evaluate session impact. 3) We will work with PCH Carers, participants and senior managers to design, test and iterate their experiences across the programme ensuring the prototype meets needs. About the Team The team behind Renaissance is Ben Dunks, dance/movement artist, trainer and SWCTN Fellow, Emma McFarland, Digital and Innovation Producer and Christopher Hunt, Creative Technologist and Digital Artist. They have worked together for 2 years through Attik Dance and bring a wealth of knowledge, experience and excitement to the project. |
| Type Of Art | Performance (Music, Dance, Drama, etc) |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Impact | The programme is intended to fundamentally change the heath of all who experience it alongside decreasing their chances of falling. |
| URL | https://youtu.be/1YRIYYnYe90 |
| Title | VR Game, Stickee Ltd |
| Description | Stickee Ltd are a creative technology, software and digital design company based in London. They approached CAMERA to provide motion captured movements for multiple characters in a VR game title they are developing. The shoot used an Xsens suit to capture the performer's movements and allowed our Head of Studio, Martin, to quickly process the data files. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | *** |
| URL | https://www.stickee.co.uk/portfolio/balls-virtual-reality-cricket-game/ |
| Description | Modern machine learning approaches are useful for solving a range of problems in entertainment related to animation and artist workflow optimisation. CAMERA is a research centre which takes research in visual technologies and applies it to new areas. For example, we do research in Visual Effects and animation for film and video games, and look to apply this to sport analysis, rehabilitation and training. We have discovered and developed a number of key findings since our inception in late 2015. One useful discovery is the application of modern machine learning algorithms to perform realistic animation and also increase artist productivity. The creative industries form a major part of our modern economy, and our methods can have an impact increasing efficiency and maintaining the UKs leading position in this area. We have also been applying some of the same animation methods in an inverse way, i.e. to human motion analysis, so that we are able to point a camera at a person and get accurate biomechanical data about them. This is useful in rehabilitation - e.g. in hospitals where cameras can replace expensive imaging equipment - as well as elite sport. We are continuing to refine these methods and are about to trail our sports analysis system with the British Skeleton Olympic team. We used the same system for rehabilitation of ex-service personnel with the Ministry of Defence. |
| Exploitation Route | ** Related/continuation funding reported via EP/T022523/1 CAMERA 2.0 Award ** Over the last 3 years, our team of 14 academics and over 40 PhDs and researchers have created real impact with partners. This includes commercial projects such as Raindance Festival nominated 'Is Anna OK?' with the BBC, and BAFTA nominated '11:11 Memories Retold' with Aardman and Bandai Namco (XBox, Steam and PS4). By translating visual technologies across themes, impacts included developing personalised prosthetic limb liners, powered ankle prostheses and myoelectric arm prostheses with the NHS, Blatchford Healthcare and Open Bionics. We have also developed markerless biomechanical measurement technology with British Skeleton and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). CAMERA has published over 100 academic papers across these themes, and our multi-disciplinary approach has enabled us to unlock new translational research opportunities with support from EPSRC, H2020, AHRC, MRC, Versus Arthritis, MoD and InnovateUK. This includes being core partners in the ~£5m Bristol + Bath AHRC Creative Cluster, attracting £1.5m to lead a new South West Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub and unlocking £1.8m in European Commission funding to increase our studio infrastructure from 2020. |
| Sectors | Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| URL | http://www.camera.ac.uk |
| Description | We have a growing portfolio of commercial work enabled by this grant. - This has allowed us to deploy our research directly for real world applications and improve communication between academics and external partners. Commercial Project/Impact/Knowledge Exchange 'Chameleon' - with Marsh Mallow Laser Feast and The British Arts Council. Virtual Reality Arts Exhibit, using research code from CAMERA for building realistic facial models from 3D scans. Commercial Project/Impact/Knowledge Exchange 'Boo Zoo' (pilot) - with Busty Kelp and 2LE productions. 7 Episode TV-series involving facial and body motion capture, combined with live-action footage. Currently under negotiation with Channel 4 for full series (6 more episodes). Bristol Old Vic Theatre School/Motion Capture training/Knowledge Exchange Workshops on motion capture and Virtual Reality acting with The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Commercial Project/Impact/Knowledge Exchange 'Animal Farm' movie. Human to Animal animation R&D with The Imaginarium. For use in Animal Farm movie (shooting April 2017) Digital Catapult - Mentor/ Augmenter Programme Mentor for new Start-Up companies in the area of Virtual/Mixed Reality. Responsible for selecting companies for funding and mentoring ImmerseUK - founding member ImmerseUK is the UK's main network of Immersive Content Creation companies - covering e.g. entertainment, automotive and medical. It is the main lobbying group for the Industrial Challenge Fund. Software for building facial models has been used in the Chameleon project. --- CAMERA 2.0 continues our work - with a team of 14 academics and over 40 PhDs and researchers creating real-world impact with partners. This includes commercial projects such as Raindance Festival nominated 'Is Anna OK?' with the BBC, and BAFTA nominated '11:11 Memories Retold' with Aardman and Bandai Namco (XBox, Steam and PS4). By translating visual technologies across themes, impacts included developing personalised prosthetic limb liners, powered ankle prostheses and myoelectric arm prostheses with the NHS, Blatchford Healthcare and Open Bionics. We have also developed markerless biomechanical measurement technology with British Skeleton and the Ministry of Defence (MoD). CAMERA 1.0 published over 100 academic papers across these themes, and our multi-disciplinary approach has enabled us to unlock new translational research opportunities with support from EPSRC, H2020, AHRC, MRC, Versus Arthritis, MoD and InnovateUK. This includes being core partners in the ~£5m Bristol + Bath AHRC Creative Cluster, attracting £1.5m to lead a new South West Digital Innovation Business Acceleration Hub and unlocking £1.8m in European Commission funding to increase our studio infrastructure from 2020. CAMERA 2.0 drives the needs of the modern Digital Economy (DE). Our impact work is delivering continuing impact through four primary mechanisms: (i) Theme Driven Impact Projects, (ii) Cross-Cutting Theme R&D Challenges, (iii) Reactive Impact Projects and (iv) Open Community Engagement. Each of these involve working with our partners and generating rapid, real-world impact. Theme Impact Projects will be co-designed through sandpits and co-delivered with partners. Our Cross-Theme R&D Challenges will engage with the shared R&D challenges of partners and academics across themes. Translating innovations across themes will accelerate technology adoption and significantly enhance impact. Our reactive model also allows us to carry out direct commercial projects as research impact vehicles at short notice - essential to working with the short deadline driven creative sector. CAMERA 2.0 evolves our unique reactive impact model by placing our CAMERA student technical team at its core under the supervision of our experienced studio managers. Our central ambition is to raise the level of UK and international DE research through collaboration and technology democratisation. CAMERA 2.0 operates an open-door model for reasonable access to facilities, data, software and training. We are expanding our physical facilities and technical team to provide assisted motion capture and immersive technology training for free to over 100 creative industries, HEIs and healthcare companies. CAMERA 2.0 has opened this access even further by working with our partners and our wider network, hosting workshops to co-create projects and exchange knowledge. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2016 |
| Sector | Creative Economy,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Economic |
| Description | 6-DoF VR Video: Towards Immersive 360-degree VR Video with Motion Parallax |
| Amount | £555,408 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S001050/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 12/2021 |
| Description | A Feasibility Study of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) to Reduce Cardiometabolic Disease Risks in Individuals with Acute Spinal Cord Injury |
| Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | NIHR201591 |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2020 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | Analysis and Prevention of Spinal Injuries in Horse Racing |
| Amount | £186,129 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 251/288 |
| Organisation | The Racing Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases (BIRD) and University of Bath Alumni Fund |
| Amount | £64,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | Bath International Funding Schemes |
| Amount | £5,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 05/2018 |
| Description | CAMERA 2.0 |
| Amount | £3,401,653 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T022523/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2020 |
| End | 10/2025 |
| Description | COVID 19 Grant Extension Allocation University of Bath |
| Amount | £1,455,049 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V520615/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 09/2021 |
| Description | Creative Industries Clusters Programme |
| Amount | £5,718,089 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/S002936/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Cure Kids Innovation Seed Fund |
| Amount | $49,350 (NZD) |
| Organisation | Cure Kids |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | Developing a sensitive new tool that reveals individual differences in facial emotion perception |
| Amount | £315,854 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Research Councils UK (RCUK) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2019 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | Digital Health Technology Catalyst - Rheumatoid Arthritis Flare Profiler |
| Amount | £523,224 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 05/2020 |
| Description | EMIL: The European Media and Immersion Lab (Former EU Project) |
| Amount | £473,453 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10044904 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2022 |
| End | 02/2025 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Funding - University of Bath IAA award |
| Amount | £29,865 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Funding - University of Bath IAA award |
| Amount | £68,295 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2015 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account, Colyer |
| Amount | £23,985 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Earswitch i4i connect |
| Amount | £59,810 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2021 |
| End | 01/2022 |
| Description | European Regional Development Fund - Research and Innovation: call in West of England (OC37R17P 0696) |
| Amount | £1,801,368 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 37R18P02612 |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 12/2019 |
| End | 12/2022 |
| Description | European Space Agency |
| Amount | £35,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Space Agency |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | France |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Evaluating the intelligent Knee OsteoArthritis Lifestyle App (iKOALA) |
| Amount | £6,970 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Versus Arthritis |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2021 |
| End | 10/2022 |
| Description | Exploring lmmersive Support for People Affected by Phantom Limb Pain |
| Amount | £3,600 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | Global Challenges Research Fund |
| Amount | £28,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Government of the UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 07/2019 |
| Description | HRC Bristol+Bath Creative cluster |
| Amount | £5,858,697 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | IAA - Embedded Machine Learning for the Open Flexure Microscope |
| Amount | £27,414 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IAA607 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2022 |
| End | 04/2023 |
| Description | IAA - Implementation of a marker-less motion capture system for skeleton push-start performance analysis |
| Amount | £23,985 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 04/2021 |
| Description | IAA - Real World Evaluation of a Powered Intelligent Prosthetic Ankle |
| Amount | £27,590 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IAA5 2021 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | IAA Collaboratively Testing the iKOALA osteoarthritis app |
| Amount | £6,248 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2021 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | Innovate UK Emerging and Enabling Technologies |
| Amount | £330,785 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 103674 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2017 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | Innovate UK Emerging and Enabling Technologies |
| Amount | £432,414 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 132733 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Innovate UK Funding - HARPC Project |
| Amount | £518,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 69029-479295 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 02/2018 |
| Description | Leveraged University Research Studentship (LURS) |
| Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2019 |
| Description | ML-MSK Preventing Injury |
| Amount | £17,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rugby Football Union RFU Injured Players Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2021 |
| End | 07/2024 |
| Description | MRC Proximity to Discovery - University of Bath |
| Amount | £2,150 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2016 |
| End | 08/2016 |
| Description | MRC Proximity to Discovery - University of Bath |
| Amount | £11,313 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | MedTech CoRE Seed Fund |
| Amount | $49,922 (NZD) |
| Organisation | Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | MedTech CoRE Seed Fund |
| Amount | $49,960 (NZD) |
| Organisation | Medical Technologies Centre of Research Excellence |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | MyWorld |
| Amount | £29,908,161 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | SIPF00006/1 |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society |
| Amount | £19,723 (GBP) |
| Organisation | National Ankylosing Spondylitis Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 03/2020 |
| Description | Proximity to discovery |
| Amount | £6,940 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2018 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | Psychosocial mechanisms of chronic pain |
| Amount | £3,824,159 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | MR/W004151/1 |
| Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 06/2025 |
| Description | RFU IPF |
| Amount | £60,200 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rugby Football Union RFU Injured Players Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | RS Industry Fellowship: Intelligent Tools for the Creative Industries |
| Amount | £14,761 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IF160140 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2021 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| Description | Royal Society Industry Fellow |
| Amount | £142,813 (GBP) |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2017 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | SBRI Healthcare Phase 2 |
| Amount | £700,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | SBRI Healthcare |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | SBRI HealthcarePhase 1 |
| Amount | £97,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | SBRI Healthcare |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2017 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Tackle height: injury risk analysis via computer simulation |
| Amount | £4,448 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Rugby Football Union RFU Injured Players Foundation |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2020 |
| End | 09/2020 |
| Description | The Virtual Reality Oracle (VRO): An Immersive Experience of the Ancient Greek Oracle at Dodona |
| Amount | £812,902 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | AH/T004673/1 |
| Organisation | Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2020 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | University of Auckland Learning Enhancement Fund |
| Amount | $20,000 (NZD) |
| Organisation | University of Auckland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Start | 10/2016 |
| End | 09/2018 |
| Description | University of Bath Alumni Fund |
| Amount | £18,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2016 |
| End | 08/2017 |
| Description | University of Bath Translational Research Facilitator |
| Amount | £22,353 (GBP) |
| Organisation | West of England Academic Health Science Network |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2021 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Title | Dataset for "A Novel Neural Network Architecture with Applications to 3D Animation and Interaction in Virtual Reality" |
| Description | This is the dataset for the doctoral thesis "A Novel Neural Network Architecture with Applications to 3D Animation and Interaction in Virtual Reality" by Javier de la Dehesa Cueto-Felgueroso. See the original document for details. The dataset is structured in three parts. The files `gfnn_code.zip` and `gfnn_data.zip` contain the code and data for the experiments with grid-functioned neural networks discussed in chapter 3 of the thesis. The files `quadruped_code.zip` and `quadruped_data.zip` contain the code and data for the quadruped locomotion experiments and user study discussed in chapter 4. The files `framework_code.zip` and `framework_data.zip` contain the code and data for the human-character interaction framework experiments and user studies discussed in chapter 5. Each pair of files should be decompressed in the same directory, but separate from the other parts. Further details and instructions for each of the parts can be found within the corresponding compressed files. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/752/ |
| Title | Dataset for "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay" |
| Description | This is the dataset that accompanies our publication "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay". The data was collected over a period of time using a custom ARCore based android app. It depicts a retail aisle. The images can be found in the sub-folders "only_jpgs". The rest of the ARCore data such as camera poses can be found in "data_all" subfolders for each day data was collected for. The data can be used to run the benchmarks from the original paper. It can also be used to reconstruct points clouds using SFM (structure from motion) software. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | None yet. |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/986/ |
| Title | Dataset for "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay" |
| Description | This is the dataset that accompanies our publication "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay". The data was collected over a period of time using a custom ARCore based android app. It depicts a retail aisle. The images can be found in the sub-folders "only_jpgs". The rest of the ARCore data such as camera poses can be found in "data_all" subfolders for each day data was collected for. The data can be used to run the benchmarks from the original paper. It can also be used to reconstruct points clouds using SFM (structure from motion) software. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/986/ |
| Title | Dataset for "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay" |
| Description | This is the dataset that accompanies our publication "ExMaps: Long-Term Localization in Dynamic Scenes using Exponential Decay". The data was collected over a period of time using a custom ARCore based android app. It depicts a retail aisle. The images can be found in the sub-folders "only_jpgs". The rest of the ARCore data such as camera poses can be found in "data_all" subfolders for each day data was collected for. The data can be used to run the benchmarks from the original paper. It can also be used to reconstruct points clouds using SFM (structure from motion) software. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/986/ |
