Martin Flintham

BSc Physics, MSc (distinction) IT, PhD.

Research Fellow.

current projects

PhD in supporting public, mobile mixed-reality experiences.

research interests

Martin’s main research interest is the construction of software tools and infrastructures to support pervasive gaming and locative and new-media projects. These aim to be both powerful and yet easily configurable by artists and designers through the use of familiar tools and a pragmatic approach to designing for mobile technologies and their associated uncertainties. This becomes particularly relevant when creating pieces of work to a strict performance deadline, and placing these technologies in a public setting.

Martin’s other interests include gaming, reverse engineering and digital rights.

publications, conference papers

Flintham, M.,: "Painting the Town Red: A Tool for Location-Based Game Design", Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, 2005, Valencia, Spain.
Flintham, M., Benford, S., Anastasi, R., Hemmings, T., Crabtree, A., Greenhalgh, C., Tandavanitj, N., Adams, M., and Row-Farr, J. (2003),: Where on-line meets on the streets: experiences with mobile mixed reality games. In Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA, April 05-10, 2003). CHI ’03.
Benford, S.; Anastasi, R.; Flintham, M.; Greenhalgh, C.; Tandavanitj, N.; Adams, M.; Row-Farr, J.,: "Coping with uncertainty in a location-based game," Pervasive Computing, IEEE , vol.2, no.3, pp. 34-41, July-Sept 2003.

other activities

Martin has been directly involved in the development of Can You See Me Now? which was awarded the 2003 Golden Nica for Interactive Art, Uncle Roy All Around You, which was nominated for a Bafta Interactive Award, and I Like Frank In Adelaide, which was the first mixed-reality experience for 3G phones.

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