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Job: Professor of Serious Gaming for Complex Multi-Actor Systems, Decision-and Policy Making (TU Delft)

By Matthew Lombard | Published: April 1, 2011

Position available at Delft University of Technology

Professor of Serious Gaming for Complex Multi-Actor Systems, Decision-and Policy Making

Faculty/department: Technology, Policy and Management
Level: Master degree
Maximum employment 38 hours per week (1 FTE)
Duration of contract: Tenured
Salary scale: Maximum salary of €7,142 per month gross.

Technology, Policy and Management

The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management contributes to sustainable solutions for technical challenges in society by combining the insights from engineering with the humanities and the social sciences.… read more. “Job: Professor of Serious Gaming for Complex Multi-Actor Systems, Decision-and Policy Making (TU Delft)”

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National Geographic Channel’s “Misson Expedition” engages viewers with web-based telepresence through miniature world

By Matthew Lombard | Published: April 1, 2011

[From newStaar Media; more information, including pictures and videos, is available here]

Telepresence Creates an Interactive Experience for Television Viewers

By D Robert Curry
March 28, 2011

As part of their annual Expedition Week on television, the National Geographic Channel announced the launch of “Mission Expedition.” Using telepresence, the internet, and a highly detailed miniaturization of places in the world, the expedition is designed to engage viewers in an immersive interactive experience and scavenger hunt.

Viewers can log on to www.natgeotv.com/ expedition from March 28th to April 9th to take part in the virtual expedition. Via the internet, viewers will have 60 seconds to control a telepresence camera which is attached to a model train. The train travels through a miniature set which includes recreations of, “a remote Papua New Guinean village populated by cannibals, Victorian London during the time of Jack the Ripper, the Himalayan Mountains with Yeti sightings and the Roman Coliseum during the gladiator era,” according to National Geographic.… read more. “National Geographic Channel’s “Misson Expedition” engages viewers with web-based telepresence through miniature world”

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