We just recently (i.e. 1st of March 2013) officially announced the Archive for Austria Video Game Development to the public. It is a project that has been cooking for some time now, and it is worked on by the kind people who also organise the Austria Game Jam (which was a blast this year, haven't found the time to write about it yet, though).
[This post is about Austrian politics and it therefore makes most sense to write it in German. You can find a short description and explanation below the German version though]
In der Österreichischen Politik ist in letzter Zeit immer mehr von Werten die Rede und das nicht erst seit Frank Stronach die heimische Politbühne betreten hat. Oft ist es aber schwer zu durchschauen was sich denn genau hinter den Werten der Politikerinnen und Politiker versteckt, und welche Wertvorstellungen die einzelnen genau Vertreten. Ob altmodisch, konservativ, modern oder hip: Die Ausgestaltung der jeweiligen Werte bleibt eine haarige Angelegenheit.
In this recent spring term, when I still resided in the cold yet lovely Copenhagen, I participated in the User Interface Technologies course where we toyed around with an Arduino to build a simple colorimeter, used the kinect for text input while being dressed up as a gorilla, and finally built an interactive Fitts's experiment. Fitts and the infamous Fitts's law he proclaimed date back to the 1950s but it is still of great relevance to today's user interface technology research and evaluation.
This spring I ventured to the a folk hojskole outside of Copenhagen to participate in the Exile Game Jam. At this jam I met many nice people and in the course of the a weekend we created the game Idiots Attack the top Noodle. At the beginning all we had was a bunch of Playstation Move controllers and a consumer grade EEG brain scanner to measure the player's brain waves.
It's been a while since the last update. The photos this time are a wild mix in terms of time and place from around Copenhagen. Most notably the local derby, where FC København faced off against Brøndby in a half empty Parken stadium, because the Brøndby fans stayed away from the match in protest.
A few weeks ago, at the end of january, the Global Game Jam 2012 happened. Living currently in Copenhagen, it was a no-brainer for me to join the Nordic Game Jam organisers, and trying to help out with the event. NGJ12 was again hosted at the ITU, which has a remarkably nice building. Workplaces and meeting rooms for students everywhere. This is the kind of university building you dream of coming from Vienna University of Technology. It seems as if they actually want to have the students around. Weird thing that is...
It's been quite a while now, since I last pushed photos to the interwebs. As an effect you get 4 rolls instead of 2 this time.
...It almost feels like christmas, handing in the final report of Sputnik today. It was a lot of work over the last few months, but in the end, I feel like every hour spent (over 300, that is) was worth spending. I would also like to thank my süpervisor Esben Warming Pedersen (here, and there), whithou whom this project would not be what it is now. He was a great help during the process and always pointed me in the right direction.
The nature and 'features' of sputnik might not have been clear in the last video, so I decided to record a quick walkthrough (including me speaking, which sounds a bit silly).
I am still looking for participants for my user study. If you are a musician, or just interested in music, or just curious and want to try out sputnik, this is your chance! It will take place on the 12th of december at a time that suits you (there are slots available around the whole day) at KUA, i.e. the southern campus of Københavns universitetet på Amager.
It's been a while that I last posted photos. I had these sitting on my desk for some time now, but hadn't had the time to upload them complement them with a few nice words.
This time we have a few more shots from the offshore wind park on the eastern shore of Copenhagen, a few blurry pictures from the cycling world championship (I guess) and then a mixed bag of images from somewhere between Østerbro and den sorte diamant.