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About:

i-DAT is an Open Research Lab for playful experimentation with creative technology. Since its formation in 1998 at the University of Plymouth, i-DAT has delivered world-class research which is manifest as a range of public projects (boundary-fluid art works, interventions, systems and cultural prototypes). i-DAT’s projects are delivered through interdisciplinary collaborations which place people and communities at their core. i-DAT is a vertex in an international network of researchers and practitioners and host to a community of PhD students and artists.

i-DAT’s mission is to engage people in thinking deeper and differently about how they intertwingle with data and computational systems in an increasingly technologically mediated world.

i-DAT manages the Immersive Vision Theatre, delivering shows, productions and research into immersive media (Virtual Reality and Fulldome) environments.

Future History:

i-DAT’s past, present and future is intimately entangled with a suite of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at the University of Plymouth. BSc MediaLab Arts (1992) and MSc Digital Futures (2000) provided the foundations for BA/BSc Digital Media Design/BA/BSc Internet Design/BA Game Arts & Design /MA Game Design / MA Experience Design. Future History supports a synthesis, evolution and entanglement with these programmes, their activities, and our alumni.

Over the last 20+ years i-DAT has had a syncretic relationship with Roy Ascott’s Planetary Collegium (& its CAiiA (Centre for Advanced Inquiry in the Interactive Arts), STAR (Science Technology and Art Research) and CAiiA-STAR manifestations).

 Rooted in the cybernetic, telematic and interactive behaviours defined by Roy Ascott, FUTURE HISTORY maps this influence on the emergence of contemporary art forms…

i-DAT operates under the governance of the University of Plymouth processes and procedures available here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/governance:

• Data & Privacy: In compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulations (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR): https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/governance/information-governance
• Ethics: i-DAT’s research operates under ethical policies available here. https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/governance
• Equality & Diversity: i-DAT is committed to the promotion of equality and diversity in accordance with policies available here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/about-us/university-structure/service-areas/equality-diversity-and-inclusion
• Finance, Contracts & Procurement: i-DAT’s financial procedures are available here: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/your-university/about-us/university-structure/service-areas/procurement

Except where otherwise stated, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons (http://creativecommons.org/) Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/).

Additional Intellectual Property, Commercial activity and NDA’s are negotiated through the University of Plymouth: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/support/intellectual-property.

i-DAT is believes in Open Source Software and our code can be found here: https://github.com/I-DAT/