How Pre-MDM Prepares You To Become a Top Student in the MDM Program
The MDM program is unique in that, rather than focusing on hard skills like coding and design, the program focuses on soft skills such as collaboration, teamwork and leadership, and how to apply these skills to the digital media industry. Soft skills were have been identified as key...
Read MoreThree MDM Student Cohorts Work Together To Develop VR Theater at SIGGRAPH
This past summer, Vancouver hosted SIGGRAPH, an annual computer graphics conference. The conference attracts tens of thousands of global visitors and was the first time SIGGRAPH was back in Vancouver since 2014. MDM faculty Larry Bafia was this year’s producer for the Computer...
Read MoreHow We Managed an xR Prototyping Lab This Summer, Part 3
Improving a Game Prototype and Building an AR App for Set Designers This semester, a team of MDM students formed an xR prototyping lab. Rather than being paired up with an industry client for the semester, they were matched with 5 different clients on a series of 2-3 week rapid xR...
Read MoreHow We Managed an xR Prototyping Lab This Summer, Part 2
Building an Augmented Dance Application with Small Stage This semester, a team of MDM students have formed an xR prototyping lab. Rather than being paired up with an industry client for the semester, they are being matched with 5 different clients on a series of 2-3 week rapid xR...
Read MoreHow We Managed an xR Prototyping Lab This Summer
This semester, a team of MDM students have formed an xR prototyping lab. Rather than being paired up with an industry client for the semester, they are being matched with 5 different clients on a series of 2-3 week rapid xR prototyping sprints. The idea is to adapt existing rapid...
Read MoreStudents Test Networking App at Sustainable Brands Conference
Photo: Graeme Hodson-Walker, Chief Business Development Officer at ROMEX Canada (West) using the Mesh app at the Sunstainable Brands Conference. Last semester, a team of MDM students worked on a project with Elevator Strategy, a Vancouver-based marketing company, and Sustainable Brands...
Read MoreStudents Build AR Storytelling App for Vancouver Chinatown Foundation
In the second semester of the Master of Digital Media program, MDM students work in teams on Industry Projects where they are assigned a client and problem they have to help their client solve. Throughout the term, students develop prototypes or applications from concept to deliverable...
Read MoreWhat It’s Like to Spend a Weekend At the Global Game Jam
The is a guest post by Vidhi Shah, MDM student and co-founder of Candor Interactive. The Global Game Jam (GGJ) celebrated its 10th year in January. Every year thousands of game developers decide to come together all over the world and share a room for 48 hours and work on a new game...
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