We’re delighted to announce that we’ve received support from InnovateUK as part of the New Innovators programme for Immersive and Creative Industries in Coventry and Warwickshire. This new R&D will support the development of NAIAD, an app-free, web-based solution for smartphones that powers audience interactivity, immersivity and accessibility. This tool will evolve from new approaches we developed as part of the Paddling Light programme and we’re delighted to continue working with Creative Technologist and Real World Game Designer John Sear and with Creative Producer and Access Consultant Lisa Franklin, both of whom have been members of the extended LR family for some time. NAIAD will work on any web browser, does not require you to download any app or join any dedicated Wi-Fi network. It will serve media assets, sound, light and text to smartphones with very low latency. The team will aim to use an all-abilities-first approach to develop new ways of empowering audiences to make outdoor work both more interactive and more inclusive; controlling sound, light and projection, influencing interactive narratives, revealing custom and self-directed story paths through outdoor experiences, and finding new ways of embedding captioning and audio description in ways that work for all participants.
NAIAD – A new platform for accessible hybrid outdoor arts and smartphone immersive experiences
