Jeff Watson is an Assistant Professor of Digital Futures and Director of the Situation Lab at OCAD University. His work focuses on investigating how game design, pervasive computing, and social media can enable new forms of storytelling, participation, and civic engagement. Jeff has consulted and produced commissioned work for a variety of institutions and companies, including Intel, BMWMini, the National Film Board of Canada, TSN, the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Boeing, Tiltfactor, Take Action Games, Los Angeles World Airports, and the Institute for Multimedia Literacy. He has worked as a designer and research associate at the USC Game Innovation Lab, and is the co-founder of Pervasive and Environmental Gaming LA (PEG-LA), a Los Angeles-based design exchange and mobile games play testing group. Elements of his current work are supported by Microsoft Research. Jeff has presented work at festivals and conferences such as IndieCade, the Game Developers Conference, Games for Change, DiGRA, DIY Days, the Digital Media and Learning Conference, and ARG Fest and at exhibitions at the Hammer Museum and the Museum of the Moving Image. In October of , Jeffs pervasive game (and doctoral research project), Reality Ends Here, won the Impact Award at the IndieCade International Festival of Independent Games. Jeffs work has received coverage from Wired, ARGNet, Fast Company (Co.Exist), GTV, Engine, Culture Hacker, and Henry Jenkins, among others. Jeffs writing has appeared in various publications, including the International Journal of Learning and Media (MIT Press), the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures, Confessions of an AcaFan, Jawbone.tv, and In Media Res. He also maintains a blog at remotedevice.net where he publishes interviews, theory, media making resources, and other ephemera.read more ...read less ...
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University Of Southern California
York University
Canadian Film Centre
Mcgill University
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Arg Designer At University Of Southern California
Transmedia Interaction Designer At Mini
Researcher At Usc Mobile And Environmental Media Lab
Advisor At Revel
Juror At Indiecade
Transmedia Interaction Designer At Bmw
Consultant At Take Action Games
Big Games Program At Indiecade
Consultant At Los Angeles World Airports
Arg Designer At Torgame
User Interfacesocial Media Consultant At Bibliocommons
Screenwriter At January Films
Screenwriter At Industry Pictures
Aafrp Film Resident At Canadian Film Centre
Membership Coordinator And Webmaster At Liason Of Independent Filmmakers Of Toronto
Screenwriter At Sunrise Productions
Membership Coordinator At Liaison Of Independent Filmmakers Of Toronto
Postdoctoral Research Associate At University Of Southern California
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