Take your ideas forward
When you partner with Centre for Digital Media, we pair your expertise with a multidisciplinary team of four to six students to explore applied technology-focused challenges in search of innovative results.
How does it work?
You can propose projects that span various industries, academic and research, not-for-profits, or community-focused initiatives. Under the guidance of faculty subject matter experts, you’ll work with a diverse team of students on a 12-week project that follows industry-standard development processes.
Easing Access to Pain Care in Rural/Remote Communities
Building trust between individuals and BC's healthcare system together with Providence Health Care. Learn more
Narrative Driven VR Game
Testing the mechanics and developing a prototype VR narrative-driven game with Hammer and Tong. Learn more
Inventory Tracking System
Improving the visualization of data to improve ProShop ERP's client's inventory management workflow. Learn more
Tap into our faculty’s insights
Your projects also include access to our faculty, who have decades of combined experience in the creative technology fields. They will guide the teams and be available for you to leverage their insights for your projects.
Submit a project
Interested in partnering with Centre for Digital Media on a project? Contact industry@thecdm.ca for more information. Ready to submit a project proposal? Let's chat!
Timeline
Spring Term (January to April) - Proposals are due October 31
Summer Term (May to August) - Proposals are due February 28
Dec 2025 (Cohort 19)
The challenge our team aims to address is the growing concern of digital safety...
The Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) faces a challenge in providing...
Our client, Ludic Lemur, is an indie game studio that wants to adapt the popular...
Big Country is an open-world exploration game that reimagines the companion...
Our team is addressing the challenge of making heart surgery education...
Dec 2024 (Cohort 18)
Hollerena: Generative AI Integrated Speech-Powered Mech Robot Arena Battle Game with Buffalo Buffalo
We are team CanCan and are in collaboration with the Vancouver-based game studio...
In the advent of spatial understanding technology as showcased in devices like...
We are developing an action RPG game prototype that explores players having...
Bean Studios is collaborating with Chupacabra Game Studios on a roguelike deck...
Injuries to the upper body in adolescents can result in the loss of mobility...
Develop a design toolkit for the core elements of a game based on proprietary IP...
Untitled Skiing Project is a music-based VR action game on skis with highly...
Dec 2023 (Cohort 17)
For young adults (Gen Z) who have the dream of creating their own songs...
Dusk Wave Arts (DWA) aims to develop a prototype for a first-person shooter...
The project attempts to test the mechanics of a narrative-driven game where...
Artificial Imagination is a project concept by Chupacabra studios that will...
BisonBison is in collaboration with Vancouver-based game studio BuffaloBuffalo...
Hammer & Tong has teamed up with Infinite River Studios at CDM to create a...
This project is a partnership between Pixlworks and MeshCat, a multidisciplinary...
Dec 2022 (Cohort 16)
Lord Chamberlain's Men has teamed up with Departure Lounge Inc. to create an...
Our team expects to deliver creative mini idle game design concepts and...
Merge Haven is a location-based mobile game based on augmented reality (AR)...
For aspiring digital artists Who want to explore and learn 3D modelling...
The objective of this project is to explore and prototype different augmented...
Team Punch and Kicks aim to build an augmented reality game in an immersive...
In collaboration with The Embassy of France in Canada, Art of Festivals, and...
As a part of the MDM Program, we will build a multi-player co-op communication...
Dec 2021 (Cohort 15)
Team Caramel is working with JIBC to design and develop an immersive tool which...
The FlashoVR team will be building a serious fire investigation training game...
Working in collaboration with UBC CPD, HI-BC's goal is to create a real-time...
The Vancouver Maritime Museum is creating a fun and educational tugboat...
The embassy of France in Canada would like to create a serious game simulating...
Create a fun and engaging AR exploration & collection game set in the Alpha...
Dec 2020 (Cohort 14)
Loneliness is a profound human condition that we all experience, and yet we so...
It is increasingly common for kids to play games on mobile devices when they are...
Cloud Roamer is a Single Player Action-Puzzle mobile game. It tells the story of...
Truly Social Game is looking to improve one of their live games, Gold Mania...
Working with AMPD, Greenstone Business Services Ltd and SKonec Entertainment...
Team True Blood is developing a Virtual Reality Game to help its client...
Dec 2019 (Cohort 13)
Wasabi Interactive is exploring ways to tell the stories of minority communities...
Team Purpose: The purpose of BrainBros team is to create an engaging game that...
For art, technology and graphic t-shirt enthusiasts interested in unique and...
Gamification of education can have a positive impact on engaging students. The...
This project aims to raise awareness for safe excavation among British...
Team Fitcraft Lab, is helping Creative Labs (CL) to connect physical activities...
Team Riveter is working with University of Toronto Director Susan Glover...
Dec 2018 (Cohort 12)
The goal of this project is to pitch and develop a prototype of a massive...
The high concept of the project provided by Black Bird Interactive required the...
Friend 2 Friend, a client of Archiact, is looking to create a virtual reality...
Dawn of War 3, developed by Relic entertainment, is a 3D Real-time-strategy game...
We’re making digital companion tools for RPG Junior, a board game that...
Dec 2017 (Cohort 11)
An elegant 2D experience for the meta game that fleshes out the world of the...
Our mission is to tell interesting and compelling stories through puzzle...
Our project this term is to develop a prototype of a single player PC game. In...
The team will develop a large component of BarBeeQ, a game for standing virtual...
Our client would like to develop a game that can entertain and educate high...
Dec 2016 (Cohort 10)
CODEstruction is a 3D strategy/simulation game and visual scripting toolset that...
Forgotten Highway is working with Next Level Games to complete an innovative...
The goal of the Escape Room project is to develop escape room video games...
In collaboration with V2 Games Inc., RAMsquared is working towards creating a...
Dec 2015 (Cohort 9)
Maneki Neko's objective is to ideate and prototype several game concepts that...
Team Out of The Box is focusing on the H+ Technology’s business to consumer...
Retention and monetization are among the biggest challenges developers face in...
Dec 2014 (Cohort 8)
8 Bit Yume is striving to deliver a unique VR gaming experience, in which the...
For touch-based gamers who are looking for a more prolonged co-op gaming...
The main objective of the project is to create an experience that everyone in...
Apr 2013 (Cohort 6)
Apr 2012 (Cohort 4)
The Gold Mountain Guest team worked with Henry Yu and his UBC teams to create an...
Apr 2011 (Cohort 3)
The Gold Mountain Guest team worked with Henry Yu and his UBC teams to create an...
Apr 2010 (Cohort 2)
Carbon Chaos is an iPhone game designed and built to be fun while educating...