| Title | Dataset for "Touché: Data-Driven Interactive Sword Fighting in Virtual Reality" |
| Description | This is the data repository for the paper "Touché: Data-Driven Interactive Sword Fighting in Virtual Reality" by Javier Dehesa, Andrew Vidler, Christof Lutteroth and Julian Padget, presented at CHI 2020 conference in Honolulu, HI, USA. See the publication for details. The archives gesture_recognition_data.zip and gesture_recognition_code.zip contain respectively the data and code for the gesture recognition component. Similarly, the archives animation_data.zip and animation_code.zip contain respectively the data and code for the animation component. Instructions about how to use these are provided within them. The archive user_studies.zip contains information about our user studies. The file questionnaire_study.jasp and interactive_study.jasp contain the data and analysis of the questionnaire and interactive studies respectively. They can be consulted with the open source tool JASP (https://jasp-stats.org/). The video questionnaire_conditions.mp4 shows the full videos used as the three conditions for the questionnaire study. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/754/ |
| Title | Datasets and Analyses for "Affect Recognition using Psychophysiological Correlates in High Intensity VR Exergaming" |
| Description | Datasets and analyses for the paper "Affect Recognition using Psychophysiological Correlates in High Intensity VR Exergaming" published at CHI 2020. We present the datasets of two experiments that investigate the use of different sensors for affect recognition in a VR exergame. The first experiment compares the impact of physical exertion and gamification on psychophysiological measurements during rest, conventional exercise, VR exergaming, and sedentary VR gaming. The second experiment compares underwhelming, overwhelming and optimal VR exergaming scenarios. We identify gaze fixations, eye blinks, pupil diameter and skin conductivity as psychophysiological measures suitable for affect recognition in VR exergaming and analyse their utility in determining affective valence and arousal. Our findings provide guidelines for researchers of affective VR exergames. The datasets and analyses consist of the following: 1. two CSV sheets containing the quantitative and qualitative data of the Experiments I and II; 2. two JASP files with ANOVAS and t-tests for Experiments I and II; 3. two R scripts with correlation and regression analyses for Experiments I and II. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| Title | Datasets and Analyses for "Affect Recognition using Psychophysiological Correlates in High Intensity VR Exergaming" |
| Description | Datasets and analyses for the paper "Affect Recognition using Psychophysiological Correlates in High Intensity VR Exergaming" published at CHI 2020. We present the datasets of two experiments that investigate the use of different sensors for affect recognition in a VR exergame. The first experiment compares the impact of physical exertion and gamification on psychophysiological measurements during rest, conventional exercise, VR exergaming, and sedentary VR gaming. The second experiment compares underwhelming, overwhelming and optimal VR exergaming scenarios. We identify gaze fixations, eye blinks, pupil diameter and skin conductivity as psychophysiological measures suitable for affect recognition in VR exergaming and analyse their utility in determining affective valence and arousal. Our findings provide guidelines for researchers of affective VR exergames. The datasets and analyses consist of the following: 1. two CSV sheets containing the quantitative and qualitative data of the Experiments I and II; 2. two JASP files with ANOVAS and t-tests for Experiments I and II; 3. two R scripts with correlation and regression analyses for Experiments I and II. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/758 |
| Title | Datasets for "OmniPhotos: Casual 360° VR Photography" |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw and processed data used to validate the results for the paper. Each subdirectory in the Preprocessed and Unprocessed folders contains a 360° video captured in a circle at different locations in the world, using an Insta360 One X 360° camera on a rotating selfie stick. These subdirectories are named after these locations. Both the proprietary (.insv) video format, as well as a stitched equirectangular (.mp4) video (used by our preprocessing pipeline), have been included. As well as these videos, each subdirectory contains the Input frames, used by our software to display the scene, a Capture directory that contains structure-from-motion data for the given scene, as well as a Config directory, which contains necessary configuration files to run our software. In the Preprocessed directory, the subdirectories also contain a Cache directory, containing optical flow (.floss) files, a CSV file linking the floss files to the relevant images in Input, and .obj files that contain the scene-dependent proxy mesh (deformed sphere) used to render the scene. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset accompanies the code and binary release of our work OmniPhotos (Bertel et al., ACM Transactions on Graphics 2020). We have released a demo application that downloads parts of this dataset, so that anyone can try out our new casual 360° VR photography technique. |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/id/eprint/948 |
| Title | Datasets for "OmniPhotos: Casual 360° VR Photography" |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw and processed data used to validate the results for the paper. Each subdirectory in the Preprocessed and Unprocessed folders contains a 360° video captured in a circle at different locations in the world, using an Insta360 One X 360° camera on a rotating selfie stick. These subdirectories are named after these locations. Both the proprietary (.insv) video format, as well as a stitched equirectangular (.mp4) video (used by our preprocessing pipeline), have been included. As well as these videos, each subdirectory contains the Input frames, used by our software to display the scene, a Capture directory that contains structure-from-motion data for the given scene, as well as a Config directory, which contains necessary configuration files to run our software. In the Preprocessed directory, the subdirectories also contain a Cache directory, containing optical flow (.floss) files, a CSV file linking the floss files to the relevant images in Input, and .obj files that contain the scene-dependent proxy mesh (deformed sphere) used to render the scene. Organisations: Centre for Digital Entertainment (CDE), Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications, Department of Computer Science People: Bertel, T. (Creator), Yuan, M. (Creator), Lindroos, R. (Creator), Richardt, C. (Creator) Publisher: University of Bath Publication date: 26-Nov-20 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | TBC |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/922/ |
| Title | Development and validation of FootNet; a new kinematic algorithm to improve foot-strike and toe-off detection in treadmill running |
| Description | Dataset for "Development and validation of FootNet; a new kinematic algorithm to improve foot-strike and toe-off detection in treadmill running" This dataset includes the input features and target labels needed to train and test FootNet. The input features include the distal tibia anteroposterior velocity, ankle plantar/dorsi flexion angle and foot centre of mass anteroposterior and vertical velocities. Additionally, ground reaction force data and trial names are also included. Organisations: UKRI CDT in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI, Department of Computer Science, Centre for Mathematics and Algorithms for Data (MAD), Institute for Mathematical Innovation (IMI), Sports Injury Prevention Group, Department for Health, Centre for the Analysis of Motion, Entertainment Research & Applications, EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Statistical Applied Mathematics (SAMBa) People: Chen, X. (Creator), Weir, G. (Creator), Cazzola, D. (Creator), Trewartha, G. (Creator), Hamill, J. (Creator), Preatoni, E. (Creator), Rodriguez Rivadulla, A. (Creator) Publisher: University of Bath Publication date: 26-Jul-21 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | TBC |
| URL | https://github.com/adrianrivadulla/FootNet |
| Title | IMU and Mocap data |
| Description | IMU and motion capture system validation datasets for spinal motion. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/IMU_and_Mocap_data/13096703/1 |
| Title | IMU and Mocap data |
| Description | IMU and motion capture system validation datasets for spinal motion. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/IMU_and_Mocap_data/13096703 |
| Title | Matterport3D 360° RGBD Dataset |
| Description | This dataset is an extension of Matterport3D that contains data to train and validate high resolution 360 monocular depth estimation models. The data is structured in 90 folders belonging to 90 different buildings storing a total of 9684 samples. Each sample of the dataset consists of 4 files: the RGB equirectangular 360 image (.png), its depth ground-truth (.dpt), a visualisation of the depth ground-truth (.png) and the camera to world extrinsic parameters for the image (.txt) saved as 7 parameters: 3 for the camera center and the last 4 for the XYWZ rotation quaternion. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This dataset has already been used by other researchers for benchmarking their methods against the state of the art for high-resolution 360 monocular depth estimation. |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/1126/ |
| Title | RGBD Dog Dataset |
| Description | RGBD-Dog contains motion capture and multiview (Sony) RGB and (Kinect) RGBD data for several dogs performing different actions (all cameras and mo-cap syncronised with calibration data included. You can get the data, code to view and the CVPR 2020 paper it is all based on from our GitHub page. In our CVPR 2020 paper we use the data to train a model to predict dog pose from RGBD data. However, it also works pretty well on other animals. In the future we will expand the data and code as we publish more of our research. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Access for researchers |
| URL | https://github.com/CAMERA-Bath/RGBD-Dog |
| Title | Supplement for "Me vs. Super(wo)man: Effects of Customization and Identification in a VR Exergame" |
| Description | This supplement describes an approach that can be used to create an "enhanced" avatar based on a) a realistic, current avatar (R) and b) an idealised, desired future avatar (I) of a user. The aim of the approach is to create avatars that reflect "enhancements" of the realistic avatar along a realistic trajectory. The realistic avatar is used as a starting point, and the idealised avatar as a "goal". |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | tbc |
| URL | https://researchdata.bath.ac.uk/757/ |
| Description | 11-11: Memories Retold & Is Anna OK? |
| Organisation | Aardman Animations Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA were commissioned by Aardman to provide motion capture for 11-11: Memories Retold (https://www.bandainamcoent.com/games/11-11-memories-retold) Aardman have collaborated with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and DigixArt to create 11-11: MEMORIES RETOLD, a story-driven narrative adventure set during World War I with a unique painted style that plans to deliver an entertainment experience. Nominated for British Game and Game Beyond Entertainment in 2019s BAFTA Games Awards (http://www.bafta.org/games/awards/bafta-games-awards-nominations-winners-2019) The game has scooped the Best Educational/Serious Game Award at the TIGA awards. The Aardman team spent nearly two weeks in the CAMERA Studio over the course of nine individual shoots to get the motion capture data to animate most of the major characters in 11:11. The capture sessions were delivered using CAMERA's Vicon system, and involved two performers, Chris Brown and Alison Garner, along with a selection of props including a rifle and even a stuffed cat. For each shoot the CAMERA team would attach 50 passive optical markers to the performer's motion capture suit. The cameras then track the position of those markers in space to create a skeleton that is used to animate a digital avatar. ---- Is Anna ok? Description: CAMERA, the University of Bath's motion capture research centre, have collaborated with animation studios Aardman on a BBC virtual reality documentary about the story of twin sisters whose lives were torn apart by a terrible accident. The VR documentary, called "Is Anna OK?" allows the viewer to step into the shoes of Anna and her sister Lauren to discover how their lives are changed after Anna suffers a head injury from being hit by a car. Viewers can experience the documentary from multiple points of view, exploring Anna's fragmented memories and piecing together the story of what happened and follow Anna's journey of rehabilitation. Researchers at CAMERA worked closely with the animators at Aardman using motion capture technology to make the movement of the characters more realistic. In particular, they used the latest research methods in facial animation to analyse the 3D movement of the actor's face and transfer it onto the face of the animated character. Professor Darren Cosker, Director of CAMERA, led the research. He explained: "One actor played the parts of both identical twins for the documentary. "We performed a 3D scan of the actor's face and built an animated model from this. We then used a mixture of different research methods to analyse the fine movements of the actor's face, such as her smile and eyebrow movements. "Each movement of the actor's face was assigned values which were then transferred to the model of the character's face. This method is much easier for the animators to edit and tweak movements rather than building a new animated face from scratch. "This work is a result of several years of research, so it's great to be able to put our research into use on a commercial project for the first time." The team recently worked with Aardman on the role-playing game 11-11 Memories Retold, which used motion capture technology to animate the characters. The documentary was nominated for several awards last year, including the 2018 Raindance Film Festival and the 2018 Sheffield Doc Fest. The VR piece is available to download for free on Oculus Rift, and you can see the full length animation version here on YouTube. Real-time pre-visualisation, or pre-vis, is a method of showing live how the motion data that the performer is generating looks on the character avatar. It uses a pipeline taking the motion data into the game engine Unity where it is applied to the character in real time to give a 'rough' version of what of the final outputs will look like. Pre-vis was used during shoots to help the Aardman team direct the performer and make decisions about how the shots should be done. We also had input during the shoots from the lead animator based out in Singapore, who was able to watch the performance in the studio via video link. In total CAMERA delivered around 8000 character seconds of body motion capture data for the project. The project gave opportunities to local performing arts talent, with Bristol Old Vic Theatre School student, Jyuddah Muzahura, volunteering to perform in the initial test shoots. 'Is Anna ok' used the facial motion capture solver that came from Shridhar Ravikumar's PhD Project with Darren, plus further development through an IAA project plus a lot of work from CAMERA staff (Jose in particular). That will hopefully place it well for a future impact case study. The same solver is now going to be used on the upcoming Satore commercial project in March. |
| Collaborator Contribution | ** |
| Impact | Commercial Output. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Augmented Human Beacon Lead |
| Organisation | University of Bath |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The University's Bath Beacons initiative is underway, supporting a culture of grant capture for large-scale funding to tackle major research challenges, aligned to the University's priority research themes of Digital; Sustainability; and Health and Wellbeing. Professor Eamonn O'Neill, CAMERA Co-Director, will lead a Beacon to assist and augment the human in multiple ways and settings including: assistive technology for overcoming disabilities; enhancing performance for all in daily tasks; enhancing performance in extreme conditions from elite sport to emergency services. This work entails augmenting both body and mind, providing assistance physically (e.g. smart prosthetics, brain-driven exoskeletons) and mentally (e.g. dementia care, cognitive and perceptual assistive technologies). It will also aid early prediction and diagnosis of conditions from blood cancer to Alzheimer's disease, contributing to prevention and care. They will develop, evaluate and exploit a range of technologies including hardware and software. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Ongoing collaborative research and workshops. |
| Impact | The five Beacons that have been selected to kick off this new initiative are addressing an exciting set of challenges involving a wide range of disciplines across the University. It is also great to see the support given to researchers earlier in their career in the form of the two Developing Beacons. The quality of all the teams and proposals gives us every confidence that the Beacons will further extend our capacity to lead large funding proposals. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Axis Productions Ltd Test |
| Organisation | Axis Studios |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Test for body and face capture of stylised character. Single Performer. |
| Collaborator Contribution | * |
| Impact | Commercial Output |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Bath Cats and Dogs Home |
| Organisation | Bath Cats and Dogs Home |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA is creating a library of movement data from different dog breeds, to make animal animations in films and video games more realistic. PhD Researcher Sinead Kearney said: "In order to learn how animals move, we first need data of these animals. The majority of motion capture research focuses on humans, so very few datasets of animal motion are available. We decided to tackle this problem by recording some animals ourselves. We started with dogs, since it's straightforward to get them into the studio, there is a wide range of body shapes across different breeds, and dogs can be directed to perform various tasks. By recording the dogs performing each of the selected tasks, not only do we learn how dogs move in general, but how their movements differ from breed to breed." Simon Lynn, Head of Animal Operations at Bath Cats and Dogs Home, said: "This is such an innovative project for our dogs and team to be a part of. It will be so beneficial for the dogs taking part as it is great socialisation for them - meeting new people and seeing different sights and sounds. Kennel life can become repetitive so we're always looking at ways to add enrichment to our dog's lives whilst they're waiting to be adopted and a trip to the CAMERA team at the University of Bath definitely fits the bill." |
| Collaborator Contribution | This project has really captured the public's imagination, and was featured in 44 news items including BBC News, with coverage in the UK, USA, Canada, India and Australia! CAMERA is delighted to hear that two of the dogs used for this motion capture work have now found a loving new home. This project is on-going, and CAMERA is looking forward to welcoming some new four legged friends back to the studio next month. |
| Impact | Data Set creation. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Bristol Centre for Enablement, North Bristol NHS Trust |
| Organisation | North Bristol NHS Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Undertaken research regarding wound healing time/swelling reduction for amputee outpatients at North Bristol NHS Trust's Centre for Enablement. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of patient access, space and clinician time in support of research activity. |
| Impact | Academic presentations and journal articles accepted/in progress, but will fall after this reporting period. Disciplines include Design and Materials Engineering, Machine Learning, Visual Computing and Health Sciences. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Bristol Centre for Enablement, North Bristol NHS Trust |
| Organisation | North Bristol NHS Trust |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Undertaken research regarding wound healing time/swelling reduction for amputee outpatients at North Bristol NHS Trust's Centre for Enablement. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provision of patient access, space and clinician time in support of research activity. |
| Impact | Academic presentations and journal articles accepted/in progress, but will fall after this reporting period. Disciplines include Design and Materials Engineering, Machine Learning, Visual Computing and Health Sciences. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | British Skelton and Bobsleigh Association |
