The Simulating History lab and Brock University are hosting the Playing With Technology In History conference on April 29th and 30th, 2010 in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. The conference will host guests from across the globe who are involved in digital studies and gaming. Activities will include a day of un-conference activities where participants will explore technology [...]
Salutations! Here’s an update on the recent activities of the Simulating History lab: Adam (Research Associate) and Spencer (Programmer) have put many hours into the on-going bibliography of articles, books, and other resources that are important in Digital Media studies and for Simulating History. The bibliography will be available on the website when it is [...]
The preparations for Interacting with Immersive Worlds 2009 are underway, and the response to our Call for Papers was overwhelming. We’re looking forward to a full slate of presenters. Interacting with Immersive Worlds 2009 is the second Brock University conference focused on the Interactive Arts and Sciences. In 2007, presenters and attendees from a multiplicity [...]
My current research at Brock University centers around the ability of computers and games to simulate and represent how systems work in the context of history. Many historians have used agent-based simulations to represent battle scenarios or migration patterns. But these simulations have limited interaction: essentially the researcher interacts (or plays) with the system to [...]
For the past several months I have been exploring different ways to promote the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 in Niagara. To date, my research has been largely devoted to academic articles investigating hybrid and virtual reality along with historical research aimed at key people and places in Niagara during the War of [...]