A New Strategic Plan at the Centre for Digital Media
The board and shareholders of the Great Northern Way Trust (jointly owned by four universities UBC, SFU, Emily Carr, and BCIT and the “parents” of the MDM program) recently approved a new strategic plan for the Centre for Digital Media, the home for the MDM program. This strategic plan...
Read MoreCurating the Planets – A Galactic Design Jam For A Science Museum
For the students of the Master of Digital Media program the first weekend of September is an intense experience. They are asked to create a digital prototype in 48 hours with a group of fellow students they have just met and they know little about. This year we asked them to create...
Read MoreStudents Learn VR at 4 Week Boot Camp
VR technology is developing at a rapid pace and students at the Centre for Digital Media have been busy testing different technologies and exploring the possibilities of VR. A group of 23 students from Communication University of China came to the Centre for Digital Media for the month...
Read MoreComputer Scientist-Turned Interactive Design Programmer: Meet MDM Student Shabnam Suresh Babu
This year’s first women-majority cohort was a major milestone for the Master of Digital Media program. Not only are there more women than men but these women are extremely talented individuals from all over the world. They have a ton of experience, excel in their fields and are eager...
Read MoreUX In Museums: Designing For Unique Experiences
By Darren Decoursey Student-pitched projects are a unique opportunity in the Master of Digital Media program. They allow students with entrepreneurial interests to pitch a startup idea to faculty and, if approved, the students spend a semester working on their pitched project. Last...
Read MoreTop Centre for Digital Media News Stories of 2015
2015 was a great year at the Centre for Digital Media. Dave Fracchia, our new full-time faculty member, was hired in the Spring. Construction on the new Emily Carr University campus started next door (and we’re excited for its opening in 2017!). We also had lots of terrific industry...
Read MoreDigital Media in Brazil
Centre for Digital Media’s director Richard Smith travelled to Brazil early this semester to connect with Brazil’s digital media industry. This is his account of the trip. The Centre for Digital Media has had many amazing students from Brazil in the past few years. Last September, in...
Read More3 Things We Learned Building a VR Experience
By Daniel Nascimento, Marina Lúcio, Guilherme Cunha, Alex Boyd and Victor Li Master of Digital Media students developed a virtual reality experience for their Immersive Environments ( IAT 445 ) class at SFU this past summer. Immersive Environments is an elective course that MDM...
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