Anthony Kelly will talk about the creation of WeCreate - Ireland’s first FabLab and community workspace within the Cloughjordan Ecovillage. He will outline the status and future plans of the project, including details of the equipment available and programmes for research and education which will be delivered there.

David Collier will talk about a mobile app he has built called In Your Own Time. The app is a piece of music composer for smartphone that uses the phones mic and sensors to adapt the music to the listener’s movement and the sounds around them. David wants to talk about the general area in […]

Walter Higgins will talk about “ScriptCraft - a mod for Minecraft that lets programmers of all ages change Minecraft using Javascript.”
ScriptCraft’s goals are …
1. Educational - Encourage kids to learn javascript / programming
2. Make modding easier - It’s easier and more fun to code in Javascript than Minecraft.
If there’s enough interest Walter will run a […]

We’re delighted to announce that 3Dcamp will be taking place again this year in the University of Limerick. Saturday 25th of May is the date so mark your calendar!
More details soon. Keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook accounts for updates and follow the #3Dcamp13 hashtag.

Ian Spillane will give a talk about “something fairly straightforward and simple really. Using simple geolocation codes as postcodes; the simple maths involved; why Ireland desperately needs geolocation postcodes; the potential for business and the smart economy with postcodes even on such a small island; and the absolute importance that postcodes be an open system, […]

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DIY synthetic biology, rehabilitation robotics and touching data at 3Dcamp
LIMERICK - MAY 21, 2012: 3Dcamp returns to the University of Limerick for its fifth year in a row on Saturday, May 26th. The one day event is an informal conference exploring how the Internet touches the physical world.
“The keynote address will be delivered […]

[Seeing as it had scrolled off on to the second page we wanted to remind people of the first talk registered for #3Dcamp12]
Muthukumaran Thangaramanujam is a Senior Physiotherapist with a special interest in Rehabilitation Robotics. At #3Dcamp12 Muthu will cover the brief history, present applications, and the future evolution of Rehabilitation Robotics.

Muthu can be found on […]

Our Keynote address this year will be delivered by Bob Tait, Vice President of Marketing - Movidius. Movidius, is a very exciting Irish fabless semiconductor company, delivering multimedia capabilities including High Definition 3D Video for mobile platforms. Bob is also one of the driving forces behind Product Camp Dublin - “a user-driven, collaborative unconference on topics […]

Trevor Hogan is a lecturer of digital media at Cork Institute of Technology and a researcher at the Mobiquitous Lab, University of Strathclyde where he is also completing his doctoral studies.
In this talk Trevor will present his latest research, which poses the question: does embodying data in alternative modalities contribute to an audience’s capacity to […]

Cartography expert Richard Cantwell will deliver a talk entitled ‘Spatial is Special’ - “Location is ubiquitous.. Maps are everywhere.. Data is multiplying.. The course of the last 5 years has seen monumental change is the gathering and dissemination of Geographical Information.  What is it that makes this data special? What unique challenges and opportunities exist when working […]

Paul O’Mahony, an advisor to Cork-based In Hand Guides, offers the following description for this talk - “Audio is old-fashioned - superseded by video - a hangover from by-gone days when people had only conversation & radio? But wait a minute… There is another way of looking at it. Only a few can write well. Everyone can talk. Many […]

Niall O’hOisin will talk about ‘Reconstructing the past’
“What can we learn from 3D historical reconstructions and what stories can we tell about the past using technology? What processes and practices are involved and how can we exploit this material and inform the public about our heritage.
We have used 3D tools to reconstruct Medieval Dublin, the […]

The call for speakers for #3Dcamp12 is now open. If you work (or hobby) in one of the areas we cover we’d be delighted to receive a submission from you. Please register to speak here.
We are also looking to run workshops, so if you’d prefer to give hands-on training or a demonstration please make a […]

Frederic Herrera has helped start over 80 digital media businesses via the incubator programme Create Ireland. He also manages an immersive 3D holodeck - VLab.
We are delighted that Fred will join us for #3Dcamp12 to talk about ‘Big Data 3D: you’ve seen nothing yet. Opportunities & Challenges’

Snapping the following QR-code with your mobile QR-code reader will take you to a Google map showing the 3Dcamp venue and surrounding attractions. On an Android device navigation to the venue is only a click away.

Muthukumaran Thangaramanujam is a Senior Physiotherapist with a special interest in Rehabilitation Robotics.
At #3Dcamp12 Muthu will cover the brief history, present applications, and the future evolution of Rehabilitation Robotics.
Muthu can be found on Twitter @rehabrobotics

We’re delighted to announce that 3Dcamp 2012 will be held in the University of Limerick on Saturday 26th May. This will be our 5th anniversary and we’re looking forward to celebrating it with a great event.
Please keep an eye on our Twitter and Facebook feeds for updates. The hashtag is #3Dcamp12

Ronan Skehill from Cauwill Technologies presented on location-based services at #3Dcamp11. His slides include some worrying statistics for Foursquare -

3dCamp - Location, Location, Checkin!?
View more presentations from Cauwill

Gavin Duffy from RealSim gave a talk at #3Dcamp11 entitled “A geo-referenced 3D reconstruction of an ancient environment on a smartphone”. You can now view the slide deck for that talk below -
RealSim 3Dcamp Presentation
View more presentations from James Corbett.

If you’d like to follow progress on the project you can follow Aonghus MacOg and/or RealSimGames […]

Pora Ora at 3Dcamp
View more presentations from James Corbett.
And here’s the video that goes along with the presentation about Pora Ora.

The schedule for 3Dcamp 2011 can be found here.
Please note that changes might still occur.

If you haven’t yet followed us on Twitter please do @3Dcamp. The official hashtag for the conference is #3Dcamp11 and we plan to have projectors in the lobby area and auditorium to provide a backchannel.

For those who can’t attend #3Dcamp11 tomorrow you’ll be delighted to learn that Applebox Media will record the two keynote presentations and publish them to the web later.

Is your brain being altered due to our increasing reliance on search engines, social networking sites and other digital technologies? This is the question which Professor Billy O’Connor will pose in this lecture. Using a basic understanding of brain structure (neurology) Professor Billy O’Connor will explain the concept of ‘brain plasticity’- the ability of the […]

Conor Murphy from Caped Kola Studios will deliver a talk on ‘Social-Networking and Virtual Worlds for Children’.