NSManchester – December 2009

I am happy to be able to announce the next meeting of NSManchester will be on the 7th December at BBC Manchester!  We are going to keep the same format from the last meeting of having two shorter talks and then a discussion/Q&A/show and tell session afterwards.

So, what do we have planned? Two awesome talks! That’s what!

Recent Advances in WebKit, Andy Shearer
Andy will be talking about how WebKit has advanced in the past few years.  Notably with mobile, HTML5 and 3D (CSS and WebGL).  I’ll demo a few of the more exciting features, and explain why such developments could radically change what we think is possible with web technologies.

Augmented Reality on the iPhone, Sam Easterby-Smith
Sam will tell the story of how he ended up creating an OpenGL based augmented reality solution for the iPhone. The inspiration, the intense weekend of remembering how to do trigonometry, the silly hacks to make it work (and how 3.1 did and didn’t help). He will be soliciting input on how the toolkit can potentially be taken forward (and possibly open-sourced) as well as how it compares with other offerings. Furthermore this will be a chance to discuss AR technologies, their use and potential impact on mobile applications in general.

The meeting will be held at 7pm on Monday 7th December at BBC Manchester, Oxford Road. If you would like to attend, please sign up!

If you would like to attend the meeting, it is important to sign up so that we can let the venue know who is coming. The BBC building is not a public building so if you don’t sign up you won’t be able to get in!