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In honor of our 5th Birthday, the RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction & Creativity is hosting an “open house” with cake, punch and giveaways from Noon-2:00PM on Thursday, February 15 in our current Student Innovation Hall location. Talk with our staff, some of our students and see what we have made together over […]
The NYS Game Dev Challenge is a statewide competition for both students and indie developers with the goal of bringing your game ideas to production. Entrants can register as either a student or indie developer (solo or team), with the latter category being open to any interested developer in NYS.
The ESA Foundation is now accepting applications for its 2018-19 Computer and Video Game Arts Scholarship program. The program provides financial assistance to women and minority students pursuing computer science or video game arts-related degrees at accredited four-year colleges and universities across the United States.
At Rochester Institute of Technology’s MAGIC Spell Studios LLC, students gain richer learning experiences in real-world production environments using the most advanced tech tools Learn more about Dell & MAGIC Collaborations
Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), hardware, and content development can be the grounds for impressive technical feats — but they’re also spaces where radical political, social, legal, psychological, and cultural shifts can begin to take hold. This talk explores the interplay of four levels of “universe hacking” via (re)telling stories from FOSS projects both […]
Let’s have a party! Video game showcase starts at 7PM // Music at 9PM $7 under/$5 over Saturday, January 27, 2018 at 7 PM – 1 AM Bug Jar 219 Monroe Avenue Rochester, NY 14607
The NYS Game Dev Challenge is a statewide competition for both students and indie developers with the goal of bringing your game ideas to production. Entrants can register as either a student or indie developer (solo or team), with the latter category being open to any interested developer in NYS. The challenge will run from […]
A Small Robot Story is an adventure-platformer where you play as Rae, a small robot who activates and has no idea why. So you need to set out and find out what’s up! With a heavy emphasis on story, A Small Robot Story will take you through forests, factories, caves, laboratories, and more as you […]
‘Lost and Found’ games aim to change the legal discourse about religious legal systems, increase collaboration and cooperation A team of interdisciplinary researchers, designers and developers led by Owen Gottlieb, an assistant professor of interactive games and media at Rochester Institute of Technology, has produced two first-of-their-kind table-top games that aim to promote and enhance […]
Frameless Labs — a campus organization housed under the umbrella of the MAGIC Center at RIT — is organizing its second annual symposium as part of a continuing effort to foster community for augmented, mixed and virtual reality across RIT. The symposium will highlight research and innovation that use frameless mediums and their applications in areas such […]
WASHINGTON, DC – November 17, 2017 – The Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA), a professional association of video game scholars and programs at universities, announced today Andy Phelps as President. Phelps is the founder and Director of the RIT Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), founder and former Director of the […]
RIT will recognize four faculty and staff alumni with the Golden Brick Award at this year’s Faculty and Staff Alumni Breakfast and Golden Brick Awards Ceremony.The event starts at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 16, in the Gene Polisseni Center Lobby. The award ceremony will take place from 9 to 10 a.m. following a complimentary […]