{"id":99,"date":"2012-04-11T18:58:44","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/competition.letchworthfestival.org\/?page_id=99"},"modified":"2012-10-19T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T11:10:09","slug":"careers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/competition.letchworthfestival.org\/?page_id=99","title":{"rendered":"Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Digital 3D modelling and visualisation are employed in a wide and increasing range of careers.\u00a0<em>Some examples are listed below. You are welcome to suggest others!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Often these skills are used by individuals in small companies (operating online, often serving larger businesses) or by teams within large companies. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">local<\/span> market for their services may be so limited that they are almost invisible in the locality where they are based; so look for them online.<\/p>\n<p>When a job opportunity arises they may start by contacting someone they already know or whose work they have seen. Many companies&#8217; and professionals&#8217; web sites explain the specialist kinds of work involved, such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dneg.com\/career_info\/careers_in_3d_455.html\">Careers in 3D<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dneg.com\/\">Double Negative<\/a> in London and Singapore, who produce visual effects for film.\u00a0<em>The links there include career guidance videos for students of various kinds.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Examples of 3D applications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Education, training and research.<\/li>\n<li>Architecture and design.<\/li>\n<li>Geographical sciences, including ecosystems modelling.<\/li>\n<li>Chemistry, e.g. in molecular modelling<\/li>\n<li>Operation in hazardous environments.<\/li>\n<li>Medical imaging.<\/li>\n<li>Emergency simulations.<\/li>\n<li>Vehicle driver\/pilot\/crew training.<\/li>\n<li>Cinema and video production.<\/li>\n<li>Gaming software.<\/li>\n<li>Industrial imaging (e.g. in <a href=\"European Imaging Academy\" target=\"_blank\">3D Technology Day<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Automation of buildings and infrastructures.<\/li>\n<li>Marketing: virtual models\/tours of places and premises.<\/li>\n<li>Security e.g. facial recognition<\/li>\n<li>. . . <em>(go ahead, invent your own and make it happen!)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s a longer list at the <a href=\"http:\/\/sites.google.com\/site\/thevirtualcityexchange\/applications\">Virtual Cities Exchange<\/a> and another in\u00a0CADbuilt Inc.\u2019s CAD Drafting\/Crafting and Design page, in the section on Different CAD Industries <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadbuilt.com\/cad-drafting.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>University courses<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>View an article by The Independent as to why you should study\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/student\/into-university\/az-degrees\/animation-820182.html\" target=\"_blank\">Animation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are examples of academic courses in the UK in digital 3D design:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=21&amp;ved=0CE0QFjAAOBQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.herts.ac.uk%2Fcourses%2F3D-Digital-Animation-BA.cfm&amp;ei=E9TyT-PlMI_R8QP6jLnaCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNGwKPDTTVQNX762bSFrWPVimmPW9g\">3D Digital Animation &#8211; University of Hertfordshire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/courses.bournemouth.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate-degree\/3d-computer-animation\/none\/99\/\">Bournemouth University\u00a03D\u00a0Computer\u00a0Animation\u00a0MA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bournemouth.ac.uk\/courses\/FDCGICMA\">3D Computer Generated Imagery: Modelling &amp; Animation FdSc\u00a0<strong>&#8230;<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=22&amp;ved=0CG4QFjALOAo&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.library.manchester.ac.uk%2Faboutus%2Fconferences%2F3d%2F&amp;ei=NdPyT6amE8Wg8QO9kN28CQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNEze6XgeF5XN4bzz0ngil7tQBM0QQ\">3D: digitise, deliver, discover (The John Rylands University Library &#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=28&amp;ved=0CF0QFjAHOBQ&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww2.gre.ac.uk%2Fstudy%2Fcourses%2Fug%2Fart%2Fgw42&amp;ei=E9TyT-PlMI_R8QP6jLnaCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNExLGIarIUHOn0f5l017dHBkCFDLA\">3D Digital Design and Animation BA Hons &#8211; University of Greenwich<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.co.uk\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=59&amp;ved=0CGIQFjAIODI&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gcu.ac.uk%2Fstudy%2Fpostgraduate%2Fcourses%2F3d-design-for-virtual-environments-8335.php&amp;ei=ItXyT96NLYbd8QPN9M2pCQ&amp;usg=AFQjCNHpfJcTpJyHeKTRIY8hVP1oZu5V_g\">3D Design for Virtual Environments &#8211; Glasgow Caledonian University<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Digital 3D modelling and visualisation are employed in a wide and increasing range of careers.\u00a0Some examples are listed below. 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