i3DLife spoke at CEPIC on 18th May delivering a talk to the assembled masses that discussed the way picture libraries and photographers might start to consider how they develop 3D libraries. Chris Bamford demonstrated animations and interactive applications that raised some smiles and interest, and there were some very intelligent questions asked about the commercialisation and collection of 3D data.
Image Source very kindly published an interview with us ahead of CEPIC here’s a link to the article.
“The challenge for publishers is how to add value to the vast array of collections that could be captured, and the challenge to creators is to deliver those collections in a cost effective way. I can see the publishing industry revolutionising itself almost in the blink of an eye.”
For the full interview, please go to Image Source, and many thanks to John O’Reilly for helping us to spread the word!
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i3DLife presented our ideas for commercialising 3D content at the ICTomorrow Digital Innovation Contest held at Design Museum in London last week.
We pitched to partner with the British Museum, and whilst the BM don’t presently carry that much 3D data, Dominic Oldman, their IS Development Manager gave us some of his valuable time… and we look forward to meeting with him soon to discuss the challenges of incorporating 3D content into collateral, for what is widely regarded as one of the greatest museums in the world.
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i3dLife have been commissioned by ICTomorrow to produce a Digital Licensing Framework platform for 3D content. The project involves creating a searchable repository that is linked with a messaging hub that facilitates conversations between rights holders and people wishing to use digital content.
This project will go to trial in a few months.
We will produce a front-end system that understands the licensing landscape in the Heritage sector and that enables rights users to:
• formulate and transmit licence enquiries to rights holders
• receive information from rights holders
• view licensing information in a meaningful and educational way in museums & galleries
The Digital Licensing Framework grew out of the IC tomorrow digital test bed and in particular the problems faced with negotiating licensing deals for digital content.
Copyright licensing is a complicated process particularly when applied to the start up environment. The main aim of the Digital Licensing Framework is to simplify this process for those people trying to use digital content for their project whilst ensuring that rights holders systems and business interests are fully respected.
In order to make this happen IC tomorrow are creating a messaging hub which will help to facilitate these conversations. This system will allow rights users to propose a simplified request for permission to use content and rights holders to choose from a three simple responses.
The Digital Licensing Framework platform will include the following features in order to make this process possible:
A standardised list of use descriptions
A license profile which contains the response to enquiries
A system which allows for these two pieces of information to be processed and presented to the user in a standard format
We are currently working with rights holders from the music, publishing and cultural sectors which all have a range of copyright content available and appropriate licensing structures for the project.
The Digital Licensing Framework is simply about facilitating exchanges of licensing information for the testbed: it does not in any way interfere with the actual process of granting a licence.
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i3DLife were in London on 2 May to showcase our products at the Creative Pioneers Conference at the IPA.
The conference and lunch, which opens the new pop-up building in Shoreditch also known as Hackney House, will focus on the theme ‘Creative Pioneers for our Digital Future’ and will play host to an exciting blend of tech creative speakers from around the world.
ICTomorrow are kindly facilitating our presence here following our successful entry to the IC tomorrow Digital Showcase Opportunity.
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i3DLife will be heading up a Seminar panel to present the use of 3D imaging and technology at CEPIC this year. The London CEPIC Week will offer a full interactive programme for delegates to learn about the evolution of the last year, and discover the trends that are around the corner.
If you are at all interested in 3D technology, its uses and applications for heritage and learning please come and see us, we will have a table during the Friday where we can reveal some of products to you in person.
http://cepic.org/congress/2012/programme/industry_seminar_day
Step Into the Future with 3D Images
* Introduction: How Do We Define and Create 3D Content
* The Market for 3D Content: The Costs For Photographers, Distributors and Suppliers
* The Value of 3D Content: Who are the future buyers – auction houses, publishers, public institutions, corporations, educators
What is CEPIC?
CEPIC stands for the Coordination of European Picture Agencies Stock, Press and Heritage. It aims to be the centre of the picture industry.
The annual CEPIC Congress is the largest global gathering of the international photo community and extends CEPIC’s network on all five continents. CEPIC has been a member of IPTC since 2005 and of ICOMP since 2009.
