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School of Interactive Games and Media

As part of a collaborative capstone project, students from new media design and new media interactive development are creating interactive experiences with alternative controllers. Three of the projects will be exhibited at the Game Developers Conference Festival of Gaming next week.

Jeff Chen’s analysis of the game In Stars and Time has earned him the Game Developers Conference Game Narrative Review program’s prestigious Gold Prize, which enables him to give a talk and present a poster at the annual event in March.

By offering real-world experience managing teams and clients, MAGIC Spell Studios’ new Student Producer Program presents students with unique opportunities to fully engage in digital media projects under development.

ArtEx creates opportunities for students outside of RIT’s College of Art and Design to participate in creative and collaborative experiences by granting special access to engage with the studios, resources, and expertise available within the School for American Crafts and School of Art.

For the past 11 years, the alt.ctrl.GDC exhibit at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) Festival of Gaming has surprised and delighted visitors, quickly becoming one of the most popular stops on the convention floor. As the exhibit has grown, so has the competition to develop unique controllers and gameplay experiences. After receiving over 100 applicants for this year’s conference, the field has been narrowed to only 20 teams, and 3 of those teams are from RIT.

 

According to Steven Spielberg, all good ideas start out as bad ideas. That’s why a duo from RIT has launched the game studio Bad Ideas Productions.

Government Technology speaks to David Schwartz, director of the School of Interactive Games and Media, about digital twins—virtual versions of real-world spaces.

Annalee Dorozynski, a fifth-year game design and development major, has created a VR recreation of the Music Performance Theater that audience members can use to locate their seat to see the view of the stage from that location.

Over the next three years, the Research Experience for Undergraduates Site in Computational Sensing for Human-centered AI will welcome nine undergraduate students each summer to RIT’s campus. The site is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Projects out of RIT's new media design program were recognized in an international competition for student and emerging motion designers as they were showcased at a summit in Prague, Czech Republic.

More than 300 RIT students have published Changeling VR, a new narrative mystery game on Steam. The virtual reality (VR) game is now available to download for free on the online game platform for early access.

WHEC-TV highlights the first conference on BIPOC Game Studies, co-hosted by RIT.