BBC Research and Development, York Mediale and the Digital Creativity Labs are delighted to announce a collaborative opportunity for an artist to create personalised, interactive, adaptive video experience.
How data sets taken from an esports match of the game DOTA 2 might be used to highlight issues surrounding widening participation and inequalities within the esports and gaming industries.
Researchers at the University of York have discovered a link between young people’s ability to perform well at two popular video games and high levels of intelligence, showing that that some action strategy video games can act like IQ tests.
An unprecedented amount of data exists about our lives, environments and the people we share them with. By empowering large numbers of people to access and interpret this data, we can transform the way we understand and make decisions about key aspects of our lives and have a greater say in how we are treated by the government and other groups.
DC Labs will make a substantial investment in esports research as part of this world-first collaboration in esports between ESL and the University of York.
