Centre for Digital Media industry innovation projects connect organizations with multidisciplinary graduate teams to tackle real-world digital challenges. Over 12 weeks in Vancouver, teams work with faculty and industry partners to turn ideas into prototypes, proofs of concept and tangible solutions using industry-standard development processes. Projects begin January and May of each year.

An industry project can help if you have an idea you want to prove, a problem you need to solve, an emerging technology (AI, XR, etc.) you want to explore, or a prototype or proof of concept you need before making a larger investment.

Partners bring the challenge and domain expertise, while playing an active role throughout the project, gaining new ways to envision their ideas through:

• Weekly meetings to track progress and share feedback
• Ideation sessions to co-create and challenge assumptions
• User testing to validate ideas with real users

The outcome: A prototype, proof of concept, technical demo, digital product concept, or interactive experience that expands beyond what partners imagined possible. Partners retain full ownership of all intellectual property generated through the project.

Looking to secure funding for your innovation project? We can help strengthen your application. Reach out to industry@thecdm.ca to learn how Centre for Digital Media supports partners with vision-aligned projects, including reviewing proposals and providing letters of support for third-party funders.