Profile
Mr Rob Manton, Lecturer
Rob Manton obtained a BA and MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from Cambridge University.
He joined the department part time in 2002 while still teaching at West Herts College in Watford and is now full time.
He currently divides his time between delivering ESF funded short courses and computer games modules.
Rob has worked in the car industry, computer animation, multimedia development and has developed a 3d game using the industry standard Renderware API.
In his spare time, Rob enjoys obscure music, routing (the woodworking technique not the networking process that is) and making cakes with his two children.
Teaching Areas
- Computer Games Development
- Multimedia
- Web Design and Animation
- Object Oriented programming
Research and Publications
Research Interests
- Educational applications of multimedia and computer games technology
Publications
- Maple, C, Manton, R and Jacobs, H. The use of multiple co-ordinated views in three dimensional virtual environments,. Proceedings of the IV04 conference.
- Manton, R, Maple, C, Callard, A and Baker, M. Sitecam: A Multimedia Tool for the Exploration of Construction Environments. To be published in the proceedings of the IV05 conference. Not yet available.
