About / Basically Good Media Lab (formerly S3D Centre) Facts

Some facts about the Basically Good Media Lab (formerly S3D Centre):

  • The Basically Good Media Lab, formerly the S3D Centre, was launched by Dr. Maria Lantin (Director, 2010-23) at the Interactive Futures: Stereo conference in November 2009. The S3D Centre was renamed the Basically Good Media Lab in June 2017 to reflect its wider range of research.
  • The BGML team conducts research into a variety of topics, including accessible learning tools, community building around creative technologies, publicly accessible media experiences, media and sound for ecological awareness, embodied technologies, land-informed technologies, listening practices, Virtual Reality as a learning space, multispecies creativity, interspecies communication.
  • The BGML team has a technical skill set that includes computer programming, electronics, sound art, composition, interactive programming, film + video, animation, post-production, photography, digital fabrication, prototyping, and production accounting.
  • The BGML has access to equipment for the creation and post-production of immersive media content, technical, visual and sound experimentation.
  • The BGML has hosted numerous events with speakers representing artists, students, educators, artist run centers, not for profit organizations, local film production/VFX companies, Virtual and Augmented Reality companies and producers.
  • The BGML has engaged with over 150 organizations and companies in the lower mainland of British Columbia. We partner with educational institutions, organizations and companies on media topics that align with our mandate.
  • The BGML employs graduate, undergraduate and alumni research assistants on its research projects, and assists student researchers in under-supported media realms.

Funding

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), the Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF), Western Economic Diversification (WD), and Mitacs. Our work has also been supported by companies like TELUS, Quantel, Sony, and Panavision.

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