Prof William Latham

William is a designer of computer games and computer artist with expertise in evolutionary art.

Staff details

Position

Professor

Email

w.latham (@gold.ac.uk)

Website

http://mutatorvr.co.uk

Areas of supervision

A designer of computer games, a computer artist and entrepreneur. Expertise in evolutionary art, graphics, generative art, genetics, and the entertainment and video games industries.

Publications and research outputs

Edited Book

Evolutionary Art and Computers Latham, William and Todd, Stephen, eds. 1992. Evolutionary Art and Computers. Academic Press Inc. ISBN 978-0124371859

Book Section

Computational Ecosystems in Evolutionary Art, and Their Potential for the Future of Virtual Worlds Antunes, Rui Filipe; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2016. Computational Ecosystems in Evolutionary Art, and Their Potential for the Future of Virtual Worlds. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. Handbook on 3D3C Platforms. Springer, pp. 441-473. ISBN 978-3-319-22040-6
FoldSynth: A Physics-based Interactive Visualisation Platform for Proteins and other Molecular Strands Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Todd, Stephen; Todd, P; Latham, William; Jefferys, Benjamin and Kelley, Lawrence. 2011. FoldSynth: A Physics-based Interactive Visualisation Platform for Proteins and other Molecular Strands. In: UNSPECIFIED, ed. Proceedings of BioVis 2011. Providence, RI, USA:

Article

Efficacy of a gamified digital therapy for speech production in people with chronic aphasia (iTalkBetter): behavioural and imaging outcomes of a phase II item-randomised clinical trial Upton, Emily; Doogan, Catherine; Fleming, Victoria; Leyton, Pedro Quijada; Barbera, David; Zeidman, Peter; Hope, Tom; Latham, William; Coley-Fisher, Henry; Price, Cathy; Crinion, Jennifer and Leff, Alex. 2024. Efficacy of a gamified digital therapy for speech production in people with chronic aphasia (iTalkBetter): behavioural and imaging outcomes of a phase II item-randomised clinical trial. eClinicalMedicine, 70, 102483. ISSN 2589-5370
On Mixed-Initiative Content Creation for Video Games Lai, Gorm; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2022. On Mixed-Initiative Content Creation for Video Games. IEEE Transactions on Games, 14(4), pp. 543-557. ISSN 2475-1502
A Machine Learning Application Based on Giorgio Morandi Still-Life Paintings to Assist Artists in the Choice of 3D Compositions Salimbeni, Guido; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2022. A Machine Learning Application Based on Giorgio Morandi Still-Life Paintings to Assist Artists in the Choice of 3D Compositions. Leonardo, 55(1), pp. 57-61. ISSN 0024-094X

NUVA: A Naming Utterance Verifier for Aphasia Treatment Barbera, David S.; Huckvale, Mark; Fleming, Victoria; Upton, Emily; Coley-Fisher, Henry; Doogan, Catherine; Shaw, Ian; Latham, William; Leff, Alexander P. and Crinion, Jenny. 2021. NUVA: A Naming Utterance Verifier for Aphasia Treatment. Computer Speech & Language, 69, 101221. ISSN 0885-2308
Virtual Creature Morphology - A Review Lai, Gorm; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Latham, William; Arita, Takaya and Suzuki, Reiji. 2021. Virtual Creature Morphology - A Review. Computer Graphics Forum, 40(2), pp. 659-681. ISSN 0167-7055
Exhibiting Mutator VR: Procedural Art Evolves to Virtual Reality Latham, William; Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter and Putnam, Lance. 2021. Exhibiting Mutator VR: Procedural Art Evolves to Virtual Reality. Leonardo, 54(3), pp. 274-281. ISSN 0024-094X
Flow Fields and Agents for Immersive Interaction in Mutator VR: Vortex Putnam, Lance; Latham, William and Todd, Stephen. 2018. Flow Fields and Agents for Immersive Interaction in Mutator VR: Vortex. Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 26(2), pp. 138-156. ISSN 1054-7460
Swarmic autopoiesis and computational creativity al-Rifaie, Mohammad Majid; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Latham, William and Bishop, Mark. 2017. Swarmic autopoiesis and computational creativity. Connection Science, 29(4), pp. 276-294. ISSN 0954-0091
On Writing and Reading Artistic Computational Ecosystems Antunes, Rui Filipe; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2015. On Writing and Reading Artistic Computational Ecosystems. Artificial Life, 21(3), pp. 320-331. ISSN 1064-5462
Two Decades of Evolutionary Art Using Computational Ecosystems and Its Potential for Virtual Worlds Antunes, Rui Filipe; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2014. Two Decades of Evolutionary Art Using Computational Ecosystems and Its Potential for Virtual Worlds. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research, 7(3),
The Emergence and Growth of Evolutionary Art 1980-1993 Lambert, Nicholas; Latham, William and Leymarie, Frederic Fol. 2013. The Emergence and Growth of Evolutionary Art 1980-1993. Leonardo, 46(4), pp. 367-375. ISSN 0024-094X
Evolutionary Art and Computers Latham, William. 2013. Evolutionary Art and Computers. Hyperseeing,

