Nick Burton
Nick Burton is the: Executive Producer of Technology & Communications, Rare Limited.
After completing a Computing Systems Degree, Nick spent 4 years researching 3D Volume Visualization and Surface Reconstruction at NTU. In 1998 Nick left research behind and moved into the Computer Games Industry where he now works as an Executive Producer at Microsoft’s Rare Game Studio. During the past 12 years in the industry Nick has worked on products such as ‘Starfox Adventures’ for the Nintendo GameCube and ‘Kameo: Elements of Power’ for the launch of the Xbox 360 which have entertained millions of people around the world. Nick is currently one of the developers working on the core of the revolutionary Xbox 360 Kinect full body motion control system and holds 7 patents for this technology and will soon launch Kinect Sports.
Nick is an active speaker as has spoken at many industry and academic events including GDC, Develop (Design Keynote), GamesEDU, Edinburgh Interactive Festival and GameCity.
