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CCI Technical Treasure Hunt
For the first time in 2024, the CCI technical team have organised a treasure hunt to get to know ...
About
The CCI technical team runs a program of technical skills workshops focused on developing essent...
Autumn 2025 Tech Skills Calendar
Welcome new students and welcome back returning ones! This term we are holding one tech skills wo...
Autumn 2024 Tech Skills Calendar
Do get in touch if you have questions about the program. As ever, no prerequisites and no signup ...
Lab Rules
Lab Layout Lab Rules The lab is open from 9:30 - 12:30 and 13:30 - 16:30, Monday to Friday. If ...
DMX Stage Lights
What is DMX? DMX (Digital Multiplex), aka DMX512, is the industry standard protocol for control...
Vive VR Trackers (body / object tracking)
Vive Trackers are little devices that can track their position and orientation in the room, in re...
Spatial Reality Displays (3D with head-tracking)
Our Acer Spatial Labs displays are one type of 'holographic' or spatial reality displays that we...
DJ Controller
How to use the Numark NS7-III The NS7 is a DJ controller with a built-in mixer. It relies on a l...
DMX Lighting Desk (or how to easily adjust the lights!)
Turning on the lights, and the DMX controller Use the mains power switches on the wall behind the...
CCI Stickers, a history...
We print stickers on a regular basis. However, we rarely reprint an old design, so you can date y...
86" Touchscreen Display
Viewsonic 86" 4K multi-touch display The Dark Lab has been outfitted with a large, two meter wid...
Microsoft Kinect (body motion sensor / depth camera)
What is it? Microsoft Kinect V2 is a full-body motion sensor originally released for XBox One ga...
Leap Motion Controller (hand & finger tracking)
The 'Leap Motion Controller 2' is a little usb-connected hand & finger tracking device made by ...
How to book equipment your lecturer has asked you to bring to class
If you've been asked to bring certain equipment to class you need to book this through ORB. Each ...
Workshop: Make and Publish a Website
Making a site and putting it online In this workshop, we will use a template to make a website, ...
Creating a file in Illustrator
Although it's outside the scope of this guide to tell you how to use Adobe Illustrator, we'll cov...
About the our 3D printers
In the Digital Fabrication Lab we have a range of 3D printing equipment for CCI students to use, ...
Workshop: Image, Sound and Video
This workshop will cover different types of files and media. We will look at audio, video and ima...
Projectors
In the Lab We have a selection of video projectors available for use in the Dark Lab. Some of th...