| Organisation | British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA 2.0 Project Partner Description of impact: Across the last three Olympic cycles, the British Skeleton team have won 3 Olympic Gold and 2 Olympic Bronze medals becoming the most decorated nation in this sport. Across these preparatory cycles, the team have worked with the University of Bath on various research projects focussed on enhancing the preparation of their athletes for the very top level of competition. Dr Steffi Colyer has been involved in all projects to date and is working closely with the organisation to develop future research priorities. The latest project has been conducted within CAMERA and has been a close collaboration between the investigators listed above and the BBSA. As part of this project, we have developed novel motion analysis technologies that allow biomechanical metrics and British athletes' performances to be assessed in a totally non-intrusive way. Knowledge impact through the development of a customised marker-less performance assessment technology. The data that this system provides can have a profound effect on the development of their coaching practices. The BBSA will have previously unobtainable performance data, with which to tailor their training programmes. People based impact is also achieved through the training and performance benefits for athletes, as well as the stronger data relationship on the efficacy on training approaches for coach/coaching development. The ease with which the proposed system can provide objective information will also have economic benefits for the BBSA, as this data will allow decisions around the training and coaching process to be made with greater certainty and fewer resources than previously required. Similarly, maintaining or improving on previous Olympic successes will ensure the organisation maintains its funding in a competitive environment. Olympic success is well known for having a positive societal benefit for the country being represented. Ripple effects from public engagement with sporting success stories have been quantified multiple times, with measurable improvements in regional and national productivity and well-being linked to this. How did your research contribute? Creation of a markerless motion capture system that can provide previously unobtainable information about performance in a normal training environment. This fully passive assessment capability has never previously been achieved and is at the forefront of this field. Knowledge exchange to inform and improve training and coaching practices in preparation for major competitions (Winter Olympic Games for example). What steps have been undertaken to achieve impact? Dr Colyer has forged very positive relationships with the BBSA (Danny Holdcroft, Head of Performance and Research Innovation and Ed McDermott, Head Start Coach) and has collaborated with them on various projects for almost a decade. This close relationship has allowed knowledge exchange and its associated impact to be realised more readily. Dr Colyer's research to date has directly informed training, coaching and testing practices of the British Team. The newly developed system will accelerate this impact by providing the BBSA with a tool that can be embedded in their current programme and practice. |
| Collaborator Contribution | BBSA commits athletes and coaches time for participation in the continued research which will be carried out in the training facility. Access to 18 athletes and 3 coaches, 30 training sessions per year. Will potential to increase access. |
| Impact | Ongoing Who is affected? BBSA coaches and athletes, with opportunity to deploy the system to other sports and generate significant impact. More broad societal benefits result from Olympic success through ripple effect. |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | External CAMERA partners |
| Organisation | BMT Defence Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are working with these 5 major partners in CAMERA to develop: marker less motion capture technology (for elite sport and entertainment), immersive training environments and tools for motion analysis in entertainment. The Imaginarium Studios - The UK's leading performance capture company; The Foundry - Global develop of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software for the design, visualisation and entertainment industries; BMT - A leading engineering, science and technology consultancy, operating mainly in the maritime industries; British Skeleton - Official Great Britain Bobsleigh and Skeleton Organisation; and DMRC Headley Court - Home of the Ministry of Defence, 'Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners are contributing staff time, software, data and facilities where appropriate |
| Impact | Collaborations are ongoing |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | External CAMERA partners |
| Organisation | British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | We are working with these 5 major partners in CAMERA to develop: marker less motion capture technology (for elite sport and entertainment), immersive training environments and tools for motion analysis in entertainment. The Imaginarium Studios - The UK's leading performance capture company; The Foundry - Global develop of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software for the design, visualisation and entertainment industries; BMT - A leading engineering, science and technology consultancy, operating mainly in the maritime industries; British Skeleton - Official Great Britain Bobsleigh and Skeleton Organisation; and DMRC Headley Court - Home of the Ministry of Defence, 'Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners are contributing staff time, software, data and facilities where appropriate |
| Impact | Collaborations are ongoing |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | External CAMERA partners |
| Organisation | Ministry of Defence (MOD) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | We are working with these 5 major partners in CAMERA to develop: marker less motion capture technology (for elite sport and entertainment), immersive training environments and tools for motion analysis in entertainment. The Imaginarium Studios - The UK's leading performance capture company; The Foundry - Global develop of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software for the design, visualisation and entertainment industries; BMT - A leading engineering, science and technology consultancy, operating mainly in the maritime industries; British Skeleton - Official Great Britain Bobsleigh and Skeleton Organisation; and DMRC Headley Court - Home of the Ministry of Defence, 'Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners are contributing staff time, software, data and facilities where appropriate |
| Impact | Collaborations are ongoing |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | External CAMERA partners |
| Organisation | The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are working with these 5 major partners in CAMERA to develop: marker less motion capture technology (for elite sport and entertainment), immersive training environments and tools for motion analysis in entertainment. The Imaginarium Studios - The UK's leading performance capture company; The Foundry - Global develop of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software for the design, visualisation and entertainment industries; BMT - A leading engineering, science and technology consultancy, operating mainly in the maritime industries; British Skeleton - Official Great Britain Bobsleigh and Skeleton Organisation; and DMRC Headley Court - Home of the Ministry of Defence, 'Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners are contributing staff time, software, data and facilities where appropriate |
| Impact | Collaborations are ongoing |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | External CAMERA partners |
| Organisation | The Imaginarium Studios Limited |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are working with these 5 major partners in CAMERA to develop: marker less motion capture technology (for elite sport and entertainment), immersive training environments and tools for motion analysis in entertainment. The Imaginarium Studios - The UK's leading performance capture company; The Foundry - Global develop of computer graphics, visual effects and 3D design software for the design, visualisation and entertainment industries; BMT - A leading engineering, science and technology consultancy, operating mainly in the maritime industries; British Skeleton - Official Great Britain Bobsleigh and Skeleton Organisation; and DMRC Headley Court - Home of the Ministry of Defence, 'Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre'. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Our partners are contributing staff time, software, data and facilities where appropriate |
| Impact | Collaborations are ongoing |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | Immerse UK Founding Member |
| Organisation | Immerse UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA joins Immerse UK's new Premium Membership to fast track innovation in immersive technologies CAMERA is proud to be part of Immerse UK's NEW premium membership offering an exciting new range of services and member benefits to help grow businesses, make new connections and discover new markets. Over the past three years, Immerse UK has established itself as the UK's leading membership organisation dedicated to supporting those developing, creating and embracing immersive technologies. Some of the exciting new benefits include a listing in The Directory, the definitive guide to the UK's immersive tech sector with a member listing, a showcase of our work and direct connections across the UK's immersive marketplace; the ability to discover immersive projects on the R&D Project Board and the ability to find and connect with the potential collaborators, customers, investors and researchers through the extensive network of Immerse UK connections. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Having grown a strong and diverse community of over 4,000 active members, Immerse UK is evolving to reflect membership needs and industry demands. Developed in partnership with industry, Premium Membership provides additional member benefits which target some of the issues and challenges outlined in the annual Immersive Economy Report, the most recent report being published on November 19th in association with Digital Catapult. There are currently 23 Founder Members comprised of leading UK companies and Universities who will support the growth of the network over the next few years and help champion the Immerse UK brand on a UK and international stage. |
| Impact | Networking and collaborative opportunities. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Immerse UK, Co-Founder |
| Organisation | Immerse UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA is one of the co-founders of ImmerseUK; a new cross-sector network for businesses and research organisations across all parts of the UK economy that are interested in the way that augmented and virtual reality can help drive productivity, social and economic growth. CAMERA supports ImmerseUK to help UK business to take full advantage of these new opportunities, by identifying demand, making connections, facilitating collaboration and tapping into new areas for growth. |
| Collaborator Contribution | See http://www.immerseuk.org/news-1/ The key topics identified as ones where Immerse UK can make a difference are: - access to finance, funding and investment - content, production and user experience - connecting industry and universities (skills and research) - industrial applications - mapping activity in the UK |
| Impact | None to report. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Jane Austen AR Demo |
| Organisation | Mesmerix |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Photogrammetry shoot and optical motion capture Mesmerix are Bath based specialists in virtual and augmented reality experiences. CAMERA were first commissioned to build a virtual 3D model of the famous statue of Jane Austen standing outside the Jane Austen museum in Bath (https://www.jane-austens-house-museum.org.uk/) using portable 3D scanners. The scan was then turned into a digital model and rigged by CAMERA Head of Studio, Martin Parsons. We then captured optical motion capture data from a performer in the CAMERA Studio and used it to animate the model. The resulting content was used in an augmented reality piece engaging visitors to Bath in its cultural history through the work of one of Britain's finest writers. The piece has been designed for viewing on AR enabled smartphones and is available to download |
| Collaborator Contribution | The resulting content was used in an augmented reality piece engaging visitors to Bath in its cultural history through the work of one of Britain's finest writers. The piece has been designed for viewing on AR enabled smartphones and is available to download |
| Impact | Commercial Arts Output. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Marshmallow Laser Feast, Chameleon Project |
| Organisation | Marshmallow Laser Feast Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA worked with Marshmallow Laser Feast on facial capture as part of the Chameleon project. Marshmallow Laser Feast (MLF) were commissioned by the British Council to create a virtual reality experience based on local community members in Mexico City. MLF contacted CAMERA regarding the processing of Artec data scans generated in Mexico into facial models which could be animated inside a virtual environment, and experienced via a Vive headset. The project was a great success and will be recreated at the University of Bath as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In October of 2016 the British Council invited Marshmallow Laser Feast to collaborate with 13 emerging Mexican artists in a two week residency with Mutek.MX, Mexico City's international festival for digital creativity. Together they learned and applied new skills in digital creativity to captured the city, its people and their stories in 360º. From this process they created Chameleon, a sensory portrait of Mexico City presented by Mutek.MX at their 2016 festival. Chameleon is a mixed reality exploration of the people of Mexico City. VR portraiture that examines the way inhabitants of one of the most populous cities in the world adapt & adjust to their environment using different coping mechanisms. Within a virtual gallery audiences see four individuals who use art, history, knowledge, nature, work and play to weave their identities. Chameleon presents these identities as a multidimensional reality that spectators access through virtual reality, spatialized audio, 3D printing & video. |
| Impact | Processing of Artec data scans generated in Mexico into facial models which could be animated inside a virtual environment, and experienced via a Vive headset. Touring international art exhibition / installation funded by the British Council. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Minerva Owls |
| Organisation | Minerva’s Owls of Bath |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | A major public art sculpture trail featuring 100 individually decorated owl sculptures displayed across the World Heritage city of Bath and surrounding region from June - September 2018. An Artec Eva portable scanner was used to enable successful scanning of the original artist clay model of the owl. The scanner uses a structured light source to enable rapid scanning of geometry. The resulting point cloud representation of the owl model was then post processed to remove erroneous data points and enable creation of a full triangulated stereolithography model'. This digital model was then used to manufacture the owls for the sculpture trail. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners led on coordinating all other aspects of owl manufacture. |
| Impact | Charitable work. On-going. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol |
| Organisation | Bristol Old Vic Theatre School |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Engagement with a world leading performing arts school. We have run motion capture workshops for their students and are collaborating on commercial and research projects. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Old Vic Theatre School students have been given the opportunity to take park in workshops in the CAMERA studio, in which their performances have been recorded by motion capture. This will add to the students' CV and experience whilst providing data which can be used by the research team. They are inputting into analysis of user-need for real-time virtual studio research. |
| Impact | CAMERA has run motion capture workshops for Old Vic Theatre School students. We collaborating on commercial and research projects. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | Rewind and Welsh National Opera Virtual Reality experience |
| Organisation | Rewind |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA provided motion capture services to Rewind for their collaboration with the Welsh National Opera. Soprano Karah Son performed the aria 'Un Bel Di' from Madame Butterfly whilst CAMERA motion capture her body and face performance. CAMERA Head of Studio also improvised a simple cloth simulation by attaching netting to Karah's sleeves with optical markers attached. When translated into the game engine, this allowed the sleeves of the digital character's kimono to move freely as cloth would. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Rewind produced a stylised CG environment and character avatar as part of the virtual reality experience. They took the motion capture data from CAMERA and used it to animate the character synchronised to the audio track of Karah singing. The resulting VR experience was deployed within a purposed designed shipping crate and located outside the theatres in which the Welsh National Opera were touring, for audience members to experience outside of the traditional theatre environment. The objective was to show that opera can be more accessible and to difference audiences that one may think, and to demonstrate the applicability of digital technologies to performing arts. REWIND won two VR Awards (https://www.the-vr-expo.com/vr-awards) for the Magic Butterfly immersive VR experience for Welsh National Opera. REWIND won both the Immersive Heritage; Leisure Award and The Immersive Art Award. CAMERA was proud to collaborate on technical elements of this project. |
| Impact | The final exhibit has been nominated for, and won, multiple awards globally. It will constitute part of CAMERA's impact case study REF return. It has generated nearly £4000 of revenues for CAMERA which will spent on extending researcher posts and new equipment. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Satore Studio motion capture shoot |
| Organisation | Satore Studio Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | CAMERA were commissioned by Satore to provide motion capture expertise and services as part of a project to produce an immersive experience promoting Johnnie Walker in Mexico. The CAMERA Studio team collaborated with the Satore team on a shoot session in London, capturing motion data for professional ballet dancer Isaac Hernandez using the Xsens motion capture system. The CAMERA team post produced the resulting data and applied it to the Satore mesh to generate an animated character. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Satore team created a virtual environment in which the animated character was placed to create a digital labyrinth. The resulting production was projected onto the side of the Torre Reforma building in the middle of Mexico City with an estimated 1 million viewers over the project's duration. |
| Impact | The collaboration generated £2,263 in revenues for the University, which will be used to sustain researcher roles and invest in new equipment within CAMERA. The resulting piece was widely viewed and has obtained significant press coverage, promoting the work of Satore, but also of the research of CAMERA. |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | Shadowcast VR Piece |
| Organisation | Sioned Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The CAMERA team went out to the shoot location, Band Studios in Bristol (www.bandstudios.co.uk), with our Xsens MVN Link motion capture system and captured a range of body motion, with the real time output of the Xsens software shown live on the studio wall. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Shadowcast are Bristol based specialists in mixed reality active entertainment. CAMERA were commissioned to capture body motion of a martial arts expert to be used in an augmented reality game designed to encourage physical activity in young people. |
| Impact | Commercial Output |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | GAZE-CONTROLLED INTERFACE METHOD AND SYSTEM |
| Description | A gaze-controlled interface system for enabling a user to interact with an electronic visual work presented on an electronic display screen. The system has an electronic display screen configured to present the electronic visual work and an eye gaze tracker configured to sense the user's gaze position on the display screen and generate representative gaze signal. A processor receives and processes the gaze signal to enable the user to interact with the electronic visual work based on gaze. |
