Microsoft exec takes audience where technologies meet
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February 19, 2010
The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill's CHAT Festival, an ambitious mash-up symposium on the busy intersections of technology, art and entertainment, wraps up today. Participants at the CHAT - which stands for Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology - included scholars from UNC, Duke and N.C. State universities, representatives of RTP's burgeoning gaming scene and a few special guests.
On Wednesday, keynote speaker Robert Bach, a UNC-CH alum and president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, delivered a casual, but fascinating, message on the future of entertainment.
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The News & Observer
UNC-Chapel Hill's CHAT Festival, an ambitious mash-up symposium on the busy intersections of technology, art and entertainment, wraps up today. Participants at the CHAT - which stands for Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology - included scholars from UNC, Duke and N.C. State universities, representatives of RTP's burgeoning gaming scene and a few special guests.
On Wednesday, keynote speaker Robert Bach, a UNC-CH alum and president of Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division, delivered a casual, but fascinating, message on the future of entertainment.
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CHAT Festival panelists discuss learning in the digital age
February 19, 2010
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
What will schools look like decades from now? Most likely, they will not teach students to specialize in a field, to perform an assembly-line task, or to answer multiple-choice tests. Two panelists discussed those ideas during a discussion titled "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," at Thursday's CHAT Festival at UNC. Schools must adapt to a world that is not only connected, but whose learning styles are changing, panelists said. More>>
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
What will schools look like decades from now? Most likely, they will not teach students to specialize in a field, to perform an assembly-line task, or to answer multiple-choice tests. Two panelists discussed those ideas during a discussion titled "The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age," at Thursday's CHAT Festival at UNC. Schools must adapt to a world that is not only connected, but whose learning styles are changing, panelists said. More>>
CHAT keynote speaker says interactive games are the future
February 17, 2010
The Daily Tar Heel
The next generation of video games will include signing in, navigating and connecting with your friends without using a controller, said Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division president and UNC alum Robert Bach. He spoke about his vision for the future of technology and entertainment in the opening keynote speech for the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology festival on Tuesday afternoon. More>>
The Daily Tar Heel
The next generation of video games will include signing in, navigating and connecting with your friends without using a controller, said Microsoft Entertainment & Devices Division president and UNC alum Robert Bach. He spoke about his vision for the future of technology and entertainment in the opening keynote speech for the Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology festival on Tuesday afternoon. More>>
CHAT Fest aims to marry tech and content
February 17, 2010
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Re-posted by AllBusiness.com
Visitors who attended the first day of a conference that looks at the intersection of technology, arts and humanities heard from a panel that included the head of a game design company, the head of a company that makes brain fitness software, and the head of company that is developing a new technology for delivering music. More>>
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Re-posted by AllBusiness.com
Visitors who attended the first day of a conference that looks at the intersection of technology, arts and humanities heard from a panel that included the head of a game design company, the head of a company that makes brain fitness software, and the head of company that is developing a new technology for delivering music. More>>
From Itzhak Perlman to GrandWizzard Theodore
February 17, 2010
The Chapel Hill News
Move over, Beethoven. Mark Katz, associate professor of music at UNC, isn't your typical musicologist.
Students stopping by for office hours have to scoot past the professional turntable rig set up in his office. Among the guest artists he's brought to campus are GrandWizzard Theodore, one of the inventors of turntablism. And his new book, "Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip Hop DJ," will soon be competing for shelf space in the student bookstore with tomes on Schubert and Mozart.
Professor Katz recently took time to chat while preparaing for his part in this week's massive CHAT Festival at UNC. The CHAT fest, which stands for "Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology ," is presenting a series of performances, discussions, exhibitions and workshops focusing on technology in the arts and humanities. More>>
The Chapel Hill News
Move over, Beethoven. Mark Katz, associate professor of music at UNC, isn't your typical musicologist.
Students stopping by for office hours have to scoot past the professional turntable rig set up in his office. Among the guest artists he's brought to campus are GrandWizzard Theodore, one of the inventors of turntablism. And his new book, "Groove Music: The Art and Culture of the Hip Hop DJ," will soon be competing for shelf space in the student bookstore with tomes on Schubert and Mozart.
