Greater Birmingham TECH brochure 2017
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GAMES<br />
Home to the UK’s biggest gaming<br />
event, EGX at the NEC, <strong>Birmingham</strong><br />
is acknowledged as a leading cluster<br />
for games developers. Home to two<br />
long-established games developers,<br />
Rare and Codemasters, as well as<br />
up-and-coming mobile app makers,<br />
and universities training the next<br />
generation of software engineers,<br />
<strong>Birmingham</strong> offers it all.<br />
<strong>Birmingham</strong> is a hive for the<br />
growing independent developer<br />
scene, including Trebuchet Games,<br />
Digivoodoo, Stormburst and Dojit,<br />
based at the Innovation <strong>Birmingham</strong><br />
Campus, along with Flaming<br />
Pumpkin who have offices at the<br />
Custard Factory. These developers<br />
are self-publishing games across<br />
smart platforms, generating<br />
significant sales and profile within<br />
the world of smart phone gaming.<br />
SERIOUS GAMING<br />
Building on its experience in<br />
simulation, robotics and human<br />
factors for applications in aerospace,<br />
defence and healthcare, the<br />
University of <strong>Birmingham</strong>’s<br />
multidisciplinary Human Interface<br />
Technologies (HIT) team pioneers<br />
in the development, evaluation<br />
and uptake of virtual reality<br />
and telepresence/telerobotic<br />
technologies focusing on humancentred<br />
research issues, relating to<br />
future interactive technologies.<br />
The centre is also a beacon for<br />
applied technology in the armed<br />
forces, with studies being conducted<br />
for the Royal Navy, including a<br />
desktop games engine-based<br />
demonstrator, as well as a gaming<br />
solution to test navigational and<br />
spatial orientation skills of warfare<br />
officers.<br />
Additional strength is provided by<br />
the local universities supporting the<br />
next generation of developers such<br />
as <strong>Birmingham</strong> City University’s<br />
game-related courses, including<br />
Computer Games Technology, Interactive<br />
Entertainment and an MSc in Video<br />
Game Enterprise and Production.<br />
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In addition, the region includes<br />
the Serious Games Institute at<br />
Coventry University, an International<br />
Centre for Excellence in Serious<br />
Games Applied Research, Business<br />
Engagement and Study.<br />
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