Abertay In Top 25 For Games Courses Worldwide

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Abertay University's games design programmes have been ranked in the world Top 25 by The Rookies Global School Rankings 2024. The rankings, including the best creative education providers worldwide, are designed to showcase the best creative educational institutions and how they teach and support student artists, designers, animators, and creative professionals. The Rookies helps identify …

XR Network+ Collaboration, Innovation & Funding

XR Network+ at Abertay CyberQuarter

On Tuesday 22 October 2024, join XR Network+ at Abertay University's Cyber Quarter to hear about opportunities for collaboration, innovation and funding for researchers, companies and creatives across Scotland. XR Network+ is a project led by the University of York that brings together academia and industry across the UK to deliver research and innovation in …

Abertay University Launches Competitive Games and Wacom Cintiq Labs

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Abertay University's new Competitive Games and Wacom Cintiq labs have been added to the university's National Centre for Excellence in Computer Games Education, bringing the latest, industry-standard equipment and facilities onto campus for students and research staff.  Competitive Games Lab The Competitive Games Lab is fitted with 20 high-specification gaming PCs to provide a space …

Scottish Games Education Symposium 2024

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Shaping the Future of Games Education “Dear industry, what do you really want from education?” The Scottish Games Education Symposium 2024 (SGES) is thrilled to announce the date, location, and focus of its highly anticipated 2024 event. Taking place on November 27th, 2024, from 9:30 AM to 4 PM, the symposium will be sponsored and …

Stone & Veil – Join Project To Explore The Impact Of Land Use

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Abertay University Students Work With Scottish Ecological Design Association, James Hutton Institute and SEFARI Gateway to create educational game Stone & Veil, a videogame designed to explain human activities' impact on soil health and land use in Scotland, has been created by students at Abertay University, Dundee. Students from the university’s Professional Masters in Games …

EVENT: Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024

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4J Studios' Brian Gomez To Give Closing Keynote The Creative Tech Scotland Gathering 2024 takes place on June 28th at the breathtaking new Edinburgh Futures Institute. It promises to be a vibrant event connecting creative professionals with the cutting-edge tech transforming the creative industries. Explore workshops, keynotes, and demos showcasing how tech - including games …

St Giles: The Videogame – 900 Year Old Scottish Cathedral Recreated Within New Videogame

Rev Dr George Whyte, Interim Moderator of St Giles’ Cathedral and alumnus of UofG, views the new historical video game launched for St Giles’ Cathedral’s 900th anniversary being held this year. Photo credit Martin Shields

For over 900 years, St Giles' Cathedral has stood as an iconic landmark in the heart of Edinburgh, welcoming over 1.4 million visitors annually. But unravelling the mysteries of its construction and bringing its rich history to life has been a challenge – until now. In a groundbreaking collaboration for its 900th year, the world-famous …

Exclusive: Scotland’s Games Industry Data Reveals 484 ‘Game Studios’

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Exclusive SGN Research Gives Snapshot Of Industry In 2020 & 2021 Scotland's Games Industry Data: How big is Scotland's games sector? How many development studios are out there? Believe it or not, no part of the government or public sector in Scotland captures data on the games industry. View: Scotland's Games Industry Data For such …

Dundee Home To New Screen Industries R&D Lab – CoSTAR

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Dundee's new CoSTAR R&D lab is part of UKRI’s Convergent Screen Technologies and performance in Realtime (CoSTAR) programme

Glasgow Uni Study Shows Gender Bias In Video Game Dialogue

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New research from Glasgow University has highlighted gender bias in video game dialogue with male characters speaking twice as much as female