New AR and VR Content Pack Makes the Virtual World Bloom October 29, 2021 Faculty Featured FIEA Games and Interactive Media ORLANDO, FL (November 3, 2021) – Software developers now have new tools that can make their virtual worlds bloom. Thanks to The Harrington Lab at…
September Faculty Spotlight: Nicholas “Noah” Hunter, from Student to Faculty August 31, 2021 Games and Interactive Media The September Faculty Spotlight is on Nicholas “Noah” Hunter, who started teaching in the Games and Interactive Media (GaIM) program in Spring 2021. Specializing in…
Electronic Arts Endows ‘Inclusion in Gaming’ Scholarship for Future NSCM Students June 30, 2021 Games and Interactive Media Students Five months prior to the expected opening of its new studio at the Creative Village in Downtown Orlando, Electronic Arts (EA) has already started fulfilling…
GaIM Assistant Professor’s First Academic Book: ‘Unstable Aesthetics’ June 30, 2021 Faculty Games and Interactive Media When a game releases, it can take on different forms. Through players’ and artists’ creativity, it can become something that has infinitesimal variations. This is…
July Faculty Spotlight: The Multifaceted David Negrin June 30, 2021 Games and Interactive Media The July spotlight has fallen on David Negrin, visiting instructor in the Games and Interactive Media (GaIM) program. As a game designer, screenwriter, immersive theater…
Virtual Nature: Making Knowledge Beautiful March 26, 2021 Faculty Games and Interactive Media Assistant Professor Maria C.R. Harrington, Ph.D., recently presented at The Central Florida Chapter of the Global Association for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)….
March Faculty Spotlight: Daniel Cox, A Rhetorical Lens on Code Pedagogy March 1, 2021 Faculty Games and Interactive Media The March Faculty spotlight has fallen on one of our more recently hired faculty members, Daniel Cox. Cox is a visiting instructor in the Games…
The Nicholson Maker Space at UCF Downtown Reopens for Safe Use November 3, 2020 Games and Interactive Media Soon after the Nicholson School of Communication and Media opened a new 3,500-square-foot Games and Interactive Media Maker Space last fall, the COVID-19 pandemic hit…
Storytelling All Around November 3, 2020 Games and Interactive Media Natalie Underberg-Goode, Ph.D., has a love and respect for storytelling, folklore and above all, culture. With studies ranging from a bachelor’s degree in Sociocultural Anthropology…
Magical Research: Mixing Science Fiction, Fantasy Literature and Gaming September 30, 2020 Games and Interactive Media The Nicholson School is spotlighting staff and faculty members every month. The October spotlight has fallen on Kenton Taylor Howard, English extraordinaire and gaming aficionado….
