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 [...]
Ever had trouble hunting down a kernel of information on a massive website, like the ones that belong to banks and governments? Well, some day soon a virtual helper may appear on the screen and point you in the right direction – without you even having to ask. The drive to incorporate artificial intelligence like [...]
Projects selected by international experts for funding unleash the potential of real and virtual worlds Singapore, 4 September 2008 – Imagine the convenience of practising yoga at home by wearing a special suit that tells you what positions to adopt through sensors in realtime and without the need of a physical coach. This, along with [...]
The i.Match is a match-making initiative led by the multi-agency Interactive Digital Media Research and Development Programme Office (IDMPO) to bridge the funding gap between IDM companies and local investors who are keen to seek new and promising IDM products. It aims to provide a conducive platform for companies and investors to meet and explore [...]
Working with the Media Development Authority’s (MDA) Interactive Digital Media R&D Programme Office (IDMPO), Hewlett-Packard is now calling Singapore IDM companies to submit their mediascape proposals using HP’s mScape software. Developers of selected projects – to be annouched in September – will receive an mScape developer’s licence and get to attend a half-day workshop on [...]
sLOCAL Interactive Digital Media (IDM) start-ups and companies will be getting a boost in their pockets from the Singapore government, thanks to the i.MATCH initiative, which is aimed at bridging funding gaps in the local IDM sector. RAdm (NS) Lui Tuck Yew, Senior Minister of State for Education and Information, Communications and the Arts, announced [...]
The Interactive and Digital Media (IDM) Research and Development (R&D) Programme Office under the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) seeks to encourage a R&D culture in the IDM sector with a new grant. Young start-ups or individuals with exciting R&D ideas can now receive up to S$50,000 through the Microfunding Scheme to seed their [...]