Imagine RIT News

  • May 5, 2017

    Logo for "Imagine RIT: Innovation+ Creativity Festival"

    The show will go on at Imagine RIT

    While organizers did decide to move the 10 a.m. opening ceremonies into Ingle Auditorium, forecasted rain won’t affect much else about tomorrow’s Imagine RIT: Innovation and Creativity Festival. The festival will go, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • May 4, 2017

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    Experience virtual reality at Imagine RIT

    A multidisciplinary team of RIT students and professors is collaborating on a high-quality camera system designed to produce spectacular 3D and 360-degree virtual reality footage that will “transport” Imagine RIT visitors to make-believe environments.
  • May 4, 2017

    Two students wearing VR headsets next to screen

    Students present VR horror game at Imagine RIT

    Meet Jaben McCormack, a fifth-year computer science undergraduate student, and Sarathi Hansen, a computer science graduate student, who created a virtual reality horror game that will be on display at Imagine RIT.
  • May 2, 2017

    Drawing of satellite in space

    Top stories and videos for April

    News about an RIT scientist’s research with the NASA New Horizons spacecraft was the most read story last month. Check out all of April’s top stories and videos.
  • May 1, 2017

    Student filming project

    Technology turns sandbox into topographic map

    Students from RIT’s Society of Software Engineers will showcase projects they’ve been building throughout the school year, including an augmented reality display that turns a sandbox into an interactive topographical map, during Imagine RIT.
  • April 27, 2017

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    Team introduces second-gen virtual therapists

    RIT is advancing interactive medical technologies to help people dealing with addiction, anger management and violent behavior directed at their family and intimate partners. These digital tools can teach coping skills and keep clients focused on recovery.
  • April 27, 2017

    Two emblems for "2017-10 years of GIS and Imagine RIT" and "Golisano Institute for Sustainability"

    Glimpse into the future of digital manufacturing

    Visitors to the Imagine RIT festival can get a glimpse of what’s in store on the manufacturing horizon when they stop by the fourth floor of the Golisano Institute for Sustainability. They will be able to take home their own personalized souvenir of the festival’s 10th year.
  • April 27, 2017

    Logo for "Vantage News" app

    Vantage News tackles ‘fake news’

    At Vantage News, one of the featured Imagine RIT exhibits, visitor “news junkies” will get to test the new mobile application for information on certain topics to obtain alternate perspectives, historical context and related stories that are critical to getting the big picture.
  • April 26, 2017

    Officers posing for camera

    Survey to gather opinions on opiate addiction

    Center for Public Safety Initiatives students are surveying visitors to Imagine RIT about their experience with prescription opiates in order to help find ways to curb overdoses.