Conference or Workshop Item

Sensing Nature Zhang, Tianyuan; Lin, Wei; Zhang, Dingye; Pan, Xueni; Latham, William; Grayson, Katie; Watson, Zillah and Gillies, Marco. 2025. 'Sensing Nature'. In: ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference 2025. Madeira, Portugal 5 - 9 July 2025.
Two Decades of Game Jams Lai, Gorm; Kultima, Annakaisa; Khosmood, Foaad; Pirker, Johanna; Fowler, Allan; Vecchi, Ilaria; Latham, William and Leymarie, Frederic Fol. 2021. 'Two Decades of Game Jams'. In: ICGJ 2021: Sixth Annual International Conference on Game Jams, Hackathons, and Game Creation Events. Montreal, Canada 2 August 2021.
The Effect of Spatial Design on User Memory Performance Using the Method of Loci in VR Gerard, Pierre-François; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Latham, William. 2021. 'The Effect of Spatial Design on User Memory Performance Using the Method of Loci in VR'. In: 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN). Eureka, California, United States 17 May-10 June 2021.

An Utterance Verification System for Word Naming Therapy in Aphasia Barbera, David S.; Huckvale, Mark; Fleming, Victoria; Upton, Emily; Coley-Fisher, Henry; Shaw, Ian; Latham, William; Leff, Alexander P. and Crinion, Jenny. 2020. 'An Utterance Verification System for Word Naming Therapy in Aphasia'. In: Interspeech 2020. Shanghai, China 25-29 October 2020.
Creating FormScape VR Latham, William and Putnam, Lance J. 2019. 'Creating FormScape VR'. In: Cyfest 12. St. Petersburg, Russian Federation November 12 2020.
Abstract Shape Synthesis From Linear Combinations of Clelia Curves Putnam, Lance; Todd, Stephen and Latham, William. 2019. 'Abstract Shape Synthesis From Linear Combinations of Clelia Curves'. In: ACM/EG Expressive Symposium 2019. Genoa, Italy 5-6 May 2019.
Mutator VR: Vortex Artwork and Science Pedagogy Adaptations Putnam, Lance; Todd, Stephen; Latham, William and Williams, Duncan. 2019. 'Mutator VR: Vortex Artwork and Science Pedagogy Adaptations'. In: ACM/EG Expressive Symposium 2019 - Posters, Demos, and Artworks. Genoa, Italy 5-6 May 2019.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2017. 'Mutator VR'. In: #postARTandSCIENCE. Henry Wellcome Auditorium, Wellcome Collection, United Kingdom 22 September 2017.
Swarmic Autopoiesis: Decoding de Kooning al-Rifaie, Mohammad Majid; Latham, William; Leymarie, Frederic Fol and Bishop, Mark. 2016. 'Swarmic Autopoiesis: Decoding de Kooning'. In: The AISB16's 3rd International Symposium on Computational Creativity (CC2016). Sheffield, United Kingdom.
FoldSynth: Interactive 2D/3D Visualisation Platform for Molecular Strands Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Latham, William; Kelley, Lawrence A.; Sternberg, Michael; Hugues, Jim and Taylor, Stephen. 2015. 'FoldSynth: Interactive 2D/3D Visualisation Platform for Molecular Strands'. In: Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine (VCBM). Chester, United Kingdom.
FoldSynth: interactive multimedia platform for real and synthetic protein structures Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Todd, P; Todd, Stephen; Latham, William; Kelley, Lawrence and Jefferys, Benjamin. 2010. 'FoldSynth: interactive multimedia platform for real and synthetic protein structures'. In: EMBO Workshop on Visualizing Biological Data (VizBi). EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.
Using DNA to generate 3D organic art forms Latham, William; Shaw, Miki; Todd, Stephen; Leymarie, Frederic Fol; Jefferys, Benjamin and Kelley, Lawrence. 2008. 'Using DNA to generate 3D organic art forms'. In: Proceedings of the 2008 conference on Applications of evolutionary computing. Naples, Italy.
Presentations at E3 Trade Show Latham, William. 1994. 'Presentations at E3 Trade Show'. In: Los Angeles and Consumer Electronics Show. Las Vegas, United States 1994-2003.
The Applications of Evolutionary and Biological Processes to Computer Art and Animation Latham, William. 1993. 'The Applications of Evolutionary and Biological Processes to Computer Art and Animation'. In: SIGGRAPH Panel CaUi. California, United States.
Sculpting and Painting by Computer Latham, William. 1990. 'Sculpting and Painting by Computer'. In: 8th EUROGRAPHICS. Bath, United Kingdom.
Evolution of Programs for Defining Sculptural Forms Latham, William. 1990. 'Evolution of Programs for Defining Sculptural Forms'. In: 8th Eurographics UK Conference. Bath, United Kingdom.

