MXR Lab produces kids augmented reality for Okto Channel with Oak Three Films and Real Space

Witz Alive is a preschool show for children from 3 – 6 years old based on three characters, the tiger (TAMMY), the monkey (ITCHEE), and the bird (WINGZ). Augmented reality application, WITZ Alive AR, is jointly developed by CUTE Center, NUS and Real Space pvt. LTD to provide an added interactive experience for children. We believe that this will enhance their experience outside the television box, where they can immerse themselves in the exciting AR technology by seeing their favorite WITZ characters come to life.

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Impact:

  • Giving out 1,000 markers to pre-school teachers who will in turn hand it out to students during their classes
  • OKTO will be producing trailers that will run on OKTO to promote the WITZ Augmented Reality (will update on airtime and dates)
  • Mom & Baby Event: held the demo on OKTO booth, where children experienced the demo from 18th – 20th March, Expo, from 11am – 8pm (below are some photos from the event)
  • Broadcast on the WITZ Alive AR through singaporemotherhood.com which has around 50,000 subscribers. This will showcase Augmented Reality as the key information for them to try out with their children.

Demo:


Adrian David Cheok – Talk at Khazanah Megatrends Forum 2010

Reclaiming the Commons: Collaborating and Competing in The New Economic Order

Dr Adrian D. Cheok – Director, Mixed Reality Lab, National University of Singapore

SESSION 2: FIRMS & TRANSFORMATION

SPECIAL ADDRESS: Synthetic Reality: The Science and Applications of Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality Adrian David Cheok is Director of the Mixed Reality Lab and Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore. He was appointed to be a Full Professor of Graduate School of Media Design, Keio University, from April 2008.

He received several outstanding awards: A-STAR Young Scientist of the Year Award 2003, the SCS Singapore Young Professional of the Year Award 2004, Fellow in Education, World Technology Network in 2004, and Microsoft Research Award for Gaming and Graphics in 2005. He was also awarded the Young Global Leader 2008 by World Economic Forum.

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ECE PhD scholar Wang Xuan win’s international award !

Wang Xuan, a 2nd Year Ph.D. student in our lab, has recently been selected as the winner for Communication Technologies and Interface Track, Young Researchers and Ph.D. Workshop for Research on Innovative Solutions for Elderly (YR-RISE). She was also placed the third for best oral and poster presentation at the workshop. The workshop was held as part of the 2nd Ambient Assisting Living (AAL) Forum in Odense, Denmark from Sep 15th to 18th, 2010. The AAL is a new joint research and development funding supported by the European Community. The research project she presented is entitled “Confucius Chat: Mediating Cultural Communication between Elderly and Children using New Media”.

Link: http://www.ece.nus.edu.sg/students/stu_achievements1.html

ECE PhD scholar Wang Xuan win's international award !

A/Prof Adrian Cheok talk on U@live

Adrian Cheok talked at U@LIVE at NUS on:

Digital Humanity

We have entered a new era of humanity. For the first time we haveconstant 24/7 real time global communication. How has this changedhumanity and the internet generation? How will learning change. Whatare the mega trends we will see from this digital exponential revolution.

 

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