Professor Katz recently took time to chat while preparaing for his part in this week's massive CHAT Festival at UNC. The CHAT fest, which stands for "Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology ," is presenting a series of performances, discussions, exhibitions and workshops focusing on technology in the arts and humanities. More>>
CHAT: Festival about future of digital arts, entertainment, is underway at UNC-CH
February 17, 2010
Local Tech Wire
Wednesday is day two of the CHAT festival that’s underway at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event is drawing leading thinkers from around the region as well as across the U.S. to talk about what’s coming next in the realms of digital entertainment. More>>
Local Tech Wire
Wednesday is day two of the CHAT festival that’s underway at UNC-Chapel Hill, and the event is drawing leading thinkers from around the region as well as across the U.S. to talk about what’s coming next in the realms of digital entertainment. More>>
Triangle game initiative partner with CHAT festival to spotlight Triangle region collaborations in digital arts and humanities
February 16, 2010
Carolina Newswire
The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More>>
Carolina Newswire
The Triangle Game Initiative (TGI), a non-profit trade association for the Raleigh-Durham, N.C. interactive entertainment industry, has announced a partnership with C.H.A.T. (Collaborations: Humanities, Arts & Technology), a digital arts and humanities festival scheduled for February 16-20, 2010 on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. More>>
Digital technology meets arts, humanities at festival
February 15, 2010
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Re-posted by AllBusiness.com
At a recent rehearsal in Kenan Music Building, digital technology merged with human artistry and skill, transforming the sounds from traditional instruments. UNC music professor Brooks de Wetter-Smith played a passage on flute, which was fed into a microphone. Computer software (MAX/MSP) then took the passage and created an echo effect, which was amplified in an elevated speaker. ...The musicians were rehearsing the first run-through of Stephen Anderson's composition "War Peace," one of some 30 pieces for electro-acoustic ensemble that will be performed during Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology, a festival that begins today and continues through Feb. 20 at various locations at UNC. More >> Related Article>>
The Herald-Sun (Durham)
Re-posted by AllBusiness.com
At a recent rehearsal in Kenan Music Building, digital technology merged with human artistry and skill, transforming the sounds from traditional instruments. UNC music professor Brooks de Wetter-Smith played a passage on flute, which was fed into a microphone. Computer software (MAX/MSP) then took the passage and created an echo effect, which was amplified in an elevated speaker. ...The musicians were rehearsing the first run-through of Stephen Anderson's composition "War Peace," one of some 30 pieces for electro-acoustic ensemble that will be performed during Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology, a festival that begins today and continues through Feb. 20 at various locations at UNC. More >> Related Article>>
Technology, creativity take flght
February 13, 2010
News & Observer
Where else can you wander through a life-size video game, watch dancers perform with robots, find an underwater opera, and listen to Microsoft's president of entertainment and devices one night and the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on another? More >>
News & Observer
Where else can you wander through a life-size video game, watch dancers perform with robots, find an underwater opera, and listen to Microsoft's president of entertainment and devices one night and the author of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" on another? More >>
Leader of Xbox team to speak at UNC Chapel Hill's CHAT festival
February 2, 2010
TechJournal South
Carolina alumnus Robert J. Bach, Microsoft Corp.’s president for Entertainment & Devices, who led the Xbox and Xbox 360 to fruition: “The Future of Entertainment,” keynote speech and the festival’s opening event, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Hill Hall, between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue on McCorkle Place.
Bach drives Microsoft Corp.’s connected entertainment vision, offering consumers new and compelling, branded entertainment experiences across music, gaming, video and mobile communications. More >>
TechJournal South
Carolina alumnus Robert J. Bach, Microsoft Corp.’s president for Entertainment & Devices, who led the Xbox and Xbox 360 to fruition: “The Future of Entertainment,” keynote speech and the festival’s opening event, from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 16 in Hill Hall, between Franklin Street and Cameron Avenue on McCorkle Place.
Bach drives Microsoft Corp.’s connected entertainment vision, offering consumers new and compelling, branded entertainment experiences across music, gaming, video and mobile communications. More >>
Chat draws art, technology closer
January 6, 2010
1360 WCHL
Interview with Megan Granda, executive director at UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
The upcoming Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology Festival at UNC offers a chance to see how sometimes divergent disciplines can work together. More>>
1360 WCHL
Interview with Megan Granda, executive director at UNC's Institute for the Arts and Humanities.
The upcoming Collaborations: Humanities, Arts and Technology Festival at UNC offers a chance to see how sometimes divergent disciplines can work together. More>>
Conference to tear down digital walls
February 2, 2010
The Chapel Hill News
The Triangle has long been known as a hotbed of scientific innovation and literary creativity, but there's always been a wall separating the two: this month in Chapel Hill that wall will come tumbling down. More>>
The Chapel Hill News
The Triangle has long been known as a hotbed of scientific innovation and literary creativity, but there's always been a wall separating the two: this month in Chapel Hill that wall will come tumbling down. More>>
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HASTAC
Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory
deltawire
News and observations on distance education and learning technologies from NC State.
PositScience
Posit Science strives to help people flourish throughout their lives by providing effective, non-invasive tools that engage the brain's natural plasticity to improve brain health.
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