Augmented Reality Games

Workshop approach

In 3 workshop days every participant will develop a prototype assisted by outstanding international trainers, lecturers and technical assistants. The days start at 10.00 and ends at 17.00.
While designing the game play, the focus will be on the use of the relation between virtual and physical. Game rules can be implemented through the software by programming; they can be implemented physically, in the real world game space; and they can be implemented socially, by designing what is and isn't allowed when trying to reach the games' goals.

The morning sessions center on input from workshop trainers. Every afternoon the participants work on their own workshop projects.
The workshop closes with a public presentation in which the issues are discussed and the results are shown.

Materials

We'll be working with the ARToolkit. The ARToolKit was originally developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato, and its ongoing development is being supported by the Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab) at the University of Washington, HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and ARToolworks, Inc, Seattle.

Explore the http://artoolkit.sourceforge.net/ website.

Basic 3d modelling will be done with Blender , the opensource 3D modelling suite.

For who?

Anyone interested in the play possibilities of Augmented Reality. Participants don't need coding skills to participate in this workshop. The trainers assist in realising participants ideas. Having coding skills, however, will allow participants to also design play elements in the software themselves.

Trainers

Julian Oliver - artist, free software developer, teacher, composer and media-theorist
Has given numerous workshops and master classes in game-design, artistic game-development, virtual architecture, interface design, augmented reality and open source development practices worldwide. In 1998 he established the artistic game-development collective, Select Parks.

Jonas Hielscher - designer interactive / educative game installations
He founded z25.org, an organization that supports young new media artists, and has built a range of interactive performance and gaming installations.

Klaas Kuitenbrouwer workshop designer, new media lecturer, and game designer for Oorbeek

The price for this workshop is:

€ 450 incl. VAT if your employer pays for you.
€ 300 incl. VAT if you are a freelancer.
€ 200 incl. VAT if you are a student*

*Please note we only have 3 students spots available. Please send us a copy of your student ID and a short motivation to

The price includes lunch, technical support and the use of equipment.

Information and registration

You can register online here: www.mediamatic.net/workshopregistration
For questions please contact Klaas Kuitenbrouwer or Deborah Meibergen:
Or by phone +31 (0) 20 638 9901