Daden Limited

Emerging Technology
     Seminars

    David Burden
    Daden Limited



                      © 2010 www.daden.co.uk
Who Are We?
                                         © 2010 www.daden.co.uk



 Virtual Worlds and Virtual Character solution
  provider
 In Virtual Characters since mid 90s, and
  Virtual Worlds since late 1990s
   World-class expertise and innovation in
    Integration, AI and virtual worlds
 Member, Serious Games Institute
 Based in Birmingham UK
Who We've Worked For
                       © 2010 www.daden.co.uk
What We Do….
                                                         © 2010 www.daden.co.uk




Built Environment Visualisation   Learning, Training and Education
       and Consultation




     Collaboration, Meetings           Artificial Intelligence
     and Data Visualisation            And Virtual Characters
Awards
                                         © 2010 www.daden.co.uk



   2007: West Midlands Most Innovative ICT
    Company
   2008: Finalist, British Computer Society
    Machine Intelligence Competition
   2009: Winner, Times Higher Education
    Awards, Most Innovative ICT Project
           st      nd
   2010: 1 and 2 Place in US Federal
    Government's Federal Virtual World
    Challenge
What People Say About Us...
                                                                                                © 2010 www.daden.co.uk


                                      “Daden Limited have cooked up            “I think that this campus looks
"Every now and again work comes
to your attention that makes you      yet       another      potentially       really innovative, interesting and
think 'wow' - Daden Ltd have          transformative application...... an      inspiring for our students, well
imported Google Maps into             interface for accessing, navigating      done to all involved in the build, it
Second Life and it has just eaten     in, and interacting with Google          is     a     real    achievement!!”
up most of our morning."              Maps....” (New World Notes)
                                                                               (fashio8ting on YouTube about
(Digital Urban, UCL)                                                           Solent Life)


                                     Wow, you are just wow. I was
                                     sitting here watching your videos,        “The metaverse is destined to
“ It was a pleasure meeting you at   going, "There is no way that it           become the principle interface of
the Federal Consortium on Virtual    possible." But of course, it has to       the future ... the more we see
Worlds. Of all the innovations on    be. I am very much impressed and          tools like this being developed,
display and be discussed, I felt     joyed     by    your    smartness”        the more immediate such
PIVOTE to be one of the most         (Kageshen on YouTube)                     prospects      seem.    Daden's
compelling. (John Low, Carney                                                  toolbox is rapidly becoming an
Inc.)”                                                                         essential feature set in this
                                                                               path toward augmentation." (Mal
                                                                               Burns, SL Edu-Blog)
                                     “In about three years, we will see the
                                     widespread availability of robust and
                                     easy to use authoring tools and
“Checking into Pivote open source                                              Pivote isn’t the first integrated
                                     environments, mostly with the
project, looks very cool” (Justin                                              training solution using virtual
                                     functionality described in the upcoming
Gibbs, Immersive Story on Twitter                                              worlds, but it’s certainly
                                     The Complete Guide to Simulations and
                                                                               progressed things considerably.
                                     Serious Games (and foreshadowed in
                                                                               (Metaverse Journal)
                                     PIVOTE)” (Brandon Hall Research)

Introduction to Daden

  • 1.
    Daden Limited Emerging Technology Seminars David Burden Daden Limited © 2010 www.daden.co.uk
  • 2.
    Who Are We? © 2010 www.daden.co.uk  Virtual Worlds and Virtual Character solution provider  In Virtual Characters since mid 90s, and Virtual Worlds since late 1990s  World-class expertise and innovation in Integration, AI and virtual worlds  Member, Serious Games Institute  Based in Birmingham UK
  • 3.
    Who We've WorkedFor © 2010 www.daden.co.uk
  • 4.
    What We Do…. © 2010 www.daden.co.uk Built Environment Visualisation Learning, Training and Education and Consultation Collaboration, Meetings Artificial Intelligence and Data Visualisation And Virtual Characters
  • 5.
    Awards © 2010 www.daden.co.uk  2007: West Midlands Most Innovative ICT Company  2008: Finalist, British Computer Society Machine Intelligence Competition  2009: Winner, Times Higher Education Awards, Most Innovative ICT Project st nd  2010: 1 and 2 Place in US Federal Government's Federal Virtual World Challenge
  • 6.
    What People SayAbout Us... © 2010 www.daden.co.uk “Daden Limited have cooked up “I think that this campus looks "Every now and again work comes to your attention that makes you yet another potentially really innovative, interesting and think 'wow' - Daden Ltd have transformative application...... an inspiring for our students, well imported Google Maps into interface for accessing, navigating done to all involved in the build, it Second Life and it has just eaten in, and interacting with Google is a real achievement!!” up most of our morning." Maps....” (New World Notes) (fashio8ting on YouTube about (Digital Urban, UCL) Solent Life) Wow, you are just wow. I was sitting here watching your videos, “The metaverse is destined to “ It was a pleasure meeting you at going, "There is no way that it become the principle interface of the Federal Consortium on Virtual possible." But of course, it has to the future ... the more we see Worlds. Of all the innovations on be. I am very much impressed and tools like this being developed, display and be discussed, I felt joyed by your smartness” the more immediate such PIVOTE to be one of the most (Kageshen on YouTube) prospects seem. Daden's compelling. (John Low, Carney toolbox is rapidly becoming an Inc.)” essential feature set in this path toward augmentation." (Mal Burns, SL Edu-Blog) “In about three years, we will see the widespread availability of robust and easy to use authoring tools and “Checking into Pivote open source Pivote isn’t the first integrated environments, mostly with the project, looks very cool” (Justin training solution using virtual functionality described in the upcoming Gibbs, Immersive Story on Twitter worlds, but it’s certainly The Complete Guide to Simulations and progressed things considerably. Serious Games (and foreshadowed in (Metaverse Journal) PIVOTE)” (Brandon Hall Research)