Category: About Us

If you are inspired by the idea of working with cineDESK, willing to build one yourself, curious about details of the cooperation scheme or interested in virtual production workshops, please drop us a line!

Zurich University of the Arts ZHdK
Department for Performing Arts and Film
cineDESK
email: cinedesk.info[at]zhdk.ch
www.cinedesk.ch

Network

All cineDESK partners are members of the cineDESK network.

Zurich University of the Arts
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
FilmEU

Member contributions to the network include sharing information on workshops and seminars with students and further developing cineDESK’s software and hardware. Specific tools to reach these goals are common workshops of the development teams and the educators as well as an online sharing space.

Developers
Zurich University of the Arts:  Norbert Kottmann, Valentin Huber
The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Copyright
Copyright 2021-2024 Core implementation held by Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK). The core version of cineDESK, based on Unreal Engine and a touch-screen interface, was developed by Norbert Kottmann and Valentin Huber in 2021/22. All rights reserved.

Copyright 2024 Extended functionality (Dollytracks, Jibarm, and Gearhead) held by Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (HKAPA). All rights reserved.

Partners
cineDESK, is a further development of the Previs Table, which goes back to a cooperation with Mirko Lempert (Stockholm University of the Arts) and Simon Andersson (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm). The actual research focuses on advanced features and multiple applications (e.g. for gaming, stage design, architecture etc.)

Towards a broad variety of applications
The actual research and development is dedicated to advanced features and multiple applications (e.g. for gaming, stage design, architecture, forensics etc.)

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