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This area is project-led, which means students learn by doing with a team of specialist technicians to support them in each of our specialist areas: Creative Coding, Physical Computing, Projection Mapping, Games, and Virtual Reality. The technical team supports students in breaking down their initial ideas, identifying what skills they need to learn, suggesting how to get started, and then provide support in troubleshooting projects and debugging code. Specialist Areas The Creative Technology Lab supports students across the following areas: Creative Coding The use of computer programming in a creative arts context. Creative coding often entails using scripting and programming languages such as JavaScript, C, C#, C++, Objective-C, Swift, and Java. Students also use visual programming tools like Max, Pure Data, VVVV and Touch Designer. Physical Computing The use of electronics in a creative arts context. Physical computing is a way to create compelling tangible user interfaces, and physically change the world using motors and lights. A variety of tools are used to do this depending on the intended application, such as Arduino, Particle Photon, Raspberry Pi, and BBC Micro:bit. Projection Mapping Using software like MadMapper, HeavyM and ofxPiMapper among many others. These tools allow you to warp and mask video content to fit multiple 3D surfaces to give the impression the image is on the surface of the object. Virtual Reality and Games Both areas use game engines like Unity and Unreal in their development. This software and programming toolchain allows you to create virtual environments that can be explored using a variety of interfaces from a mobile device, to a virtual reality headset, or a games console or desktop computer. Please note: Resources may require inductions before allowing access and are prioritised for certain courses. Virtual Tour Take a tour of LCC Courses Find a course at LCC Gallery Caption A BA (Hons) User Experience Design student is testing out her VR environment she’s developed with Unity in a VR booth in the Creative Technology Lab at LCC using a HTC Vive Pro Wireless and high power gaming PC. Photo by Sundeep Verdi Caption MA Interaction Design Communication students take part in an E-Textiles workshop led by visiting practitioner Emilie Giles in the Creative Technology Lab, where students sew conductive threads into felt to learn how to connect electronic components into a circuit. Photo by: Emilie Giles Caption MA Interaction Design Communication students combine physical computing and creative coding to create a gigantic digital Etch-a-sketch™ using a 3 meter video wall in the Creative Technology Lab during a workshop led by the Creative Technology Lab team. Photo by Tom Lynch Caption An MA Data Visualisation student experiments with Projection Mapping onto a white foam board prop she has made using a high-power projector and MadMapper in the Creative Technology Lab as part of a workshop led by associate lecturer Ian Carr. Photo by Tom Lynch. Caption Creative Technology Lab staff experimenting with skeletal tracking using a Kinect. Photo by Tom Lynch. See more work Specialist Hardware The Creative Technology Lab has a variety of equipment available to loan to students for projects and exhibitions. Students have access to: Creative Coding Tracking HD/4K webcams Audio interfaces ArtNet lighting interfaces RFID Physical Computing Arduino kits Raspberry Pi's Particle Photon and Electron Sensors Wireless Communication Actuators Lighting Projection Mapping MadMapper licenses Variety of projectors from 750lm pico to 5,500lm HD installation projectors Virtual Reality and Games HTC Vive Pro Wireless Headsets Room scale VR booths Mobile Devices (iPod Touch, iPhone and Samsung Galaxy) Range of game controllers 360º video cameras (GoPro Fusion, Garmin, Kodak, etc…) Related Content Image © Ana Escobar The Digital Space The Digital Space is an open-plan, creative IT hub with 80 computers set up with specialist software for specific subject areas. Image © Vladimir Molico Lens-Based and Audio-Visual The facilities in this area include The Kit Room, Design Block Photography, Black Box Project Space, AV and Live Events. 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