Digital

The History of the Species in Sketch Latham, William and Leymarie, Frederic Fol. 2007. The History of the Species in Sketch.

Film/Video

Organic Television Latham, William. 1994. Organic Television.
Biogenesis Latham, William. 1993. Biogenesis.
Sequence from The Evolution of Form Latham, William and Todd, Stephen. 1989. Sequence from The Evolution of Form.

Project

Mutator VR Latham, William; Todd, Stephen; Putnam, Lance; Todd, Peter and Leymarie, Frederic Fol. 2016 - 2020 Mutator VR.

Show/Exhibition

Mutator VR at Centre Pompidou, Paris Latham, William; Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter and Putnam, Lance. 2020. Mutator VR at Centre Pompidou, Paris. In: "Neurones, les intelligences simulées", Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, 26 February - 20 April 2020.
Mutator Video Art at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai. Green Bank Art Festival 2019 Latham, William. 2019. Mutator Video Art at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai. Green Bank Art Festival 2019. In: "Green Bank Art Festival 2019", Modern Art Museum Shanghai, China, 1 - 30 December 2019.
Formscape VR at ID Art:Tech, Saint Petersburg Latham, William and Putnam, Lance. 2019. Formscape VR at ID Art:Tech, Saint Petersburg. In: "CYFEST-12: ID: International Festival of Media Art", Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 13 – 24 November 2019.