| IP Reference | US2016195924 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | A gaze-controlled interface system for enabling a user to interact with an electronic visual work presented on an electronic display screen. The system has an electronic display screen configured to present the electronic visual work and an eye gaze tracker configured to sense the user's gaze position on the display screen and generate representative gaze signal. A processor receives and processes the gaze signal to enable the user to interact with the electronic visual work based on gaze. |
| Title | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF BANDWIDTH-SENSITIVE RENDERING OF A FOCAL AREA OF AN ANIMATION |
| Description | Individual images for individual frames of an animation may be rendered to include individual focal areas. A focal area may include one or more of a foveal region corresponding to a gaze direction of a user, an area surrounding the foveal region, and/or other components. The foveal region may comprise a region along the user's line of sight that permits high visual acuity with respect to a periphery of the line of sight. A focal area within an image may be rendered based on parameter values of rendering parameters that are different from parameter values for an area outside the focal area. |
| IP Reference | US2018061084 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | . |
| Title | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF LATENCY-AWARE RENDERING OF A FOCAL AREA OF AN ANIMATION |
| Description | Individual images for individual frames of an animation may be rendered to include individual focal areas. A focal area may include one or more of a foveal region corresponding to a gaze direction of a user, an area surrounding the foveal region, and/or other components. The foveal region may comprise a region along the user's line of sight that permits high visual acuity with respect to a periphery of the line of sight. A focal area within an image may be rendered based on parameter values of rendering parameters that are different from parameter values for an area outside the focal area. |
| IP Reference | US2018059780 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2018 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | . |
| Title | Simulation and skinning of heterogeneous texture detail deformation |
| Description | A method is disclosed for reducing distortions introduced by deformation of a surface with an existing parameterization. In an exemplary embodiment, the method comprises receiving a rest pose mesh comprising a plurality of faces, a rigidity map corresponding to the rest pose mesh, and a deformed pose mesh; using the rigidity map to generate a simulation grid on the rest pose mesh, the simulation grid comprising a plurality of cells; defining a set of constraints on the simulation grid, the constraints being derived at least in part from the rigidity map; running a simulation using the simulation grid and the set of constraints to obtain a warped grid; and texture mapping the deformed pose mesh based on data from the warped grid. |
| IP Reference | US20160133040 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates generally to computer animation, and, more particularly, to a method for minimizing distortions introduced by deformation of a surface. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART Texture mapping is the process of mapping detail (e.g., color, bump or displacement) to a surface using a corresponding parameterisation-the most common case being a 2D parameterisation of a 3D surface. Some representations have natural parameterisations (e.g. NURBS), while others, such as polygonal meshes, require non-trivial methods or manual input to obtain parameterisations. In the case of polygonal meshes, parameterisations are represented in the same way as vertices: as piecewise-linear approximations to continuous functions. A metric for the quality of a parameterization is the distortion introduced by the mapping. |
| Title | System and Method of Gaze Predictive Rendering of a Focal Area of an Animation |
| Description | Individual images for individual frames of an animation may be rendered to include individual focal areas. A focal area may include one or more of a foveal region corresponding to a gaze direction of a user, an area surrounding the foveal region, and/or other components. The foveal region may comprise a region along the user's line of sight that permits high visual acuity with respect to a periphery of the line of sight. A focal area within an image may be rendered based on parameter values of rendering parameters that are different from parameter values for an area outside the focal area. |
| IP Reference | 20180061116; 10255714 |
| Protection | Patent granted |
| Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | Patent History Publication number: 20180061116 Type: Application Filed: Aug 24, 2016 Publication Date: Mar 1, 2018 Patent Grant number: 10255714 Inventors: Kenneth J. Mitchell (London), Sheldon Andrews (London), Darren Cosker (Bath), Nicholas T. Swafford (Bath) Application Number: 15/245,523 |
| Title | 360MonoDepth: High-Resolution 360° Monocular Depth Estimation |
| Description | Code release for 360monodepth. With our framework we achieve monocular depth estimation for high resolution 360° images based on aligning and blending perspective depth maps. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | None yet. |
| URL | https://github.com/manurare/360monodepth |
| Title | 360° Optical Flow using Tangent Images |
| Description | Implementation of the BMVC 2021 paper "360° Optical Flow using Tangent Images". |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | None yet. |
| URL | https://github.com/yuanmingze/360OpticalFlow-TangentImages |
| Title | OmniPhotos: Casual 360° VR Photography |
| Description | We publicly released the implementation of our publication "OmniPhotos: Casual 360° VR Photography" (Bertel et al., ACM Transactions on Graphics) on GitHub. This includes the preprocessing pipeline for creating new OmniPhotos, and a standalone application for viewing OmniPhotos on a desktop or in a virtual reality headset. We also make a demo available for people to try out. |
| Type Of Technology | New/Improved Technique/Technology |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Open Source License? | Yes |
| Impact | None yet. |
| URL | https://github.com/cr333/OmniPhotos |
| Description | 10 Year EPSRC Digital Economy Workshop and Celebration |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited to take part in a showcase for the 10 Year EPSRC Digital Economy Workshop and Celebration event. This event raised awareness of the work of the centre and stimulated increased interest in research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | 19th Congress of Association of the Researchers in Physical and Sport Activities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Pooya Soltani, studio engineer at CAMERA Innovation Studio, is presenting two of his works on multi-level analysis of basketball in virtual reality, together with Dr Antoine Morice from the Institute of Movement Sciences - Etienne Jules Marey, Aix-Marseille University, France. 1- What level of analysis is needed to detect expertise during basketball shooting in virtual reality? To benefit from virtual reality (VR) as a complementary tool for training, coaches must determine proper tools and variables for tracking sport performance. We explored basketball shooting at several scales (ball-basket, player-ball, and player systems) by monitoring success rate and ball and body kinematics. We also measured how perceptual sensitivity to visual sources of information, can be influenced by basket distance, level of expertise, and gender. Read more: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355648315 2- Tracking expertise in visual information pickup when throwing basketball using virtual reality. The basketball court offers multiple sources of visual information for players to perceive the basket's distance. The perceptual superiority of experienced players in picking-up those information sources for regulating their throw should be established. Virtual reality provides a valuable tool for players and coaches to examine visual information pickup without impoverishing the visual scene and without mounting bulky eye tracking systems on the players. Read more: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355648208 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://acaps2021.sciencesconf.org/ |
| Description | A lecture on Actigaze for Vice-Chancellor's Research Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christof Lutteroth was invited to present a lecture on "Actigaze" at the University of Bath's Vice-Chancellor's Research Day. This is a showcase and celebration of research being carried out by early career academics across the University of Bath. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bath.ac.uk/research/news/2017/01/24/vc-research-day-2017/ |
| Description | ACM International Conference of Multimedia 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Research Associate Yiguo Qiao has had her paper 'Fast, High-Quality Hierarchical Depth-Map Super-Resolution' accepted at the prestigious ACM International Conference of Multimedia 2021. ACM Multimedia has been the worldwide premier conference and a key world event to display scientific achievements and innovative industrial products in the multimedia field. Qiao presented online during the conference 20th-24th October, disseminating CAMERA's research findings to an International audience. Publication: https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3474085.3475595 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://2021.acmmm.org/ |
| Description | American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | "Exercise Conditioning Programs for Cardiometabolic Health in People with Mobility-Related Disabilities" June 2, 2021 ACSM Annual Meeting, 12th World Congress on Exercise Is Medicine and the World Congress on The Basic Science of Exercise in Regenerative Medicine |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://members.acsm.org/ACSM/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=am2021 |
| Description | An newspaper article in Irish Examiner |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A newspaper article regarding the virtual reality exercise game Evercycle appeared in the Irish Examiner. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/technow/this-virtual-reality-exercise-game-looks-like-the... |
| Description | Annual ViiHM Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The workshop brought together members of the ViiHM network to share research results and discuss collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/second-workshop/ |
| Description | Annual ViiHM Workshop - 2014 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The ViiHM Annual meeting ran in 2014, in Stratford -upon-Avon. The event was attended by national and international academics, who networked and presented work. From this meeting, micro-workshops were organised by the community, resulting in grant applications being generated. At least one has been submitted to EPSRC. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/first-workshop/ |
| Description | Artistic and social policy discussion event (KnowHow) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Know-How celebrated the importance of sharing and applying knowledge. It was a live exhibition curated by Edge Arts geared towards increasing the number of people 'in the know'. Across five weeks of talks, demonstrations, lectures, workshops and practical sessions Know-How showcases the applied skills and 'know-how' held and generated in the region of Bath and North East Somerset. The exhibition was aimed at anyone with a fondness for self-improvement; anyone interested in getting more from the world in the spirit of giving back. 30 people attended the live event with many more watching the recording and podcast afterwards. It sparked questions and lively debate regarding future housing and working issues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.edgearts.org/whats-on/visual-arts/about-know-how/ |
| Description | Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN) annual event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of the University of Bath's 50th Anniversary Celebrations the The Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN) held their annual event on Wednesday 14 September 2016 at The Edge Arts Centre. This was co-hosted by the CAMERA Centre as a special Computer Vision session. The event focused on the application of vision and imaging systems to support health and wellbeing; with a wide range of guest speakers including Sanja Dogramadzi, University of West of England - Imaging systems for medical robotics; Majid Mirmehdi, University of Bristol - The Sphere Project - A Computer Vision Perspective; Michael Proulx, University of Bath - Auditory scene analysis and sonified visual images; Nigel Harris, Department of Health and Director of Designability; Darren Cosker, University of Bath, CAMERA; and Alex Mihialidis, University of Toronto - Seeing and Understanding: The application of computer vision in health and rehab technologies. Attendees also had a special opportunity to explore the CAMERA Research Facility in the Department of Computer Science. The Assisted Living Action Network holds regular networking seminars to bring together business, healthcare professionals, service user groups and academic researchers to discuss the key issues and areas of unmet need. Our aim is to build up and facilitate new collaborations, to promote knowledge transfer and the uptake of research and create commercial opportunities for products or services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.designability.org.uk/our-network/assisted-living-action-network-alan/ |
| Description | BBC 2 and BBC Radio 4 appearances |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Polly McGuigan has contributed to a number of broadcasts, discussing her work, both on BBC 2 and BBC Radio 4. You Dr McGuigan discussed how fast a human can run on Radio 4 ""The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry". On BBC 2, "Trust Me I'm a Doctor" considered the benefits of "exercise snacking". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | BOVTS MOtion Capture workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA hosted a visit and workshop for Post Graduate students from Bristol Old Vic Theatre school about how Motion Capture is being used in their industry, acting in Motion Capture and the potential future uses of our research in this area. This event was a training and information spreading exercise to engage in a relevant industry to our research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BRLSI Talk on Towards more Immersive Panoramas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk at the Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution (BRLSI) on 11 September 2019 on the topic "Towards more Immersive Panoramas". The talk was a ticketed public event and presented some of the research carried out in my team to a lay audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.brlsi.org/events-proceedings/events/psc-visual-arts-towards-more-immersive-panoramas |
| Description | Bath Digital Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Martin Parsons, Head of Studio presented CAMERA's work with REWIND for The Welsh National Opera on 26 October 2018 as part of the Bath Digital Festival. Martin Parsons faced some unusual challenges in capturing Soprano Karah Son's performance. REWIND have won multiple awards for the captivating immersive VR experience Magic Butterfly, which toured with the WNO in 2017/2018, and welcomed over 10,000 visitors. The Bath Digital Festival brings people and technology together. It allows everyone to explore the thriving digital scene in Bath and get hands on experience with the latest projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://bathdigitalfestival.co.uk/ |
| Description | Bath Digital Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bath Digital Festival is the biggest, most inclusive tech festival in the South West. 19th to 22nd October 2021 around the city of Bath and online CAMERA studio technician and researcher Pooya Soltani will appearing at the Bath Digital Festival on 19th October 2021. His talk and demo 'Virtual Reality Gaming for Physical Activity and Sports Training' will cover topics such as the importance of physical activity, generation couch potato, active video games, sports teaching and practice as well as engagement. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://bathdigitalfestival.co.uk/ |
| Description | Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk given at the Rheumatology Research Group Meeting - Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases, which supports arthritis research, education & patient engagement |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.birdbath.org.uk/ |
| Description | Bath Science Festival |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 120 attendees attended a ticketed, paid entry, public event. Led onto Royal Society talk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bath.ac.uk/math-sci/extracurricular/bathtaps/ |
| Description | Bath Taps into Science Panel Member |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Bath Taps into Science is a science festival which focuses on exciting and enthusing young children and families with science and engineering. The festival has won numerous awards including the British Science Association Award for the best event during Science Week and most recently Professor Chris Budd, one of the founding team, was awarded an OBE for his work organising Bath Taps into Science amongst other public engagement activities. Bath Taps into Science is part of the UK Science Festival Network. Bath Taps into Science Fair, is a wonderful opportunity to meet researchers and members of the local science and engineering community. Started in 2000 it now forms a firm part of the Bath science scene and, whilst organized and largely funded by the University of Bath, it is a partnership with many other organisations in Bath and beyond, including many schools. The philosophy behind Bath Taps into Science is simple: everyone can enjoy, and engage with science (and by science we always mean science, engineering, technology, maths, medicine and the social sciences) if it is presented in a fun, engaging and hands on manner. There is no question of dumbing down science, instead Bath Taps into Science aims to light science up. Over the years Bath Taps into Science has expanded and in 2016 consisted of 35 events including a family lecture, schools science fair and a family science fair. The success of the events have meant that over 300 people of all ages attended the family lecture, over 1400 students attended the schools fair at the University of Bath from a wide range of local schools and over 5,000 people visited the family science day in Victoria Park in the centre of Bath. For more information see the 2016 festival report. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://bathtapsintoscience.com/ |
| Description | Beyond Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research by Catherine Taylor, Marshmallow Laser Feast (supervised by Darren Cosker and Neill Campbell) was presented at Beyond Conference. Showcasing the work at CAMERA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://beyondconference.org/ |
| Description | Biomechanics and Motion Capture workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop for Physiotherapist professionals to introduce attendees to motion capture techniques, current biomechanical research topics, and networking opportunities. Attendees had talks and demos from experts in this field and were introduced to our current research and given opportunities to discuss this with our team and each other. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/10/11/free-biomechanics-motion-capture-workshop/ |
| Description | BreatheHero article in New Zealand Herald Newspaper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An article about BreatheHero exergame to help children with cystic fibrosis appeared in the New Zealand Herald newspaper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11906008 |
| Description | Bristol University Roadshow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Research Roadshow with students from Bristol University sharing our research on The application of visual technology in 3D digital immersive and hybrid performance making. This introduced a new concept to this group and shared our knowledge and expertise in this area. The group had talks and demos and the chance to discuss this with our team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | CAMERA 2.0 Launch Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA welcomed academics, students, partners and guests from across our network to our CAMERA 2.0 Launch event. Centre Directors, theme leads and industry partners outlined the achievements of CAMERA to date, our ongoing research and their visions for the future of intelligent interactive and visual computing research at University of Bath. We were privileged to welcome 3 of our partners to this launch event to speak about their experience of working with CAMERA and the applications they have made to their work. Thank you to Dan Ring from The Foundry, Danny Holdcroft from British Bobsleigh & Skeleton Association and Russ Coppack MBE from UK Ministry of Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre. The public event was followed by a partner workshop which gave partners an overview how they can work with CAMERA, followed by networking and brainstorming sessions for each theme area; focussing on industry challenges and opportunities for co-created projects. This was well-attended and led to further discussions and plans for future workshops and collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2021/05/13/camera-2-0-launch-event/ |
