| SINGAPORE: Computer art expo showcases Asian talent - 20/06/2007
Singapore is currently hosting Asia's largest Computer Graphics conference. Now in its second year, CG Overdrive showcases the best in the computer art business especially from the region. The conference includes forums, workshops and the showcasing of software, hardware and artistic talents and young hopefuls from around Asia are hoping that companies and design houses will notice their talent. Presenter - Bo Hill Speaker - Edmund Shern, studio head, Imaginary Friends Studios; Sen Lai, organiser, CG Overdrive 2007 listen windows media > HILL: It's got the heavy weight names - Kyle Balda and Leo Hourvitz from A Bug's Life and Toy Story 2, Feng Zhu, the designer of General Grievous from Star Wars, the creator of World of Warcraft PC game, John Chalfant and Takeshi Nozue from Square Enix, director of the enormously successful Final Fantasy VII.
Home Console Development?
In the last 15 years or so, there has been a boom in the home audio industry brought about by the reduced pricing in high quality recording equipment and affordable computer hardware and software. Every middle class kid and their brother can write, record and market their songs, interviews, monologues, etc. This has been true of the PC gaming industry as well. There are plenty of powerful open source or cheap tools available for the creation of digital game content. This has resulted in a vibrant freeware and shareware game culture on the web. Modding tools are also prevalent and have served as springboards for many a fledgling artist, programmer, level designer into the universe of Triple-A game production. This has not been the case for consoles so much, however.
Social Entrepreneurs Ring the Bell for Students in Technology ...
Digit All Systems, Inc. (DAS) introduces the Tech-Ed Summer Camp Baltimore's for boys and girls ages 10-17. Four computer technology camps with morning and afternoon sessions will be offered Monday July 2, 2007 through Saturday August 25, 2007. The camp sessions include Microsoft Office® 2007 Xtreme, Lego MindStorm® Robotics, The Urban Video Game Academy ™ for Video Game Design and Programming, and Computer Repair Essentials. Baltimore, MD (PRWEB) June 13, 2007 -- Digit All Systems (DAS) Tech-Ed Summer Camp will offer a technology learning and fun camp for Baltimore area middle and high school students. DAS has been serving the greater Baltimore community since 1999 as a non-profit alternative for technology education and literacy programs for students and citizens.
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