Inside the HSV1, Herpes Simplex Virus in VR - Artistic Variations at The State of Us Exhibition, The Lowry Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Todd, Peter. 2019. Inside the HSV1, Herpes Simplex Virus in VR - Artistic Variations at The State of Us Exhibition, The Lowry. In: "The State of Us", The Lowry, Salford, United Kingdom, 9 November 2019 - 23 February 2020.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2019. Mutator VR. In: "World Conference on VR Industry Expo", Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, China, 19 - 21 October 2019.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2019. Mutator VR. In: "VR Exhibition", 124th Floor, Shanghai Tower, Shanghai, China, 15 - 25 August 2019.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2019. Mutator VR. In: "London Games Festival", Guildhall Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom, 6 April 2019.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2019. Mutator VR. In: "Horniman X Goldsmiths Late", Horniman Museum and Gardens, United Kingdom, 21 March 2019.
Mutator VR at Kinninji Buddhist Temple Latham, William and Putnam, Lance. 2019. Mutator VR at Kinninji Buddhist Temple. In: "KyotoU-Goldsmiths Art & Science International Symposium: "Art Innovation"", Kinninji Buddhist Temple, Kyoto, Japan, 14 - 28 March 2019.
Mutator VR: Mutation Space & Vortex Latham, William. 2018. Mutator VR: Mutation Space & Vortex. In: "Lightwaves 2018", Salford Quays, United Kingdom, 7 - 16 December 2018.
Mutator VR Latham, William. 2018. Mutator VR. In: "Pendoran Vinci: Art and Artificial Intelligence Today", NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, Germany, 9 June - 19 August 2018.
Mutator VR at SHOOM 30 Latham, William. 2017. Mutator VR at SHOOM 30. In: "SHOOM 30", Pulse, Bankside Vaults, London, United Kingdom, 8 - 9 December 2017.
Mutator VR Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Putnam, Lance. 2017. Mutator VR. In: "Ars Electronica Festival 2017", POSTCITY Linz, Austria, 7 - 11 September 2017.
Mutator VR at HYBRIS, Venice, Italy Latham, William; Todd, Stephen; Putnam, Lance and Todd, Peter. 2017. Mutator VR at HYBRIS, Venice, Italy. In: "HYBRIS (Hybrids and Monsters in Contemporary Art)", CFZ - Ca’ Foscari Zattere, Venice, Italy, 13 May - 28 June 2017.
Mutator VR Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Putnam, Lance. 2017. Mutator VR. In: "Cyfest 17", St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 26 January - 6 February 2017.
Mutator VR at East GalleryNUA (Norwich University of the Arts) Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Putnam, Lance. 2016. Mutator VR at East GalleryNUA (Norwich University of the Arts). In: "Mutator VR", East GalleryNUA (Norwich University of the Arts), United Kingdom, 15 November 2016 – 14 January 2017.
Organic Art VR Latham, William; Todd, Stephen and Putnam, Lance. 2016. Organic Art VR. In: "New Scientist Live", ExCeL London, United Kingdom, 22 - 25 September 2016.
Creative Machine Latham, William; Tanaka, Atau and Leymarie, Frederic Fol. 2014. Creative Machine. In: "Creative Machine", St James Hatcham Church Gallery, Goldsmiths, University of London, 7 - 14 November 2014.
Mutation Space Latham, William; Todd, Stephen; Todd, Peter and Ciciani, Lorenzo. 2014. Mutation Space. In: "Creative Machine", St James Hatcham Church Gallery, Goldsmiths, University of London, United Kingdom, 7 - 14 November 2014.
Mutator 1 + 2: Evolutionary Art Latham, William and Gollifer, Susan. 2013. Mutator 1 + 2: Evolutionary Art. In: "Brighton Design Festival", Brighton, 7 Sept - 13 Oct 2013.
Mutator 2. Latham, William. 2007. Mutator 2.. In: "Mutator 2. Willliam Latham and Team Mutator", The National Institute for Medical Research, 11/1/2007 - 12/12/2007.
ARS International Modern Art Latham, William. 1995. ARS International Modern Art. Helsinki, Finland.
Mutation Room Latham, William. 1993. Mutation Room. In: "British Council Show", Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Computer Art Latham, William. 1991. Computer Art. Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France.
The Empire of Form Latham, William. 1990. The Empire of Form. O Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan Tours for 6 months to various locations, see description.
Computer Art Exhibition Latham, William. 1988. Computer Art Exhibition. Utrecht, Netherlands.
Whitechapel Open Latham, William. 1988. Whitechapel Open. Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
Zenit Deposito D'Art Latham, William. 1988. Zenit Deposito D'Art. Turin, Italy.
“The Conquest of Form” Latham, William. 1987. “The Conquest of Form”. The Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, United Kingdom Toured for 4 years various other locations, see description.
Royal College of Art Show Latham, William. 1987. Royal College of Art Show. Concourse Gallery, The Barbican, London, United Kingdom.
International Print Biennal Print Show Latham, William. 1987. International Print Biennal Print Show. Tapai Fine Arts Museum , Taipei, Korea, Republic of.

Software

TideJackers. (Playstation 2, Xbox) Latham, William. 2003. TideJackers. (Playstation 2, Xbox).
The THING2 (Playstation 2,Xbox) Latham, William. 2003. The THING2 (Playstation 2,Xbox).
3 Prototype Game Designs BSKYB Interactive Latham, William. 2003. 3 Prototype Game Designs BSKYB Interactive.

Other

The Thing Latham, William. 2002. The Thing. Vivendi Universal and Konami..

Research Interests

MSc Computer Games and Entertainment

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