| Description | CAMERA Expert Speaker Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA's Expert Speaker Series offers free, regular seminars which are open to all. The series brings leading experts in their field from both industry and academia to the University of Bath. The Expert Speaker Series supports CAMERA's work to accelerate the real world impact of fundamental research across multiple disciplines. Our speaker series will showcase knowledge spanning our core research themes of creative technologies, rehabilitation and human performance. Speakers: Professor Richard Bowden, University of Surrey, "Vision and AI: then, now and tomorrow", 25 September 2018 Dr Raj Sengupta, Consultant Rheumatologist, The Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath (RNRHD), "Inflammatory Arthritis, Machine Learning and Digital Technologies: the future of diagnosis and management", 13 November 2018 Dr Will Smith, University of York, "What can vision and graphics learn from physics?", 30 January 2019 Prof Taku Komura, University of Edinburgh "Neural State Machine for Character-Scene Interactions" 04 June 2020 Dr Rachel McDonnell, Trinity College Dublin, "How real is too real when interacting with virtual humans?". 11 August 2020 Dr Emma Hodson-Tole, Manchester Metropolitan University, "Revealing new features of neurodegenerative disease using computational analysis of ultrasound images", 09 December 2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019,2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/category/expert-speaker/ |
| Description | CAMERA Press (early) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | As part of CAMERA's launch, various press activities took place. This included: University internal news stories, National/International Technology Press (TechSpark), Regional News (BBC Wiltshire, BBC Radio Bristol, ITV West County), University Business (article), Health Canal (article) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| Description | CAMERA Speaker Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Revealing new features of neurodegenerative disease using computational analysis of ultrasound images 3.15pm Wed 9th Dec 2020, remote Dr Emma Hodson-Tole, Manchester Metropolitan University Emma Hodson-Tole is Reader Neuro-musculoskeletal Integration within the Musculoskeletal Sciences and Sports Medicine Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan University. Her research spans fundamental to translational work, focusing on improving understanding interactions between skeletal muscle form and function. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2020/12/14/revealing-new-features-of-neurodegenerative-disease-using-comput... |
| Description | CAMERA Student Motion Capture Technician Team |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The newly formed CAMERA Student Motion Capture Technician Team are seeking two motivated, diligent and talented current students to support CAMERA's research and commercial motion capture activity. Motion capture technicians help capture motion data on shoots and then take the lead in motion editing that data so it can be used in research or commercial projects. Existing skills and knowledge relating to the motion capture process, post production process and VR pipeline may be an advantage, but you don't need to have done motion capture before to secure this post. More important is a natural enthusiasm in the technology area, a commitment to learning and development, and a professional attitude. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | CAMERA seminar series 2022 - Dr Domna Banakou |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Domna Banakou, from the Event Lab (Experimental Virtual Environments for Neuroscience and Technology) at the University of Barcelona. Hosted by: Dr Karin Petrini, CAMERA - University of Bath 19th January, 1pm Title: Immersive Virtual Reality: From Embodiment to Changes in Attitudes, Cognition, and Prosocial Behaviour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuUJAxKcqTU |
| Description | CAMERA speeds growth of the south-west's crucible of creativity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | ESPRC-commissioned press release, featuring CAMERA's role in the South West. "South-west England is home to some of the UK's most successful creative companies. Building on a decade of EPSRC support, CAMERA applies unique expertise and ground-breaking research into VR and MotionCapture to support the sector." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://epsrc.ukri.org/newsevents/casestudies/camera-speeds-growth-of-south-wests-crucible-of-creati... |
| Description | CVPR 2020, Murray Evans |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA researcher Murray Evans presented A Non-invasive Vision Based Approach to Velocity Measurement of Skeleton Training at CVPR2020's 6th IEEE International Workshop on Computer Vision in Sports. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://openaccess.thecvf.com/content_CVPRW_2020/html/w53/Evans_A_Non-Invasive_Vision-Based_Approach... |
| Description | CVPR2020, Sinead Kearney |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Sinéad Kearney's gave two Q&A sessions for her RGBD-Dog paper from CAMERA at CVPR2020 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/CAMERA_Bath/status/1273182906777821184 |
| Description | Co-organised a course at SIGGRAPH 2017 on Video for Virtual Reality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christian Richardt co-organised a course at SIGGRAPH 2017 on Video for Virtual Reality, which covers the technical foundations, current systems in practice, and the potential for future systems of VR video. Video captures the dynamic appearance of the real world, while virtual reality technology enables display of dynamic visual content with unparalleled realism and immersion. The fusion of video and virtual reality promises to enable many exciting photorealistic experiences. This ticketed and paid course provided an overview of three aspects of this promising fusion: technical foundations, current systems in practice, and the potential for future systems of VR video. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://s2017.siggraph.org/courses/events/video-virtual-reality |
| Description | Conference Chair for Conference on Visual Media Production 2016 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | CVMP brings together production and post-production specialists from the worlds of film, broadcast and games with imaging and graphics researchers. It provides a European forum to discuss the latest research, advances and state-of-the-art industry practices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.cvmp-conference.org/ |
| Description | Create a realistic VR experience using a normal 360-degree camera |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release: "Create a realistic VR experience using a normal 360-degree camera on 14 December 2020 TechXplore: https://techxplore.com/news/2020-12-realistic-vr-degree-camera.html ScienceDaily: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201214123510.htm |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/create-a-realistic-vr-experience-using-a-normal-360-degree-came... |
| Description | Create a realistic VR experience using a normal 360-degree camera |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press Release and related Social Media. Video explainer of research at: https://youtu.be/ea87i4cGU48 Omniphotos: A quick and easy approach for capturing 360° VR photography without using expensive specialist cameras. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/create-a-realistic-vr-experience-using-a-normal-360-degree-came... |
| Description | Dagstuhl workshop on Real VR (July 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Dagstuhl seminar brought together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to discuss the state-of-the-art, current challenges, as well as promising future research directions in Real VR. Real VR, as defined by the seminar participants, pursues two overarching goals: facilitating the import of real-world scenes into head-mounted displays (HMDs), and attaining perceptual realism in HMDs. The vision of Real VR is enabling to experience movies, concerts, even live sports events in HMDs with the sense of immersion of really "being-there", unattainable by today's technologies. The workshop has led to a book that is currently in press: Real VR - Immersive Digital Reality How to Import the Real World into Head-Mounted Immersive Displays Editors: Magnor, Marcus, Sorkine-Hornung, Alexander (Eds.) https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030418151 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/program/calendar/semhp/?semnr=19272 |
| Description | Dagstuhl workshop on Virtual Environments Motivation (July 2019) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dagstuhl seminars promote personal interaction and open discussion of results as well as ideas. The focus is not solely on the presentation of established results but to equal parts on results, ideas, sketches, and open problems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/program/calendar/semhp/?semnr=19272 |
| Description | Darren Cosker takes part in Audiences of the Future Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Darren Cosker was invited to be a panel member for the Audiences of the Future 'Performance Demonstrators' Challenge at the Royal Shakespeare Company on 14 May 2018. In November 2017 the Government announced the £33m Audiences of the Future programme, part of the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Part of this ambitious challenge is the £16m Demonstrator Programme. The objective of this competition is to explore future global, mass market, commercial opportunities in immersive experiences and technologies through supporting a limited number of large and ambitious pre-commercial collaborations at scale. Each demonstrator will create a novel audience proposition that must reach an audience of more than 100,000 members of the public. This event was supported by Future Demonstrator Competition UKRI to bring together potential bidders for each of the competition themes. The events are designed to enable bidders to find out more about the scope and ambition of the competition around each particular theme, engage with relevant projects that reflect the current state of the art, discuss sector challenges and opportunities, meet new partners and explore opportunities to collaborate. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018 |
| URL | http://www.gov.uk/government/news/immersive-technologies-for-audiences-of-the-future-new-funding |
| Description | Digital Catapult - Mentor, Augmenter Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Digital Catapult announces it has launched Augmentor, an equity free programme in partnership with Seedcamp, to support early stage tech businesses developing applications of immersive technologies. Dr Darren Cosker will act at one of the Augmentor mentors; to help advance next generation virtual, augmented and mixed reality early stage tech companies by providing technical and business mentorship from industry experts. The Digital Catapult Centre in London will be available to successful Augmentor applicants as a space to work and collaborate and participants will also have full access to a state-of-the-art Immersive Lab at the centre. The entrepreneurs signed up to the Augmentor programme will be some of the first to benefit from the facility, which will also be used as a space for organisations to demonstrate new immersive technologies, view and develop content and conduct user-testing. The programme will close with an investor showcase due to be held in May. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://www.digitalcatapultcentre.org.uk/digital-catapult-seedcamp-augmentor/ |
| Description | Dr Christian Richardt's Tutorial at IEEE VR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christian Richardt gave a well received, ticketed tutorial at IEEE VR 2018. The tutorial addressed the issue that near-eye (VR/AR) displays suffer from technical, interaction as well as visual quality issues which hinder their commercial potential. The tutorial gave an overview of cutting-edge VR/AR display technologies, focusing on technical, interaction and perceptual issues which, if solved, will drive the next generation of display technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ieeevr.org/2019/ |
| Description | Dr Daniel Finnegan Invited to talk at CUBRIC |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Daniel Finnegan gave an invited talk at CUBRIC in Cardiff on the 25 May 2018 on best programming practices for open science. His talk covered typesetting language LaTeX and how it can be used in coordination with technology such as ShareLaTeX and Overleaf for collaborative science writing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/cubric/ |
| Description | EPSRC peer review college |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Ongoing membership. EPSRC research investment decisions are informed by independent peer review mainly from the College of Peer Reviewers. This consists of around 4,000 independent experts identified as appropriate to provide informed comments on proposals. The college broadly represents the research community it serves, and is balanced in a number of ways. First, it contains a spread of expertise covering the full breadth of EPSRC remit, able to review across all areas. The college maintains an appropriate balance of age, sex, and ethnicity to reflect the wider research community, as well as a mix of academic and non-academic backgrounds, and geographic locations. When accepting an invitation to join the college, members agree to review proposals for EPSRC, and, where appropriate, attend prioritisation panels. Each year, EPSRC requires as many as 12,000 reviews, and asks around 600 college members to attend prioritisation panels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016,2017 |
| URL | https://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/assessmentprocess/college/ |
| Description | Estimating Spinal Loading in Rugby Activities, Sports Biomechanics Lecture Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Lecture 21 of the Sports Biomechanics Lecture Series, Dario Cazzola discusses his research estimating spinal loading in rugby activities, including experimental data and computer simulations. Links to key papers: Cervical Spine Injuries: A Whole-Body Musculoskeletal Model for the Analysis of Spinal Loading https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0169329 Musculoskeletal modelling of the human cervical spine for the investigation of injury mechanisms during axial impacts: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0216663 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdJiN0aBrxk |
| Description | Experimental Psychology Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Caitlin Naylor, a CAMERA PhD student will present her research ' The role of multisensory integration in top-down perception' at the Experimental Psychology Society meeting 2022 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | FUTURES NIGHT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | AS part of FUTRES Night CAMERA ran a event called Building A Digital You for a general public audience. The event included VR demos ran by our tech team and talks about different areas of CAMERA research using Motion Capture/ VR? Ultrasounds in different ways. The event was designed to introduce a new audience to academic research in an inclusive and accessible way. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/09/20/building-a-digital-you-futures-festival-2022/ |
| Description | Festival of Tomorrow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | 'OmniPhotos - an approach for capturing 360° VR photography without using expensive specialist cameras' was a live demo and talk by Cristian Richardt at the Festival of Tomorrow. Festival of tomorrow is a science, technology and research festival, which aims to share new discoveries with the public and other researchers. In 2021 they launched a schools programme to reach a new audience. The festival has a widely ranging audience from families to industry and academics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://festivaloftomorrow.com/about |
| Description | Festival of Tomorrow, Science Swindon |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing research at CAMERA. Christian Richardt's OmniPhotos - an approach for capturing 360° VR photography without using expensive specialist cameras. Panel Discussion - Neill Campbell discussed 5G and the future of connectivity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.scienceswindon.com/festival-of-tomorrow |
| Description | Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Michael Proulx was asked to be a panel member at the Psychology Panel, Fundacao para a Ciencia e a Tecnologia, Portugal |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | GW4 Technician Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA welcomed the film crew from GW4 to the studio at University of Bath to interview Studio Engineer Pooya Soltani about his role as a technician and researcher. The GW4's The Technician Commitment aims to ensure visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability for technicians working in higher education and research, across all disciplines. GW4 have launched their GW4WARD technician video showcase series in recognition of their valuable and significant contributions. This new video series supports the aims of GW4WARD - to enhance the visibility and development of GW4 technical staff - by showcasing the experience of four different technicians from the universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. The videos highlight the breadth of different technical roles and their pivotal position in our teaching and research activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdT3Sfxu_KQ |
| Description | Healthy Later Living Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pooya Soltani presented his research on 'Using VR in older adults' to the Healthy Later Living Network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Hopeful Futures Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA presented a demo and a talk about the Bristol and Bath Creative Cluster Hopeful Futures Creative R and D Showcase to an audience of academic and industry attendees in the creative arts. It was a chance to share our research and let people who may not have seen it before take part in a VR demo based on some recent work. It was a great opportunity to share our work with a large and relevant audience in our area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/10/20/hopeful-futures-bristolbath-creative-rd-showcase/ |
| Description | Host of the 2017 Young Vision Researchers' Colloquium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Bristol Vision Institute and CAMERA organised this high profile one-day conference bringing together early-career vision researchers from all disciplines. The colloquium is an ideal opportunity for postgraduate students, postdoctoral research associates and others at an equivalent career stage, to present their work and obtain valuable feedback in an informal conference environment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/vision-institute/events/2016/yrc2016.html |
| Description | How Computer Animation can be Life Changing for Disabled People, University of Bath's Minerva Lecture Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Elena Seminati presented her research with CAMERA at a public lecture series run by the University, looking at the latest insights into the big issues of today and those that will shape the world in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/how-computer-animation-can-be-life-changing-for-disabled-people/ |
| Description | How VR can help improve balance in older people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pooya Soltani was interviewed for BBC Radio Bristol about his research 'How VR can help improve balance in older people' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p09hl8qz |
| Description | How active video games (exergames) and virtual reality can be used for sports education, training, and motivation. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Pooya Soltani gave a talk and demo at the Bath Digital Festival on his research: How active video games (exergames) and virtual reality can be used for sports education, training, and motivation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://bathdigitalfestival.co.uk/events/tech:world/virtual-reality-gaming-for-physical-activity-and... |
