Games, Film, and Digital Media
A multidisciplinary, entrepreneurial approach to digital media research and production.
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7,000 sq. ft. sound stage plus post-production sound mixing and color correction facility
1st
University to publish to Xbox One platform
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Empire State Development-designated Digital Game Hubs
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Video- and audio-related items students can check out and use through the School of Film and Animation
Multidisciplinary Research in VR/AR/MR/XR
Frameless Labs
Frameless Labs serves to bring attention to all research, innovation, and artistic creation in the fields of virtual and augmented reality at RIT. By providing symposia and an online space for the community of VR/AR makers at RIT to collaborate, Frameless Labs supports the growth of existing ventures and the inspiration of new projects and technology. Frameless Labs also serves to connect RIT ideas to the greater outside community of VR and AR thought leaders.
Related Degree Programs
- 3D Digital Design BFA
- Digital Humanities and Social Sciences BS
- Film and Animation BFA
- Film and Animation MFA
- Game Design and Development BS
(Accelerated dual degree available) - Game Design and Development MS
- Motion Picture Science BS
- New Media Design BFA
- New Media Interactive Development BS
- Visual Communication Design MFA
- Web and Mobile Computing BS
Latest News
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November 28, 2022
Alumna uses film to teach community building
Tina Cannaday Chapman DaCosta ’04 MS, ’14 MFA is using her parents’ life stories to teach important lessons about diversity, equity, and inclusion. In fall 2022, the director of RIT’s Brick by Brick Theater program released Dear Eleanor, her second short film based on her parents’ lives.
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November 14, 2022
Vote now for RIT’s tiger courier for 'Dota 2' game
RIT is vying to be the first university to develop and have a game character accepted into the wildly popular online game Dota 2. The character, or courier, in the form of a tiger, was developed in MAGIC Spell Studios by a team of former RIT students and a faculty adviser.
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October 24, 2022
Telling the story of the Society for the Protection and Care of Children using virtual reality
The Society for the Protection and Care of Children (SPCC) was founded in Rochester, N.Y., in 1875, and yet there are many people in the city who are not familiar with the organization. Capturing the positive impact the SPCC has on families, and sharing the many valuable resources the organization provides, was a challenge that members of RIT’s College of Art and Design accepted.
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October 20, 2022
Top 50 Augmented/Virtual Reality (AR/VR) Colleges in the U.S. – 2022 Rankings
Animation Career Review ranks RIT No. 8 among the top 50 AR/VR colleges in the United States.