Portfolio : selected projects and miscellanea...
Richard is a twice BAFTA nominated creative coder based in Leeds. He's worked on: digital installations, rich internet applications, Facebook and social media apps, mobile apps, games...
His skills include: Flash/Flex applications (AS3), HTML(5), JavaScript, PHP, iOS (Objective-C) apps and OpenFrameworks (c++ creative libraries)....
He has worked on a range of projects for clients such as BBC, Channel 4, Co-op, David Hockney Studio, Salts Mill, Mencap, The Beatles and more...
Here are some examples of the rich media applications, experiences and experiments he's developed...
Contact: richard [at] richardengland [dot] co [dot] uk | View profile at Linked In
Games Lounge
An interactive installation in the newly revamped games lounge at the Media Museum, exploring various particle effects, deformations and tracking abilities of the Microsoft Kinect.
Amorphous Orchesta - FLUX
A new installation at the Kala Sangam arts centre in Bradford.
Interact with a digital flow of ribbons via gesture and sound....
A playful disposition between flow and form, exploring the subtleties and joy of movement.
Boom, shake the room!
This was a family activity at the National Media Museum in April 2012.
Families created their own audio track and then interacted with it in a digital, sound reactive, 3D experience. Here are some videos recorded on the day.
Duke of York connects with uKinect
The uKinect software has been stirring Royal interest...
Here it is being demonstrated to Prince Andrew at the Gamelab office.
We're now starting work on Phase 2. More information is available on the Gamelab site.
Gesture communication - uKinect
A Gamelab project funded by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Technology Strategy Board (TSB) and managed by JISC TechDis.
Phase 1 is now complete. See the Gamelab site for more information.
Kinect Fun Labs Election
"Which of these six ingenious ideas would you most like to see become a Kinect Fun Labs Gadget?"
Richard's music visualiser featured at the E3 games conference. It was runner up in the Microsoft Xbox Fun Labs election..
uScreen storyboard tool
uScreen's tools are a great way for young, aspiring film makers to start and enjoy the film making process.
See your script come to life by using this easy to use storyboard app, then save the results as a PDF.
uScreen collaborative cutting room
The collaborative cutting room is another uScreen tool
Aspiring film makers can put their creations together in the Cutting Room, and allow other uScreen members to join them in the process. "A brilliant site for young film makers" tweeted a certain @stephenfry
uScreen player / accessibility editor
The uScreen media player features community led accessibility features.
Film makers can record their own audio and BSL sign captions, add subtitles and even add visual captions. Watch a demo here...
Flash tabbing / focus solution
An accessible solution to cross browser tabbing and keyboard focus issues with Flash.
Source available, or see the solution in action. Uses a combination of AS3 and JS.
Kinect experiments
Check out the interactive music visualiser. Also: more Kinect visuals & Chewy Visuals
BISCT: Blind cricket simulator
An immersive, virtual practice and training environment for people who are blind or have visual impairments using 3D virtual sound with Wii technology. The simulator has been built using the same "binaural" sound engine as an earlier project - "Sos and the Big Maths Adventure". This is a desktop application.
Click Postcard
Send a real postcard using your own holiday snaps with Click Postcard's simple application.
Create, share and send perfect, personalised postcards!
BAFTA nomination!
November 2009. Richard and his colleagues at Gamelab were nominated for an award by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in the Children's Awards category.
The nomination is for Mencap Plannet, an easy-to-use online tool that engages families to plan their future together.
BAFTA nod for Performing Hands!
November 2008
This BAFTA nominated project consisted of a series of Flash based 3D games, videos and learning activities.
Dynamic, signing 3D characters are used to help sign-bilingual deaf children with their BSL and English literacy.
NDCS Family Sign Language Tools
March 2010
Video dictionary and sign game built for NDCS.
The Family Sign Language website is a fun and interactive website for families of deaf children aged 0-5 who want to learn basic British Sign Language (BSL).
Salts Mill website
The Salts Mill website, was a collaboration with Jonathan Wilkinson. The brief: to capture the romance of the mill through an interactive experience.
It features the David Hockney gallery and a panoramic "tour" through the mill.
BBC Raw media player
June 2009.
An accessible online video and media player by Gamelab for the BBC Raw website.
Raw is a website aimed at adults to develop skills for everyday life.
David Hockney Studio intranet
Image/video archiving intranet tools for David Hockney studios (Bridlington).
This is an image archiving solution (PHP / Flash) that synchronises with a custom built iPad / iPhone app.
CO-OP "Walking Bus" Game
A Flash game to promote the "Walking Bus" scheme - an effort to cut carbon emissions, traffic congestion, and giving children a healthy start to their day. The game picks up this idea; if the emissions rise too high it’s game over.
Riad Farnatchi
Panoramic, interactive experience of the sights and sounds of Marrakech. Commissioned for the Riad Farnatchi hotel website.
As you scroll through the panoramic experience watch the day unfold in front of you...
Live interactive visuals
Here are some shots of live interactive visuals combined with Paul Miller's VJ sets. Photo's from a gig by the The Echo Chamber in Leeds. Visuals made to react to the band's movements on stage (motion tracking app built with OF c++ libraries).
Photography by Paul Scott.
Radiowaves player / live broadcast
Radiowaves: Safe school podcasting, video and blogs for young people to report on their world.
Richard developed the site-wide video and audio player and a live broadcasting tool-set for members to publish their own stations.
Award nomination!
Richard was nominated for a JISC Developer recognition award for his work on BISCT - Blind Interactive Simulation for Cricket Training.
This utilises an innovative dynamic "binaural" 3D sound engine.
The Home
Classic furniture, kitchenware and designer gifts from The Home at Salts Mill.
The place to find the beautiful, the useful and the unusual.
Interactive 3D panoramic video
This is an interactive, panoramic experience / experiment running in Flash and rendering the video in 3D. Just move the mouse left or right to look around....
Video by Jonathan Wilkinson
Harrogate Yoga
Custom content management system, art gallery and podcast/downloads for Amanda Latchmore's Harrogate Yoga website.