| Description | How the University of Bath is supporting British athletes to succeed at the Olympic Winter Games |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release featuring CAMERA's research team & how they have become embedded within the BBSA's Applied Science Programme as the team prepare for both Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games and Milan Cortina 2026. The press release was used as a showcase for EPSRC newsletter and shared via website and social media channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/case-studies/how-the-university-of-bath-is-supporting-british-athletes-to-suc... |
| Description | How you can be Anyone in VR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | In her talk, Anca Salagean discussed the research exploring the endless possibilities of 'becoming another' and 'becoming one's digital self' in VR, whilst also underlining some effects of this phenomenon and ethical considerations of this. Anca Salagean is a PhD student with CAMERA; her main research interests are at the intersection between psychology and computer science This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organised by a local community. The presentation sparked questions and discussion of Anca's research and CAMERA facilities. She was able to recruit study participants who have enabled her ongoing research with CAMERA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/QfRtmfkgl-A |
| Description | How you can be anyone in VR - TEDx Talk, Anca Salagean |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PhD student, supervised by Prof Darren Cosker, discusses her research in a public talk. In her talk, Anca Salagean discusses the research exploring the endless possibilities of 'becoming another' and 'becoming one's digital self' in VR, whilst also underlining some effects of this phenomenon and ethical considerations of this. Anca Salagean is a PhD student; her main research interests are at the intersection between psychology and computer science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2021/02/02/how-you-can-be-anyone-in-vr-tedx-talk/ |
| Description | Human navigation without vision: seeing with our ears and tongues through advances in sensory substitution and augmented reality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royal Institute of Navigation COGNAV WEBINAR SERIES: HUMAN NAVIGATION WITHOUT VISION. Dr Michael Proulx gave a talk on his research 'Human navigation without vision: seeing with our ears and tongues through advances in sensory substitution and augmented reality'. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://rin.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1597802&group= |
| Description | ISBS Virtual Symposium 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Steffi Colyer discussed her work at CAMERA in Sprint Biomechanics alongside a panel of experts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://isbs.org/isbs-2020-online-activities |
| Description | ISBS conference, Laurie Needham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Laurie Needham's ISBS conference ("Using Computer Vision and Deep Learning Methods to Capture Skeleton Push Start Performance") presentation was awarded a 'People's Choice Award', voted for by the members of the society (announced in society's Newsletter, which can be found here: https://isbs.org/images/nl/NL3602_v3.pdf) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://isbs.org/images/nl/NL3602_v3.pdf |
| Description | Images of Research exhibitions |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA had 3 images featured in a research exhibition in the city centre in Bath. The exhibition was designed to introduce the public to academic research through a specific image and a describing paragraph. Our exhibited included our research on VAR decisions, Avatar creation for the film industry and immersive VR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/projects/images-of-research/ |
| Description | Infinite Monkey Cage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Co-Investigator Polly McGuigan joined a panel on Radio 4s Infinite Monkey Cage programme to discuss Biomechanics and How Far the Human Body can be pushed. She was invited as the scientific expert on the panel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0f1wdjy |
| Description | Interview on Radio 4 programme - Inside Health |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA research Karin Petrini was interviewed by Radio 4 for it's Inside Health show about her research into how learning and playing instruments can help our brains process audio and visual information, sharing her expertise with the radio show audience and introducing the public to new knowledge about this area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001hp54 |
| Description | Invitation to Buckingham Palace |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Darren Cosker was invited to Buckingham Palace to meet President of Chinese Academy of Sciences to discuss UK/China research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://english.bic.cas.cn/AF/Fe/201408/t20140807_125680.html |
| Description | Invited Talk at ISBS Mid Year Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Steffi Colyer gave an invited presentation next Friday (5th February) at the International Society of Biomechanics in Sports 'Mid-Year Symposium', based on the "How sprinters accelerate..." paper published in SJMSS |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://isbs.org/isbs-2020-online-activities |
| Description | Invited Talk: Motion capture, analysis and animation research at CAMERA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Prof Cosker was personally invited to speak at the Visual computing research seminars at Cardiff University. This promoted the work of the centre, sparked increased interest in research and raised sparked questions and discussion following the presentation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/computer-science/events/visual-computing-research-seminars |
| Description | Invited Talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited talks at Goldsmiths, BMVA Meeting on Facial Processing and Bath Festival (open to public) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015,2016 |
| Description | Invited talk at IVRPA 360° Virtual Reality Panoramic Photography Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The annual conference of the International Virtual Reality Photography Association (IVRPA) features four days of talks, workshops, panels and exhibitors, to learn from and meet the key players at the forefront of the 360º VR industry, including photographers, software developers, camera hardware manufacturers and media producers and companies. I was invited to present our latest research to this audience of professional practitioner and give them a glimpse of some of the upcoming 360 photography technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ivrpa.org/news/megaparallax-towards-6-dof-360-panoramas/ |
| Description | Invited talk at the Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN) event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Prof Cosker was invited to speak at the Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN) event - an important platform for businesses, healthcare professionals, service user groups and academic researchers to stimulate the development of innovative assisted living products and services. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://designability.org.uk/our-organisation/our-networks/assisted-living-action-network/ |
| Description | Invited to Inaugural YouTube research Summit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Neill Campbell was invited to attend the inaugural YouTube research summit. He attended as an invited, expert panel member, to join the specially invited international team. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | Invited to take part in a symposium at EFIC 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Abby Tabor was invited to lead a symposium at the European Pain Federation 2017 in Denmark. The European Pain Federation EFIC® is a multidisciplinary professional organisation in the field of pain research and medicine, consisting of the 37 European Chapters of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP®). Established in 1993, EFIC's constituent Chapters represent the Pain Societies of 37 European countries, and more than 20,000 physicians, basic researchers, nurses, physiotherapists, psychologists and other healthcare professionals across Europe. They are all involved in pain treatment, management and research. From its headquarters in Diegem/Brussels, the federation runs its educational programmes such as the European Diploma in Pain Medicine and examination, Pain Schools, its journal, the European Journal of Pain, and support for its members in activities such as the European Year against Pain and national and international meetings. Over 700 people attended from a wide range of backgrounds. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.efic2017.kenes.com/ |
| Description | Invited to talk at BMVA technical meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christian Richardt was invited to talk at a BMVA Technical meeting. This was a paid ticket event, for a one day meeting in London. The BMVA provides a national forum for individuals and organisations involved in machine vision, image processing, and pattern recognition in the United Kingdom. Its principal aims are to, promote knowledge of machine vision and pattern recognition, encourage practical applications of the technology, facilitate the rapid transfer of research results to industry, represent the UK machine vision community, nationally and internationally. This talk was open to the public and industry professionals. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bmva.org/_media/meetings:BMVA3DSceneReport.pdf |
| Description | Is sprinting a straight forward, simple movement? - Implications (questions) for (strength) training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Aki Salo gave a CPD workshop presentation to 20 sport coaches and physiotherapists at the Department of Sports Development and Recreation at the University of Bath. This workshop was designed to feedback research findings and promote discussion to support the International standard of training already being delivered at the Sports Training Village. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Joint MSK MEC Seminar Series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited guest speaker to Imperial College London's Joint MSK MEC Seminar Series, held 25-Jun-21. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/whats-on/ |
| Description | Knowledge Transfer Day |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Members of CAMERA from Health & Computer Science attended a day-long workshop - talks from different department, supporting cross-faculty collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Meauring Movement lecture for Minerva Public lecture series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Polly McGuigan was invited to give a lecture for the Mineva Public Lecture series. This a public lecture series run by the University of Bath with the remit of engaging the local community. It is aimed for the general public and free to enter. This was a lively and well received lecture. These lectures are also made available to the public by podcast. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.bath.ac.uk/about/community/minerva-series-lectures/McGuigan |
| Description | Mini-Workshops and Exchanges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | As part of ViiHM, mini-workshops and grant writing events were organised by the community. The following exchanges/workshops have taken place so far: Mini-workshops - Binocular Vision, Challenges and Techniques: Ross Goutcher - Vision for movement, a comparative approach: Paul Graham - Statistics in Human and Machine Vision: Joshua Solomom Grant writing workshops - Dynamic Faces: Representations for Animation and Perception & Bio-inspired models of gaze, action and reward for robotics: Alan Johnston, Darren Cosker & Iain Gilchrist - Visual, thermal, near-infrared, chemical and perceptual analysis of human skin for application in health, cosmetics and rendering: Marina Bloj - The role of chromatic signals in spatial vision: Jasna Martinovic - Illumination in Natural Scenes: Andrew Schofield - Exploring Gaze Dynamics for Human-Machine Interactions: Farzin Deravi Exchange visits - Perceived gloss of HDR stimuli (Psychology @ Southampton -> Computer Science @ Bangor): Wendy Adams - Exploration of optimal gaze pattern in eye tracking studies using deep learning approach and its application to automatic image retrieval and object detection (Engineering & Physical Sciences @ Heriot-Watt -> Psychology @ Lincoln): Ruixuan Wang |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014,2015 |
| URL | http://www.viihm.org.uk/home/events/exchanges/ |
| Description | Motion Capture and Animation Research at CAMERA: From Digital Humans to Digital Dogs |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Departmental Seminar presentation of CAMERA's research. Showcasing research to the University Community. Recording made available for public audience via Youtube. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2020/12/07/motion-capture-and-animation-research-at-camera-from-digital-hum... |
| Description | Motion Capture and Mobile Sensing - ALAN Network Seminar, Elena Seminati |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Elena Seminati discussed her research at the event held by Assisted Living Action Network (ALAN), West of England AHSN and Medilink South West. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2020/11/25/motion-capture-and-mobile-sensing-alan-network-seminar |
| Description | MyWorld - AI and Nature |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Martin Parsons gave a talk about our experiences in motion capturing animals as part of the MyWorld sponsored AI and Nature event. This event brought together people from across the academic world and creative industries in the South West. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MyWorld CR&D launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Director presented the research of CAMERA to the MyWorld CR&D call launch. The audience consisted of other members of the MyWorld group and external industry attendees in the creative industries. This led to discussions of collaborations and partnership and potential funding applications with a number of attendees |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MyWorld Intro to Motion Capture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An Introduction to Motion Capture technique, equipment and research for members of MyWorld to an audience of academics based at other institutions and industry/business partners about the potential for Motion Capture research and how it can be used. This sparked conversations about possible future partnerships and discussions within the group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MyWorld Intro to Motion Capture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An Introduction to Motion Capture technique, equipment and research for members of MyWorld to an audience of academics based at other institutions and industry/business partners about the potential for Motion Capture research and how it can be used. This sparked conversations about possible future partnerships and discussions within the group. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | MyWorld Meets |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Martin Parsons from the CAMERA studio gave a presentation of our research and facilities to the MyWorld Meets event. this event brings together people involved in the MyWorld Strength in Places project involving other academic institutions and the creative industries in the South West. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | MyWorld Network Launch Meeting |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Partners from the Strength in Places Fund (SIPF) MyWorld programme joined CAMERA for their Network Meeting at our Innovation Studio at The Bottle Yard, Bristol. Guests were given a tour of facilities and demos of CAMERA's avatar pipeline. Colleagues from MyWorld Bristol and Bath, Digital Catapult and Esprit Film and Television came along to explore the new studio, experience our real time MetaHuman animation and discuss our exciting new collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2021/07/07/innovation-studio-welcomes-its-first-visitors |
| Description | NeurIPS 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Poster Presentation of Understanding Training-Data Leakage from Gradients in Neural Networks for Image Classifications at the Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://nips.cc/Conferences/2021/ScheduleMultitrack?event=21873#wse-detail-32511 |
| Description | Neural Information Processing Systems 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Thy Ngyuyen- Phuc and Christian Richardt presented their research 'BlockGAN: Learning 3D Object-aware Scene Representations from Unlabelled Images' at Neural Information Processing Systems 2020. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://neurips.cc/virtual/2020/protected/poster_4b29fa4efe4fb7bc667c7b301b74d52d.html |
| Description | Organisation of RSNlive17 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Dario Cazzola organised the RSNlive17 congress. This was designed to showcase leading international research relevant to the rugby codes and aims to build on the success of the previous editions of the conference. The goal was to deliver an exciting, accessible and informative event which will be of interest to the membership of the Network and many others involved in rugby and in the science and medicine of team sports. RSNlive17 utilised a multimedia delivery format, with a combination of face-to-face delivery, online broadcast and social networks, to reach the widest audience possible and allow interactive participation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://rsnlive17.com/2017/08/18/about-rsnlive17/ |
| Description | Organised a course at SIGGRAPH 2019 on Capture for VR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christian Richardt organised a course at the leading computer graphics conference that provides a comprehensive overview of the latest progress in bringing photographs and video into VR. In this half-day course, we took the audience on a journey from VR photography to VR video that began more than a century ago but which has accelerated tremendously in the last five years. We discussed both commercial state-of-the-art systems by Facebook, Google and Microsoft, as well as the latest research techniques and prototypes. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://richardt.name/publications/capture4vr/ |
| Description | Organiser of the Spinal Research Framework workshop (SpiRef) with University of Bath, University of Pennsylvania and Nanyang Technological University |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Dario Cazzola organised the Spi-Ref (Spinal Research Framework) was an opportunity for gathering scientists, medical doctors, and patients to discuss and plan future avenues for researchers focusing on the analysis, monitoring, and assessment of spinal pathologies, such as ankylosing spondylitis and spondylarthritis, and spinal degeneration. Spi-Ref was a 3-days workshop funded by the InternationalisationResearch Funding Scheme. Spi-Ref was held at University of Bath from the 9th to 13th January 2017, during which researchers from University of Pennsylvania, Nanyang Technological University, and University of Bath used different methodologies (in vivo, in vitro and in silico) to analyses spinal pathologies and injuries. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-seminars-spi-ref-spinal-research-framework-tickets-30070855739?a... |
| Description | Participating to Discovery Series Showcase on 2nd November in London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Dario Cazzola Participating to Discovery Series Showcase on 2nd November in London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Pervasive Media talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA researcher Danae Stanton Fraser gave a talk about her research in Audience Psychology at the watershed Pervasive Media Lunchtime talk series. These are aimed at attendees working in the creative industries in our local area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Pervasive media roadshow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A research roadshow sharing CAMERA's work with members of Watershed's Pervasive Media studio. This is a group of professional working in the creative sector. This roadshow introduced them to the new concepts of The application of visual technology in 3D digital immersive and hybrid performance making, shared our research and expertise in the are and created an opportunity to network and create larger discussions around the subject. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | PhD student Naval Bhandari presented Influence of Perspective on Dynamic Tasks in Virtual Reality at IEEVR Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Paper presentation at an academic conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/CAMERA_Bath/status/1262672552637468674 |
| Description | Pint of Science "Good Vibrations" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Polly McGuigan was invited to give a talk at Pint of Science. This is a locally run festival that invites researchers to give talks in a very informal atmosphere, direct to the public in a pub. The casual atmosphere promotes discussion and the opportunity for inclusion of members of the public who may not normally engage with complicated scientific research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/dont-break-a-leg |
