The government-backed Technology Strategy Board has awarded £680K to facilitate the "ARKive In Your Pocket" Audiovisual Wildlife Experience. More than half the funding goes to the University of Bristol Visual Information Laboratory (Dave Bull and
Dimitris
Agrafiotis
), the Communication Systems and Networks group and The School of Biological Sciences (Innes
Cuthill
).
ARKive
In Your Pocket, (AIYP) will provide an enhanced immersive audiovisual experience for visitors to wildlife locations and ‘events’ using wireless networks. It is a two year strategic research collaboration involving
UoB
, 3CRL,
Vid
Communications,
Wildscreen
(
ARKive
), BBC, Toshiba, Motorola,
Mubaloo
and
ProVision
.
Content will be delivered from the extensive ARKiveresource in trials at Bristol Zoo and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trusts at Slimbridge.