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March 21, 2010

IDIA's Virtual Work Featured on Linden Lab's Destination Guide

IDIA Lab's Flickr Gettr and IDIA virtual artist-in-residence, AM Radio is featured on Linden Lab's destination guide for Second Life http://bit.ly/cihz88 + more +

March 20, 2010

FARO and Gexcel Laser Scanner Training

Partnering with CAP, IDIA modeling and animation staff will be undergoing a training in March on the new FARO 3D and Gexcel Laser scanner and Gexcel software. + more +

March 12, 2010

Moodle in Second Life International Meeting Presentation

Presented by John Fillwalk on IDIA Lab's virtual world learning mashup work - SLoodle, Second Life, BlackBoard, Web 2.0, Blue Mars and OpenSim. March 12, ... + more +

March 10, 2010

Ball State University Invited to International Spy Museum in Washington D.C

John Fillwalk, Director IDIA; Phil Repp, BSU CIO and Dr. Roy Weaver, BSU were invited to meet with the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. ... + more +

September 17, 2009

IDIA presents virtual Bracken Library at the Opening of the Schwartz Digital Complex

At 11 a.m., a free presentation, "Avatars in the Library: The Opening of the Virtual Alexander M. Bracken Library," will take place at the opening ... + more +

Jan 22, 2010 - 10:00AM

IDIA performs at the International Annual Science and Technology Festival in India

John Fillwalk and Jesse Allison travelled to Mumbai, India for the International Annual Science and Technology Festival, January 22-24, to exhibit the Institute for Digital Intermedia ... + more +

Nov 05, 2009 - 09:00AM

iDMAa 7th Annual Conference

Leading academics, professionals and artists will gather at Ball State for the International Digital Media and Art Association’s 7th annual conference to explore the frontiers of ... + more +

Sep 17, 2009 - 11:00AM

IDIA presents virtual Bracken Library at the Opening of the Schwartz Digital Complex

At 11 a.m., a free presentation, "Avatars in the Library: The Opening of the Virtual Alexander M. Bracken Library," will take place at the opening of ... + more +

Jul 31, 2009 - 07:00AM

Summer Robotics and Technology Competition

Muncie’s Robotics team will be competing at the 10th annual Indiana Robotics Invitational Competition this Friday and Saturday in Indianapolis. There will be 72 teams competing ... + more +

Jul 15, 2009 - 12:00PM

IDIA Present Blackboard/SL Greenhouse Grant for Virtual Worlds at Blackboard World 2009

Blackboard Greenhouse Project for Virtual Worlds: The IDIA Second Life/Blackboard Building Block Project
BbWorld '09
7/15/2009 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
National Harbor 2

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IDIA Newsletter

Jesse Allison | Virtual Worlds and Interactive Arts Research Specialist

Projects:

interActivity
Intermedia Artist Timeline
[un]wired
M.M.U.G.
Immersive Seminar in Virtual Worlds
Traversal
Displaced Resonance
Traversal for Boston Cyberarts
IDIA Blackboard / Second Life Building Block Project
Augmented Reality Research
Virtual Bracken Library
Human-Computer Interaction in the Arts
Flickr Gettr
IDIA performs at the International Annual Science and Technology Festival in India

Jesse Allison is a sonic and installation artist who explores the confluence of technology, interaction, and sound. His compositions and installations have been performed and exhibited around the globe. Mr. Allison serves as Virtual Worlds Research Specialist through the Institute for Digital Art and Animation (IDIAA) at Ball State University and is also President of Hardware Engineering of Electrotap, LLC, an innovative media arts technology firm. Through his research at IDIAA, he has developed several instructional and artistic bridges into and out of virtual space through a variety of input and output methods. His artistic passion lies in exploring ways for people to interact with technology and using that technology to stretch perceived performance and structural expectations.

For more information visit www.electrotap.com