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

1 of 3

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

MAGIC Center

The RIT MAGIC Center is a university-wide research center with a multi-disciplinary entrepreneurial approach to digital media research and production.  With a focus on Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity, MAGIC blurs the lines between art and technology.

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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.

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Key Faculty

W Michelle Harris
Associate Professor, Interactive Games and Media
School of Interactive Games and Media
Dave Sluberski
Principal Lecturer, Film and Animation
School of Film and Animation
Mark Reisch
Associate Professor, Film and Animation
School of Film and Animation
Jesse O'Brien
Assistant Professor, Film and Animation
School of Film and Animation
Chao Peng
Associate Professor, Interactive Games and Media
School of Interactive Games and Media
Flip Phillips
Professor, Film and Animation
School of Film and Animation
Adam Smith
Associate Professor, Design
School of Design
David Long
Director of RIT MAGIC Center
VP for Research Office
Joe Geigel
Professor, Computer Science
Department of Computer Science
Susan Lakin
Professor, Photo Arts and Sciences
Dean’s Office

Latest News

  • June 11, 2021

    rocket liftoff from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

    RIT wins award to develop game design training platform as part of NASA’s Moon-to-Mars Mission

    RIT faculty-researchers will develop a game-design training system that could help astronauts maintain balance, motor skills, and other cognitive functions while in space. NASA, in partnership with the National Space Grant Foundation, has selected six university teams, including RIT, to develop innovative design ideas that will help NASA advance and execute its Moon to Mars exploration objectives.

  • May 20, 2021

    exterior of building in Dubai.

    RIT Dubai’s state-of-the-art new campus in the Dubai Silicon Oasis is now operational

    RIT Dubai completed phase one of construction on its state-of-the-art new campus and began officially operating out of the new location in the Dubai Silicon Oasis earlier this semester. The new campus was built with an overarching theme of interactive learning and spans 129,000 square meters with collaborative teaching and research spaces designed to accommodate up to 4,000 students.

  • May 6, 2021

    environmental portrait of student Stephanie Liu.

    New media design graduate taking talents to Amazon Web Services

    While she’ll look back on the pandemic as a most challenging time, graduating new media design student Stephanie Liu also takes pride in knowing how well she rose to the occasion. At the culmination of her internship with Amazon Web Services, the Chicago native was offered a full-time position as a user experience (UX) designer, starting in July.