Just one of the amazing faculty we have @cmuetc featured on the Quest blog:
Jesse Schell On the History of VR, the Rise of MR, & the Potential of Digital Worlds
meta.com/blog/quest/jesse-sc…
Ruth Comley, @cmuetc professor, is preparing students for fright-filled futures in horror. 😱
Comley uses her knowledge of designing haunted houses as a training ground for students to gain practical experience in location-based entertainment.
➡️ cmu.is/ETC-Horror
MS students attended Get Ready Now, a career exploration conference at the @AlleghenyIU this week where they met pros from @cmuetc, @UPMC, @PhippsNews, and @moonshotmuseum. They also got to try out careers with Virtual Reality equipment!
#SFLionPride
Yesterday was a beautiful day for a time-honored ETC tradition: an annual juggling lesson for first-years in the Building Virtual Worlds class, led by faculty member Jesse Schell (INI '94). 🤹
Application for Fall 2025 now open!
At the ETC, we bring together students from a diversity of academic backgrounds – talented people who are incredibly passionate about what they do, and who have experience working well with others.
👩💻 Apply by 1/1/25: apply.etc.cmu.edu/apply/
ETC faculty member Heather Kelley will give a keynote address next week at SBGames, Latin America’s largest academic conference focused on video games. 🎮
🕹️ Learn more here: sbgames.org/sbgames2024/pale…
ALT "The physical future of digital games" with a clip of the abstract and a photo of Heather Kelley.
What an incredible day with colleagues from @CCIU_24 💚 TY to @cmuetc@SimcoachGames and Dr. Joe Yun. Such a great opportunity to share some of Pittsburgh’s incredible resources! They help us all dream BIGGER so we can better serve our Learners!!! @SouthFayetteSD#SFLionPride
17 years ago today, ETC co-founder Randy Pausch gave his famous last lecture to a packed auditorium.
Today, @CarnegieMellon is releasing a remastered version of The Last Lecture completed with #AI video editing technology.
Check it out: cmu.edu/news/stories/archive…
Last year, Nina Wang re-imagined traditional Chinese culture with the ETC's state-of-the-art immersive technology.
Now, her project is continuing on past the end of the semester — including an upcoming museum exhibition.
Read the full story here: etc.cmu.edu/blog/nina-wang-f…
ALT Guests interacting with “Flow” in the CAVERN space (Credit: Nina Wang)
ALT ETC Student Nina Wang performs in the CMU Motion Capture Lab (Credit: “Flow” team)
A few snapshots from this year's Adventure Module, a two-day team-building experience that helps our first-year students get to know each other and introduces them to the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that's a hallmark of the ETC. 🚀
"For years, I hoped that my children might develop a love of video games – not just any games, obviously, but specifically the ones I like."
We assume this is a sentiment many of our alums can relate to: theguardian.com/games/articl…
Thanks to @Xbox Game Studios @fcherbak for coming to speak with students participating in this year’s National High School Games Academy!
NHSGA is an annual summer program where students get a taste of the hands-on learning experience and incredible network ETC has to offer. 👾
ALT Fiona Cherback of Xbox Game Studios poses virtually for a photo op with students.
Congrats to Assistant Teaching Professor Moshe Mahler for winning Best in Show at this year’s @SIGGRAPH conference. 🏆
“When I finished the film in 2023,” Mahler said, “my son pointed out that this film took his whole life to make!”
Read the full story: etc.cmu.edu/blog/moshe-mahle…
The 2023-2024 academic year was full of achievements and milestones for us. Over the course of two transformative semesters, key offerings and events showcased the Libraries’ evolving role at @CarnegieMellon.
📰 Read all about it: bit.ly/4eBZxi9
ALT "A 1970s model Ford F-100 truck drives down Frew Street as spectators watch from the sideline. Hunt Library can be seen in the background." (c.1975) Image from the University Archives, available online in our Digital Collections.