| Description | Pint of Science 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talk at Pint of Science Bath (May 2019) Pint of Science is a worldwide science festival which brings researchers to local pub/cafe to share their scientific discoveries with the public. The main festival in May 2019 saw over 600 events across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.pintofscience.co.uk |
| Description | Pint of Science 3Dphotography: from the Victorians to Virtual Reality |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christian Richardt was invited to give a talk at "Pint of Science". This is a locally run festival that invites researchers to give talks in a very informal atmosphere, direct to the public in a pub. The casual atmosphere promotes discussion and the opportunity for inclusion of members of the public who may not normally engage with complicated scientific research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/lights-cameraaction |
| Description | Pint of Science talk, A virtual pig |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Head of Studio at CAMERA, Martin Parsons, discussed optical motion-capture works, the building of a pig avatar and its journey into mixed reality at the Pint of Science event, which was streamed live on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/PintofScience Event Info: https://pintofscience.co.uk/event/virtual-pigs-and-hotwiring-genes |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2020/09/07/a-virtual-pig |
| Description | Pint of Science talk: VR Photography from the Victorians to today |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Christian Richardt was invited to give a talk at "Pint of Science". This is a locally run festival that invites researchers to give talks in a very informal atmosphere, direct to the public in a pub. The casual atmosphere promotes discussion and the opportunity for inclusion of members of the public who may not normally engage with complicated scientific research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Poster presentation BMVA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Joe Goodier presented a poster of his research on Interpretable Computer Vision in Diagnostic Imaging using Deep Generative Models to an audience at the British Machine Vison Association symposium. Outcomes include: Research presented to International audience, opportunity to raise profile of speaker and CAMERA/ Uni. Opportunity to network and increase potential contacts and collaborators. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://britishmachinevisionassociation.github.io/assets/events/22-04-04-3daysympsium.pdf |
| Description | Presentation at Bristol VR Lab's "Medtech" themed Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christof Lutteroth was invited to present "VR Exergaming for Effective and Enjoyable Exercise"" on 16 May 2018 at Bristol VR Lab's Seminar. The theme for the session was "Medtech". BVRL will be inviting local companies working in the surrounding fields along with VR and AR professionals in the area. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://bristolvrlab.com/events/medtech/ |
| Description | Presentation at Bristol VR Lab's Seminar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Prof Cosker was invited to present at Bristol VR lab as part of an Indian Creative Industries trade mission |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://bristolvrlab.com/events |
| Description | Presentation at ECSS Congress |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Matthew Farrow attended ) ECSS (European College of Sport Science) Congress in Dublin to give a presentation "Virtual-reality exergaming can increase enjoyment and performance during high-intensity interval training" A great example of our cross-departmental work, with exergaming data from Computer Science being used for Health applications. Farrow, M., Lutteroth, C., Rouse, P., &; Bilzon, J. L. J. (2018). Virtual-reality exergaming can increase enjoyment and performance during high-intensity interval training. Abstract for the 23th European College of Sport Science (ECSS), Dublin, Ireland." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://ecss-congress.eu/2018/18/index.php |
| Description | Presentation at the Symposium on Applied Perception |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | PhD student, supervised by CAMERA Co-Director Prof Eamonn O'Neill, Jacob Hadnett-Hunter attended the Symposium on Applied Perception (SAP 2019) in Barcelona to present a recently published a paper in Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) called The effect of task on visual attention in interactive virtual environments (https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3352763). The SAP 2019 provides an intimate, immersive forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. Jacob's co-author George Nicolaou is a recently graduated final year project student who helped collect data and design the experiment - a great example of how getting involved with the research that is going on in the department can lead to good things such as publication! https://vimeo.com/360098005 Eye Tracking Demo, Barcelona Pavilion |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://sap.acm.org/2019/home.php |
| Description | Press Release, BBC Coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | https://www.camera.ac.uk/motion-capture-technology-used-to-prevent-falls-in-older-people/ CAMERA Co-Investigator, Dr Polly McGuigan worked with dance and movement artist Benjamin Dunks to assess the benefits of an exercise programme aimed at reducing the risk of falls in older people. This was covered by BBC Points West and broadcast on their evening news. A press release was made available by the University of Bath press office and featured on the CAMERA blog. The story was picked up by: The Medical News Medical Xpress BBC 1 West BBC Bristol BioPortfolio BBC Somerset Scienmag Bath Echo Satoshi Nakamoto Blog Bioengineer.org |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/CAMERA_Bath/status/1234753977197133824 |
| Description | Press Release: |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Announcement of CAMERA's award for over £10m to fund its research in Intelligent Interactive and Visual Computing until 2026. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/camera-awarded-10-million-for-interactive-and-visual-computing-... |
| Description | Press Release: Getting real with immersive sword fights |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing CAMERA's researchers who have found a solution to the challenges of creating realistic virtual reality sword fights. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/getting-real-with-immersive-sword-fights/ |
| Description | Press Release: Buffed-up avatars deter us from exercising hard |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | University of Bath Press Release and video content showcasing award-winning research at CAMERA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/buffed-up-avatars-deter-us-from-exercising-hard/ |
| Description | Press Release: CAMERA to base new Innovation Motion Capture Studio at Bristol's Bottle Yard Studios |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Announcement of further funding. The University of Bath is thrilled to announce that CAMERA's new Innovation Motion Capture Studio will be based at The Bottle Yard Studios, the largest dedicated film and TV studio in the West of England. Funded by the European Structural Investment Funds (ESIF), CAMERA will bring together regional academic leaders with industry specialists and world leading training institutions, to provide business support, training and product development expertise to the region's digital creative and digital healthcare SMEs. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/camera-to-base-new-innovation-motion-capture-studio-at-bristols... |
| Description | Press Release: Create a realistic VR experience using a normal 360-degree camera |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing CAMERA's research. Scientists at the University of Bath have developed a quick and easy approach for capturing 360° VR photography without using expensive specialist cameras. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/create-a-realistic-vr-experience-using-a-normal-360-degree-came... |
| Description | Press Release: Digitise your dog into a computer game |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Showcasing CAMERA's research. Researchers from CAMERA have developed motion capture technology that enables you to digitise your dog without a motion capture suit and using only one camera. Press release + interview. 107 mentions across online and print Estimated total news reach (number of monthly visitors to site): 877 million News coverage across 6 continents in 8 different languages Coverage in UK national press and a variety of technical press Three tweets had over 10,000 impressions, with 227 engagements and 845 video views AVE* £8.1 million Highlights: Independent, Science Focus, Digital Trends, PC Mag (UK, US, India, Greece and Australia), Science Daily, IFL Science, Science Focus, Tech Times, The Engineer. The coverage ranged from popular science publications, to computer science magazines, to veterinary news |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/digitise-your-dog-into-a-computer-game/ |
| Description | Press Release: Markerless motion capture technology could help skeleton athletes' training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Press release showcasing how researchers from CAMERA have developed the first non-invasive way of measuring athletes' push start performance. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/markerless-motion-capture-technology-could-help-skeleton-athlet... |
| Description | Press Release: MyWorld set to make South West a digital media leader on global stage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Announcement of funding into region. CAMERA and CREATE lab will be part of a major £46 million regional project on digital media technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/myworld-set-to-make-south-west-a-digital-media-leader-on-global... |
| Description | Press release - Equestrian Injury Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Stimulating increased interest in research at the centre and department. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/bath-rugby-researchers-turn-to-horse-racing-to-tackle-spinal-in... |
| Description | Press release: "AI could make dodgy lip sync dubbing a thing of the past" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release: "AI could make dodgy lip sync dubbing a thing of the past" on 17 August 2018 "You thought fake news was bad? Deep fakes are where truth goes to die", The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/nov/12/deep-fakes-fake-news-truth "Can you tell a fake video from a real one?", ABC News (Australia) https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-27/fake-news-part-one/10308638 "The New AI Tech Turning Heads in Video Manipulation", SingularityHub https://singularityhub.com/2018/09/03/the-new-ai-tech-turning-heads-in-video-manipulation-2/ "Deepfake Videos Are Ge?ng Impossibly Good", Gizmodo https://gizmodo.com/deepfake-videos-are-getting-impossibly-good-1826759848 "This new face-swapping AI is scarily realistic", Fast Company https://www.fastcompany.com/90175648/this-new-face-swapping-deep-fakes-ai-is-scarily-realistic "AI can transfer human facial movements from one video to another" Engadget, https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/05/ai-transfer-facial-movements-from-one-video-to-another/ "Forget DeepFakes, Deep Video Portraits are way better (and worse)", TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/04/forget-deepfakes-deep-video-portraits-are-way-better-and-worse/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/ai-could-make-dodgy-lip-sync-dubbing-a-thing-of-the-past/ |
| Description | Radio interview about Actigaze |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christof Lutteroth was interviewed for "The Science Hour" which was broadcast on the BBC World Service. The BBC World Service, the world's largest international broadcaster, broadcasts radio and television news, speech and discussions in 29 languages to many parts of the world on analogue and digital shortwave platforms, Internet streaming, podcasting, satellite, DAB, FM and MW relays. It was announced in November 2015 that the BBC World Service will start broadcasting in Pidgin and Yoruba in Nigeria, which will bring the total number of broadcast languages to 31. In November 2016 the BBC announced again that it would start broadcasting in additional languages including Amharic and Igbo, in its biggest expansion since the 1940s. In 2015 World Service reached an average of 210 million people a week. The English-language service broadcasts 24 hours a day. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0429l8c |
| Description | Research Workshop - The Egg |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A workshop called Investigating the Feasibility of using VR Platforms alongside the application of digital and Visual technology in theatre rehearsal, production and presentation. This workshop ran for local creatives working in the theatre industry with the support of a partner company working within VR theatre. The workshop introduced the group to the work CAMERA has been researching on using Virtual spaces and VR to support traditional theatre and how they might be able to incorporate this into their work. It led to discussion about next steps and planning how to move this from research into real world use. There was the opportunity for networking |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Research for Patient Benefit Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Research for Patient Benefit Showcase gave members of the public to hear directly from researchers and clinicians at the University of Bath and the Royal United Hospitals Bath. Bitesize talks on key research projects, followed by a showcase of collaborations between the University and the RUH. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/events/research-for-patient-benefit-showcase/ |
| Description | Rheumatology patients praise virtual rehab programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Researchers from Health and Computer Science - supported by CAMERA - have worked with the NHS RUH on a smartphone app that helps patients track their daily symptoms and behaviour. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/rheumatology-patients-praise-virtual-rehab-programme/ |
| Description | SIGGRAPH 2016, General Submission Jury |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The 9th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia took place in Macao at The Venetian Macao from 5 - 8 December 2016. The annual event, which rotates around the Asian region, attracts the most respected technical and creative people from all over the world who are excited by research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies. Dr Darren Cosker was a member of the General Submission Jury. The General Submissions Juror is responsible for helping to review and make recommendations of the content submitted to General Submissions. This content consists of exhibits of innovative, high-quality, fine art, and/or design produced using computer graphics and interactive techniques; a collection of leading-edge applications and interactive technologies, a broad spectrum of educational sessions on innovative uses of computer graphics and interactive techniques, and sessions where experts in the field debate, dispute, and/or otherwise reflect on the past, present and future of computer graphics and interactive techniques in the following formats: Courses Emerging Technologies New Technologies Panels Posters Presentations Projects/Installations Talks Workshops Studio RTL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | https://sa2016.siggraph.org/en/ |
| Description | Science Swindon, Festival of Tomorrow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Director, Neill Campbell joined an expert panel at Science Swindon's Festival of Tomorrow to discuss 5G and the future of connectivity. An online event which was subsequently featured on websites and social media. https://www.scienceswindon.com/festival-on-demand |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/cr8P15FlBz4 |
| Description | Seeing with technology: Exchanging the senses with sensory substitution and augmentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | World Wide Neuroscience seminar series: Michael Proulx gave a talk on his research: Seeing with technology: Exchanging the senses with sensory substitution and augmentation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.world-wide.org/seminar/5648/ |
| Description | Serve on the International Program Committee of Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP) is the premier venue for disseminating new research ideas and cutting-edge results in geometry processing. In this research area, concepts from mathematics, computer science, and engineering are studied and applied to offer new insights and design efficient algorithms for acquisition, modeling, analysis, manipulation, simulation and other types of processing of 3D models and shape collections. The Symposium on Geometry Processing 2018, a Eurographics symposium in cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH, will be held from 9-11 July in Paris, France. A related Graduate School will be held from 7-8 July 2018. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://sgp2018.sciencesconf.org/ |
| Description | Serve on the Program Committee of Advances in Architectural Geometry 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Advances in Architectural Geometry (AAG) is a conference where both theoretical and practical work linked to new geometrical developments is presented. It involves architects, engineers, computer scientists, mathematicians, software and algorithms designers and contractors. We aim at connecting researchers from architectural and engineering practices, academia and industry. AAG has become a reference both in research and in practice and is supported by the direct participation of the most renowned architectural design and engineering offices along with research laboratories. The symposium is a biennial event. It was held first in 2008 and 2010 in Vienna, 2012 in Paris, 2014 in London, and 2016 in Zurich. In 2018 it will take place at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg from 22-25 September 2018. Dr Yong-Liang Yang serves on the program committee. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.architecturalgeometry.org/aag18/ |
| Description | Serve on the Program Committee of CAD/Graphics 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yong-Liang Yang served on the program committee for CAD/Graphics 2017.This was held in Changsha, China, from August 26-27, 2017. The International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics) is a biannual international conference since 1989, which is affiliated with the Chinese Computer Federation (CCF). It provides an ideal forum for international researchers and developers to exchange new ideas on computer-aided design and computer graphics, electronic design automation and visualization to explore new ideas and trends. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=61963©ownerid=96740 |
| Description | Serve on the Program Committee of Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yong-Liang Yang served on the Program Committee of Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing 2017. The Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP) is the premier venue for disseminating new research ideas and cutting-edge results in geometry processing. In this research area, concepts from mathematics, computer science, and engineering are studied and applied to offer new insights and design efficient algorithms for acquisition, modelling, analysis, manipulation, simulation and other types of processing of 3D models and shape collections. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://geometry.cs.ucl.ac.uk/SGP2017/ |
| Description | Serve on the Program Committee of Pacific Graphcis 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yong-Liang Yang served on the Program Committee of Pacific Graphics 2017. The 25th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (Pacific Graphics 2017) was hosted by National Chiao Tung University and held in Taipei, Taiwan, during October 16-19, 2017. Pacific Graphics is an annual international conference on computer graphics and applications. As a highly successful conference series, Pacific Graphics provides a premium forum for researchers, developers, practitioners in the Pacific Rim and around the world to present and discuss new problems, solutions, and technologies in computer graphics and related areas. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.eg.org/wp/event/pacific-graphics-2017/ |
| Description | Shinjuku Cat |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Bath social media interview / commentary on the viral giant billboard of a 3D cat in Shinjuku. https://twitter.com/UniofBath/status/1417783447595139075 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/UniofBath/status/1417783447595139075 |
