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The sixth annual event featured presentations on the latest virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies that are driving various fields, from health care to theater to education. 

The Vignelli Center for Design Studies' lecture featuring Toronto-based architect Reza Aliabadi was rebroadcast via media partner Design Milk. The event was also made possible with support from MAGIC Spell Studios.

Joey Wittmann '19 (3D Digital Design), pipeline engineer/technical artist for Happy Mushroom, prominently contributed to the second season of the hit Disney+ series.

Nick Nicely '12 (3D Digital Design), founder of Video Plates and Backings, is providing all RIT students access to his library of more than 5,000 driving plates and moving set backdrops for use in films and media projects.

RIT’s MAGIC Spell Studios is partnering with Pure Imagination Studios, an award-winning independent entertainment studio best known for combining proprietary technology with groundbreaking storytelling, to launch a satellite office and spatial computing studio in Rochester.

RIT ranked No. 6 on the 2021 Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) College Rankings from Animation Career Review. RIT also ranked No. 3 on the east coast and No. 5 among private schools.

Noah Mesh '21 (3D Digital Design) is working as a previsualization artist at THE THIRD FLOOR, an internationally-known studio whose groundbreaking work can be found in blockbuster films, popular TV shows and more.

FuzeHub features RIT's MAGIC Center and talks to Jenn Hinton, associate director of the MAGIC Center.

Two video games affiliated with RIT won awards at the 2021 Game Developers Conference virtual event in July.

The project is part of a five-year masterplan that has already begun to renovate, rejuvenate, and transform spaces to meet the growing demands for a college that serves as the RIT’s creative hub at the intersection of technology, art, and design.

Selma Peña '22 MFA (Film and Animation), a screenwriter with an undergraduate psychology degree, is using her varied background to create compelling stories that are both meaningful and beautiful.

Forbes talks to Richard DeMartino, the Albert J. Simone Endowed Chair for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and director of the Simone Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Ben Garvey, a fourth-year applied arts and sciences major and co-owner of Great Lake Gaming.