As the Center of the Picture Industry, CEPIC federates nearly a thousand of picture agencies and photo libraries in 20 countries across Europe, both within and outside the European Union. It has affiliates in North America and Asia. CEPIC’s membership includes large and smaller stock photo libraries, major photo news agencies, art galleries and museums, video companies. CEPIC has among its members the big global players such as Getty and Corbis. Through this membership, CEPIC represents more than 150,000 authors in direct licensing.
It’s members are producers, collectors and distributors of content – moving and still images. They are well versed in dealing with rights issues such as the right to reproduce, moral rights of authors and the global distribution of assets for commercial and non commercial use. The members have been digitising content for over 15 years, and making the resulting digital asset available for commercial use, such as to newspapers, magazines and broadcasters, off and on-line, as well as in non- commercial environments for the purposes of research and education.
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Our TSB project is now completed and has been a resounding success. The products we have developed are currently being considered for Patent.
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We are delighted to announce that we will be represented at CEPIC in Istanbul this year by Andrea Stern. If you are attending, please drop her a line and she may be able to meet with you and demonstrate some of our products to you in person.
andrea@i3dlife.com
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i3dLife were recently shortlisted, and selected for the Final of the IC TOMORROW: DIGITAL INNOVATION CONTEST held at the BRITISH ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION ARTS.
The entry proposed to exploit the attributes of 3D data and offer unique services, which dovetail to the increasing number of COTS 3D displays. And to investigate the sharing, discovering, and monetizing of 3D digital objects
The final was hosted by D-media on the 30th March in the fantastic surrounds of BAFTA. There were four panels: Wildcard held first at 9am, Publishing 11am, Film/TV at 1pm and finally the Music panel at 3pm. Each panel lasted two hours and consisted of ten, ten minute pitches from each of the finalists. This usually consisted of five minute presentation and five minute Q&A. Prior to each panel the judges had seen a two minute video pitch of each.
After a scoring deliberation and closed panel discussion, five winners in each catagory were handed to the Technology Strategy Board representative. These winners were then announced to the floor of the d-media event. Each winner will now enter a process of 1-2-1 meetings with IC tomorrow to get them in a position of creating a consumer trial on the test bed platform.
IC tomorrow, a Technology Strategy Board programme, enables content owners and application developers – any business with a new service, new business model or new way of deploying hardware or software technology – to trial their ideas with UK consumers.
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i3dLife awarded Technology Strategy Board Grant
We have recently been awarded a grant by the Technology Strategy Board to undertake research for New Business Models for Business Content and The Role of Metadata. The project is for the duration of 12 months beginning on 1 February, and we are proud to announce that our partner is the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.
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i3dLife attended the 2010 Visual Connections conference in New York. Visual Connections is an opportunity to discover new sources of visual media, meet the people we only speak to and email, and network with peers in our industry. Of interest at this years event will be seminars on Copyright and Image licensing for new media, digital collaboration, and customised stock assets.
The event took place on 13th October, and was being held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, New York, 10011.
If you would like to meet us, please drop an email to chris@i3dLife.com or call +44 (0)7976 833037 and we would be happy to show you the work, update you on progress – or share a beer.
http://www.visualconnections.com
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i3dLife have just been engaged by the Victoria and Albert Museum to produce an iOS application of some rare objects in the Fashion department. We’re absolutely delighted to be working with the Museum and hoping for great things. Once the app has been published we’ll show some screen grabs and a video demo.
Our first scanning session was yesterday, and we’re hoping that it’s the first of many.
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i3dLife is featured in North West media news website. For more please follow this link
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i3dLife was launched to the world at the BAPLA Picture Buyers’ Fair in London, England on 19 May 2010 at the Barbican Exhibition Hall. Nearly fourteen hundred visitors came to meet nearly one hundred picture suppliers at the Barbican Exhibition Hall 1.
The seminar programme was a huge success. Google Images headlined a great line up which was looking at ‘The Future of Content’. Matt from Google Images joined us on our stand, and enthused about our products and offered personal support if ever we need it. A great start!
We agreed with our new contacts that our attendance at the AVIVA Stadium a few months later would be a good idea, so we planned to be there. And we were.