| Description | SmartROTO: enabling rotoscoping with artist-assisted machine learning |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Press release from Foundry. For the past 2 years CAMERA's Neill Campbell has been working on the SmartROTO project with pioneering software producer Foundry and leading global visual effects company DNEG. The project combining research from industry and academia was set up to use artist assisted machine learning to speed up the traditionally time-consuming rotoscoping process. As the project comes to a end Foundry reflect on what has been learnt and the possible next steps. "Working directly with the research teams at Foundry and DNEG is a great experience as it results in real sharing of ideas and understanding-we can work out how to address the relevant and challenging problems that are faced by the industry and bring in new and exciting technologies to solve them, whilst collaborating directly with the end-users to ensure that we present results that make their lives easier." |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.foundry.com/insights/machine-learning/smartroto-enabling-rotoscoping |
| Description | Social Media Video Post, University of Bath Press Office |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Social media video to promote research by Christian Richardt (CAMERA Co-Investigator) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/UniofBath/status/1164461823908880384 |
| Description | Social Media post promoting women in STEM |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Social Media post promoting women in STEM, for International Women's Day 2020, featuring CAMERA Co-Investigator Dr Polly McGuigan. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/UniofBath/status/1236617977874788355 |
| Description | Social VR and theatre workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The workshop: How you can use Social VR to reduce the costs of traditional theatre producing and touring At this in-person session, CAMERA researchers and locally based Theatre makers shared how Social VR and 3D scanning can be adapted to help reduce the costs of traditional building-based theatre making, producing and touring. This sparked debate and conversations about some attendees wanting to work with CAMERA on this in the future |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/10/25/how-you-can-use-social-vr-to-reduce-the-costs-of-traditional-the... |
| Description | South West Tech Daily Interview |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | SWTD reporter Jack Wride spoke with Neill Campbell, Director of CAMERA, a motion capture research facility established at the University of Bath, about the far-reaching effects of advanced motion capture technology. The piece was shared widely on social media, raising the profile of the centre and it's facilities in the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.swtechdaily.co.uk/article/2021/10/27/bath-bristol-bottle-yard-beyond-neill-campbell-dire... |
| Description | Speaker Series - Egidio D'Angelo |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA speaker series lecture - Multiscale brain modelling: from neurons to virtual brains and robotic controllers. A lecture aimed at academic, industry and general audience introducing research into Brain Modelling |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/03/28/camera-expert-speaker-series-2022-prof-egidio-dangelo/ |
| Description | Speakers Series - Jake Rigby |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA speaker series talk from CAMERA Partner Jake Rigby of BMT. Jake introduced the attendees to the use of VR and integrated immersion in his business. This led to partner engagement, discussions of possible future collaborations and possible future research areas, |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/10/10/camera-speaker-series-jake-rigby-bmt-defence-and-security/ |
| Description | Speakers Series BOVTS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Speaker series talk given in partnership with Bristol Old Vic Theatre School about the collaborative research we have been undertaking in how to rehearse theatre in VR. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sport Biomechanics workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Workshop - Introduction to Sports Biomechanics workshop for Personal Trainers and Physiotherapists who visited our Applied Biomechanics lab for talks and demonstrations about how Motion capture/ gait analysis can be used in sports training and Physiotherapy. This was intended to support this community and share our expertise introducing a new group to our research and starting discussion between attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2022/12/13/introduction-to-sports-biomechanics-workshop/ |
| Description | St Augustine's College |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A grou p of A Level students came to visit the studio and have a talk and demo about motion capture and the research taking place at CAMERA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Summer school on AI 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | 200 people attended at summer school online in 2021 - Summer School on AI 2021. Christian Richardt was invited to give a talk at the summer school on his research: Towards reconstructing and Editing the digital world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://cvit.iiit.ac.in/summerschool2021/speakers.php |
| Description | Swindon Science Festival of Tomorrow |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Reuben Lindroos and Christian Richardt presented our OmniPhotos work in the form of live demos via video call to a remote audience. The Festival of Tomorrow aims to support and encourage people of all ages to develop their love of discovery and creativity through the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM). UKRI was the sole principal partner supporting this virtual festival. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.scienceswindon.com/festival-of-tomorrow |
| Description | TEDx Talk "Actigaze - what is touch today will be gaze tomorrow" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Christof Lutteroth gave a TEDx Talk about Actigaze research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdzEOXwBKSs |
| Description | TRIAD workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop with MYWorld on TRIAD (Toward tRanslational Inclusive Art & Design) project. This AI product may lead to future collaborative work and possible commercialisation of a product in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Talk at the Royal Photographic Society |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited talk on "Stereoscopic and 6-Degree-of-Freedom Photography" - profile of the centre and department raised. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Talk for professionals at Bristol Centre for Enablement |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Abby Tabor gave a talk to 15 professional practitioners at Bristol Centre for Enablement. This was an opportunity to engage with practitioners directly, and promote discussion. The talk was well received and many found it useful to ask questions about the latest research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The Conversation VAR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Research Pooya Soltani had an article published in The Conversation about his research into VAR/Motion Capture and offside decisions. This tied into a wider discussion happening in the media about VAR technology and decision. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/var-i-used-motion-capture-technology-to-show-why-the-premier-league-gets... |
| Description | The Edge: After Hours Special Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Thursday 05 Dec 2019 ¬? The Edge ¬? Free ¬? 5-8pm CAMERA took part in a collaborative event, where guests could immerse themselves in an evening of projection, take a tour of the physical and virtual realms of the exhibition and enjoy digital art workshops. Guests had a chance to experience augmented reality, using a HoloLens headset to find virtual pigs, captured by CAMERA, walking around in The Edge. After Hours are special events which combine a unique mix of music, activities and arts experiences. This special event is the perfect way to enjoy a slice of culture and after-work drinks with friends and colleagues. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.edgearts.org/whats-on/events/the-edge-after-hours-3/ |
| Description | The Fantastical Multimedia Pop-Up Project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | From 20 July-24 August 2018, The Fantastical Multimedia Pop-Up Project at The Edge (University of Bath), offered exhibition visitors an exciting new experience as part of a free "gallery take-over of virtual reality, interactive games, exhibits and art works at the intersection of arts, digital and science." 20th July to 24th August. How can you make a pig act? You can't tell a pig to do that. What if you could record a pig moving in every possible direction, then stitch those movements together so they match an actor's movements? So, CAMERA went to a farm and motion captured the lovely Molly. https://www.camera.ac.uk/media/2018/07/pigTurn.mp4 This project was funded by EPSRC and Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Credits: Molly: Newton Farm partners, Newton St Loe, Bath Film Company: The Imaginarium Studios, Ealing Studios, London W5 5EP Funders: EPSRC and Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership Researchers: Prof Darren Cosker, Dr Sinan Mutlu, Sinéad Kearney, Eleanor Crellin, Dr Murray Evans, Dr Shridhar Ravikumar Digital Molly: Martin Parsons, Dr José Serra |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/media/2018/07/pigTurn.mp4 |
| Description | The Times Article: 'We're worried about our necks' - Can scrums ever be made safe? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Article in The Times newspaper and online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/were-worried-about-our-necks-can-scrums-ever-be-made-safe-8vflx05... |
| Description | Toward Intuitive Imagery: User Friendly Manipulation and Exploration of Images and Videos |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kwang-In Kim was invited to give a talk at the Speech at Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology. VGS-IT is a series of Vision, Graphics, and Speech Invited Talks organised at the Department of Computer Graphics and Multimedia, at the Faculty of Information Technology, Brno University of Technology, in Czech Republic. In order to promote inter-institution relationships and co-operations, active researchers present their current work, share their ambitions, and discuss hot topics in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://vgs-it.fit.vutbr.cz/2017/05/03/kwang-in-kim-toward-intuitive-imagery-user-friendly-manipulati... |
| Description | Towards more Immersive Panoramas : BRLSI Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA's Dr Christian Richardt gave a talk at BRLSI (Bath Royal Literary and Scientific Institution) on Wednesday, 11 September at 19:30. Towards more Immersive Panoramas The talk, a ticketed public event, presented some of the research carried out in CAMERA's to a lay audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.brlsi.org/events-proceedings/events/psc-visual-arts-towards-more-immersive-panoramas |
| Description | University-Industry R&D Collaborations in Immersive Technologies Workshops |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA organised two workshops with Immerse UK: University-Industry R&D Collaborations in Immersive Technologies. Secrets to Winning Innovation Funding and Running Successful Collaborative Projects in Partnership with Universities. Immerse UK and CAMERA teamed up to create two workshops aimed at catalysing new collaborations between UK Universities and innovative small businesses. The theme of the workshops was leveraging cross-sector partnerships and enabling, immersive technologies to stimulate collaborative R&D projects for innovation and business growth. The workshops drew on the collective experience of collaborators from industry and academia, alongside funding providers and bid writers. Participants discussed what is involved in building successful collaborations with universities, what funding routes are available in relevant technology areas, and how best to access them. Participants left the workshops with a better understanding of the University research offering, collaboration routes, potential partnerships, relevant identified funding calls, and possibly a new project. Thursday 3rd May 2018 - Bath The Innovation Centre, Broad Quay, Bath BA1 1UD Wednesday 23rd May 2018 - London University of Bath, Level 6, 83 Pall Mall, St James's, London SW1Y CAMERA were delighted to be asked to run two fully funded workshops for micro and SME companies focusing on successful University-Industry R&D collaborations in Immersive Technologies. We were pleased to welcome a wide range of SMEs, ranging from the fashion industry to documentary teams and one person start-ups. The two sold-out workshops drew on the collective experience of seasoned collaborators from industry and academia, including Marshmallowlaserfeast's Nell Whitley and Professor Adrian Hilton of the University of Surrey. Delegates also heard from funding providers and experienced bid writers. Claire Tansley and Carrie Wootten gave valuable insights into national research funding and innovation networks, and Wavecrest's Jeff Clifford (former Head of R&D at Double Negative) took us through the most common types of collaborative R&D public grant funding and application processes. Delegates also had the opportunity to informally discuss a variety of research areas with academics from various universities including Bath, Bath Spa, Ravensbourne, Surrey and Greenwich. Thanks also to Setsquared's Miles Davis for talking about the new Scale Up Programme, and University of Bath's Rosie Bennet, who took us through the new ERDF funded programmes on offer for digital technology businesses in the South West. Attendees left with better insight into the university research offering, collaboration routes, potential partnerships, relevant identified funding calls, and even some new projects. We wish all our participants success and hope to work with many of them in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | VAR: I used motion capture technology to show why the Premier League gets tight offside decisions wrong |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA researcher Pooya Soltani had an article in a Danish science magazine called Videnskab on his research in to how VAR is not accurate enough to show off-sides in football. He highlighted the use of Motion Capture to get a more accurate result. This was part of a wider campaign on media which picked up this research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://videnskab.dk/forskerzonen/teknologi-innovation/var-forsker-viser-hvorfor-premier-league-trae... |
| Description | Versus Arthritis Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Public Event British Society for Rheumatology Preventing and Managing Lower-Limb OA using Novel Exercise Therapies 10t November 2021 Versus Arthritis Webinar |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | http://rheumatology.org.uk/events-learning/webinars/ |
| Description | Video games can have similar health benefits to jogging |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release featuring research into how active video games have similar positive health effects on the body as traditional exercises, and could be a more enjoyable way to keep active for people with Type 1 diabetes. This press was featured on Social Media channels - https://twitter.com/UniofBathNews/status/1445800660587278342 - and led to Radio Interviews with Greatest Hits Radio and regional BBC Radio Stations: https://twitter.com/exerpooya/status/1447894482083528706. Press office coverage report 27 October 2021 Background Dr Pooya Soltani, working with researchers in Brazil, has published a study showing that active video games have similar positive health effects on the body as traditional exercises, such as jogging on a treadmill. The researchers say these games could be used by type 1 diabetics as a more enjoyable way to stay active and manage their condition. A press release was sent out to health and technology journalists, posted on Eurekalert and the university's website: https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/video-games-can-have-similar-health-benefits-to-jogging/ A short captioned video was also shared on social media: https://twitter.com/UniofBathNews/status/1445800660587278342 https://twitter.com/UniofBath/status/1448269346007040005 Headline facts and figures • 38 articles across online, print and broadcast • Estimated reach of 30 million (based on monthly website visitors, not reads) • Coverage spread across 5 continents • 2,753 impressions, 434 video views and 77 engagements on Twitter • £278,000 AVE* Coverage Media coverage ranged from consumer health titles to technology sector outlets. Most coverage was in the USA, but reached as far as Australia and China. Broadcast coverage included KTTV-LA and WTVT-TB (both FOX network). Highlights: Good Day LA (FOX), Good Day Tampa Bay (FOX), TechRegister, EatThis, Medical Express, Health Tech Insider. Published in Games for Health Journal: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/g4h.2020.0209 Researchers have been approached by another team from University of Pernambuco, Brazil working on similar theme. Invited to give an online lecture on exergames at Alzahra University, Iran. Invited to participate in Bath Digital Festival and Digital Inclusion for Wellbeing Workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/video-games-can-have-similar-health-benefits-to-jogging/ |
| Description | Virtual Reality could help improve balance in older people |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Researchers at CAMERA use virtual reality (VR) to improve balance and as a valuable tool in the prevention of falls. Press shared via Social Media channels and resulted in a BBC Radio interview - https://twitter.com/exerpooya/status/1400107882201456642 - and featured in The Engineer (https://www.theengineer.co.uk/bath-team-explores-virtual-reality-for-improving-balance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter) and TecTales (https://tectales.com/ar-vr/vr-could-help-improve-balance-in-older-people.html) Born to Engineer (https://www.borntoengineer.com/virtual-reality-balance-older-people-bath-university) amongst others. Related Publication: Soltani, P., & Andrade, R. (2021). "The influence of virtual reality head-mounted displays on balance outcomes and training paradigms: A systematic review." Frontiers in Sports And Active Living, 2, [531535]. DOI:10.3389/fspor.2020.531535. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/virtual-reality-could-help-improve-balance-in-older-people/ |
| Description | Visited the CGV lab at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Yong-Liang Yang visited the CGV lab at National Tsing Hua University Taiwan. This was an exercise to promote knowledge sharing and establish international connections. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | WAVC 2018 Presentation: Foot Contact Timings and Step Length for Sprint Training |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | WACV 2018 is the IEEE's and the PAMI-TC's premier meeting on applications of computer vision. It was held in March, 2018 at Harvey's Casino in Lake Tahoe, NV/CA. Research was presented by Aki Salo. This has contributed to the investment in a new machine vision system which will allow the developed methodology to be applied in normal sports training environments and so will now facilitate impact as it can inform training practices of British skeleton athletes and sprinters. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://wacv18.wacv.net/ |
| Description | WTVF workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA ran an Introduction to Motion Capture to a group for an organisation called Women in TV and Film. This was aimed to inform and introduce the potential of Motion Capture and the research taking place at CAMERA to an audience in a relevant industry positions and to spark debate about the future of film making techniques. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Workshop Organisation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dario Cazzola was personally invited to organise a workshop and give seminars to the OpenSim Workshop in Leuven (Belgium) - 6-8/11/2018 The Human Movement Biomechanics research group along with OpenSim fellows and experts (Luca Modenese from Imperial College, Colin Smith from ETH, and Dario Cazzola from the University of Bath) held an OpenSim workshop in Leuven. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://gbiomed.kuleuven.be/english/research/50000737/groups/HMB/events/Opensimworkshop2018/opensimw... |
| Description | XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | CAMERA Research Associates presented markerless motion capture research at the XXVIII Congress of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB), 25-29 July 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.camera.ac.uk/2021/06/23/markerless-motion-capture-research-to-be-presented-at-internatio... |