USC Interactive Media Division
- USC Interactive Media Division
The intlink|University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts's Interactive Media Division first accepted students in intlink|2002. In addition to coursework in film production, screenwriting, and animation, students in the division study across three disciplines within interactive media: intlink|virtual reality|immersive media, intlink|mobile phone|mobile media, and intlink|video games. The IMD has a group intlink|weblog edited by the students and faculty, sharing the results of their research.
Major funders of the USC IMD include intlink|Electronic Arts, whose intlink|Bing Gordon took a faculty chair at the school in intlink|2005.
Projects
* [http://interactive.usc.edu/projects/ Projects Gallery]
* "Cloud" - an experimental computer game from 2005, funded in part by a grant from Electronic Arts.
* "flOw"
* "Darfur is Dying"
* PMOG - A vast social meta-game that can be played by completing missions on the Web.
* [http://www.winterbottomgame.com/ The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom] - A game set in an early silent film world that plays with temporal space.
* [http://www.thenightjourney.com/ The Night Journey] - A video game/art project based on the universal story of an individual mystic's journey toward enlightenment.
* [http://www.redistrictinggame.org/ The Redistricting Game] - A video game designed to educate, engage, and empower citizens around the issue of political redistricting.
Personnel
Faculty & Staff
Currently, the division is headed by intlink|Scott Fisher, a pioneer in intlink|virtual reality research, with help from intlink|Jen Stein, a media and communications scholar and intlink|Marientina Gotsis, a new media artist and lab manager for the division. Faculty have included intlink|Steve Anderson, intlink|Anne Balsamo, intlink|Julian Bleecker, intlink|Mark Bolas, intlink|Peter Brinson, Tracy Fullerton, intlink|Perry Hoberman, intlink|Michael Lew, intlink|Erik Loyer, intlink|Jacki Morie, intlink|Michael Naimark, intlink|Eddo Stern, intlink|Chris Swain, intlink|Peggy Weil.
External links
* [http://interactive.usc.edu/ Interactive Media Division Weblog]
* [http://cinema.usc.edu/programs/interactive-media/ Official Academic Information About the Division]
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