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Herberger Institute at Arizona State University

Prepare for the careers of the future with a suite of transdisciplinary XRts graduate degrees at the Herberger Institute. The future is technology-driven, transdisciplinary, global, bold and just. Be a part of this future by mastering the skills you need for emerging careers and industries at Arizona State University's Herberger Institute for Design in the Arts—skills like augmented reality and experience design, machine learning and artificial intelligence, game design, virtual production, and more. Our programs in Experience Design, XR Technologies, Narrative & Emerging Media, and Futures & Design welcome learners from all backgrounds.

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Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts at University of Nebraska-Lincoln

An arts program unlike any other. EMA teaches students to tell stories and create worlds across disciplines old, new and those still being discovered. Through filmmaking, interactive media, virtual reality, experience design, sonic arts, wearable technologies, AI and more, our students grow into creative leaders for an evolving world, graduating with the skills they need to tell the stories that matter to them.

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The Creative Media Industries Institute at Georgia State University

The Creative Media Industries Institute (CMII) in Atlanta equips students with cutting-edge skills in immersive experiences, virtual production, game development, and game design, preparing them for dynamic roles in the entertainment and tech industries. CMII fosters innovation by blending creative talent with advanced technology training, driving media entrepreneurship, and building partnerships across media, arts, and information sectors.

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Immersive Media Design at University of Maryland

Immersive Media Design (IMD) offers a unique undergraduate program giving students an opportunity to combine their artistic talents with computer science.Steeped in technology, this program allows students an opportunity to code, create, and collaborate in immersive ways. Innovative researchers, digital artists, computer scientists, and experts in augmented and virtual reality, and human computer interaction, comprise the faculty.

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Texas Immersive Institute at University of Texas at Austin

Texas Immersive Institute (TXI) explores audience, storytelling and emerging technology through playing, learning, connecting and creating to accelerate the design and development of impactful immersive experiences.

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Immersive Media Lab at University of Colorado Boulder

The Immersive Media Lab (IML) is a high-impact teaching, research, and creative practice space designed to advance innovation in extended reality (XR) technologies. The IML equips faculty and students with a suite of XR tools for coursework, research, and workshops. Additionally, the lab fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, enabling the seamless integration of XR technologies into research endeavors, creative projects, and commercial applications.

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MACE Virtual Labs

Complete XR solutions. Remove the guesswork by leveraging their expertise to tailor your immersive technology solution, including hardware, software, and an implementation plan.When you source your full solution through MACE, you reduce the risk, cost, and integration issues you’re bound to encounter when you piecemeal a solution from multiple vendors.

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Walking Cinema

Walking Cinema is fascinated with how places hold stories. From the design of doorways to the steam tunnels under old buildings, we leverage guided exploration of places to reveal history, unique characters, and our shared experience.Walking Cinema has worked with cultural organizations and media outlets to produce a unique combination of site-based storytelling, augmented reality, and hands-on learning. We call these experiences “Walking Cinema.” Every day our experiences reach thousands of people around the world.

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California State University, Northridge

The CSUN Department of Cinema and Television Arts is located in the heart of the entertainment industry. With seven programs of study, CTVA offers unparalleled opportunities for academic and professional training in a richly diverse environment.
Our faculty bring extensive professional experience to the classrooms, studios and labs, and are committed to instilling the knowledge, expertise, creative and analytical skills that will allow students to achieve their goals in the fields of television, film and new media.

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MIT Open Documentary Lab

Drawing on MIT’s legacy of media innovation and its deep commitment to open and accessible information, the MIT Open Documentary Lab brings storytellers, technologists, and scholars together to explore new documentary forms with a particular focus on collaborative, interactive, and immersive storytelling.In the spirit of MIT’s open courseware and open source software movements, the Open Documentary Lab is inclusive, collaborative and committed to sharing knowledge, networks, and tools. Open in its understanding of documentary’s forms and potentials, the Lab is catalyst, partner and guide to the future of reality-based storytelling.The Lab understands Documentary as a project rather than as a genre bound to a particular medium: documentary offers ways of exploring, representing, and critically engaging the world. It explores the potentials of emerging technologies and techniques to enhance the documentary project by including new voices, telling new stories and reaching new publics.

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IXA unites top universities and industry partners to foster collaboration in XR research, creative practice, and education, focusing on projects that address real-world challenges. By becoming a member, you'll gain access to cutting-edge tools, interdisciplinary collaboration opportunities, and a community committed to leveraging immersive technologies for social impact and innovation.

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Monday, June 23 | 3 PM CST
Max Thomas — Deep Dive: ComfyUI for Generative AI Workflows
Hands-on insights into 2D and 3D open-source, local-compute, generative AI tools.Monday, July 28 | 3 PM CST
Conversation: Your 3D Tech Stack
A community-driven discussion about favorite tools, techniques, and platforms in 3D content creation. Share what tools you use and teach, what your pipeline looks like, and what you want to learn more about, from rendering to world-building and beyond.Monday, August 25 | 3 PM CST
Pat Clak — Creating Content for Domes and Cosm Explore the process of developing immersive content for dome environments and large-scale venues like Cosm, with insights into both creative direction and technical workflow.Monday, August 25 | 3 PM CST
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What We Have Learned from Running Immerse Journal The editorial team behind Immerse shares their insights on publishing, curating, and building community around immersive media and storytelling.Monday, September 22 | 3 PM CST
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What We Have Learned from Running Immerse Journal The editorial team behind Immerse shares their insights on publishing, curating, and building community around immersive media and storytelling.Monday, October 27| 3 PM CST
Save the Date The editorial team behind Immerse shares their insights on publishing, curating, and building community around immersive media and storytelling.

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