It’s been an exciting 2 months for IDM as our fundees from NUS beat 56 teams from 17 countries in a competition lasting10 months to win the The Star Challenge@Fusionoplis organized by A*STAR, students from Team GAMBIT beat 350 other teams from over 100 countries to win the top prize in Microsoft’s XNA Dream-Build-Play Competition, [...]
SINGAPORE’S attempt to become a port-of-call for digital media companies is starting to materialise with more gaming studios and animation companies docking their regional operations in the city-state. The latest to join the fold is Italian firm Rainbow SpA, the studio responsible for the popular Winx Club animated series. BizIT understands that the company has [...]
IMAGINE you are in a library searching for a book – and simply cannot find it. Imagine being able to call up a 3D map of the library which can give you the precise location of the book, and show you how to get there. Or imagine you are in the market to buy a [...]
SINGAPORE — The Media Development Authority announced Friday its Interactive Digital Media Research and Development Programme Office will provide S$12 million (US$8.1 million) in funding to 15 projects in interactive digital media R&D. The projects, selected from 55 proposals involving some 200 companies, range from new exploration in Immersive 3D, virtual and digital media to [...]
Govt is ‘fully committed’ to investment as it is a key driver of economy for the future, says PM FUNDING from the Government for scientific research and development, which helped push it to a record 2.6 per cent of gross domestic product last year, will not be cut in the current economic downturn, Prime Minister [...]
15 projects ranging from transport to heritage planning spur innovation and breakthrough in Singapore’s IDM sector Singapore, 17 October 2008 – Fifteen new projects on the concept of Co-Space™ have been awarded funding by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Research and Development (R&D) Programme Office (IDMPO) hosted by the Media Development Authority. Collectively, these [...]
In this month’s issue, Advisory Council on the Impact of New Media on Society The Move to Fusionopolis $18m boost for IDM projects International Experts Impressed with IDM Efforts KooBits and PGK Media Wins the InfoComm Singapore Awards 2008 Developments of GAMBIT
We have defined the area of Co-Space as technologies, applications or service that allow for the simultaneous interaction between both the digital and physical environments. We believe that the area of Co-Space provides much potential for Singapore; and it is premised on the belief that the content contextualisation in a natural, unobtrusive, but pervasive semantic [...]
Many organisations have benefited from tie-ups with the Media Development Authority’s Interactive Digital Media Programme Office. Five benefactors share their success stories. A special report produced by the Special Projects Unit, Marketing Division, SPH.
Media 21, a blueprint of the Media Development Authority (MDA), envisions Singapore as a global media city where services and projects are created, developed, traded and distributed. Related link: The vision anchors Singapore as Asia’s leading media marketplace and financing hub as well as a test-bed for innovative concepts and ideas in digital media. MDA [...]