From time to time, New Media embarks on a special develoment projects. These projects are generally exciting, challenging, and have the potential of a broad use on the campus.
Active New Media projects include:
VR Gallery Builder
Allows the user to create an art exhibition by taking an empty space, adding and rearranging the walls, and populating it with art (with no knowledge of programming or modeling via a simple drag and drop interface).
Pocket Virtual Worlds / Pocket Mobile Gaming
A collaboration with Bowling Green State University that allows for the physical/kinesthetic exploration of photographic virtual worlds on a PDA using a device called a ‘Pocket Navigator’.
Multi-User Timeline Creator
Allows groups of users to work in collaboration to build an interactive multimedia timeline.
Educational Virtual Worlds
From Video Games to Second Life, New Media is always exploring the latest in Virtual Worlds and their use in education.
Pachyderm
First developed at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), Pachyderm is an easy-to-use multimedia authoring tool designed for people who have little or no multimedia authoring experience. New Media is working on new instruction as well as new features for this very rich authoring tool. |
