Win a FULL CONFERENCE PASS to IEEE VR 2012 the premier international conference and exhibition on virtual reality. Submit a short paragraph on why you should receive this gift to Mark Bolas, Director of the Mixed Reality Lab and Associate Professor in the Interactive Media Department at: dnelson@ict.usc.edu Two people will receive a pass to the conference which [...]

Calling all Trojans! PlayStation is taking over the University of Southern California campus starting October 31 with events, hands-on time with games, free food, and PS3 giveaways. We’ll be giving away seven custom PS3s featuring cardinal and gold and etched USC logo.  To celebrate the launch of the highly-anticipated game UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception, we’ll [...]

One of our new BA students, James Iliff, wrote a post for talkTECH Communciations about E3 and Women in Games. Michelle Estrada, one of our current BA’s, was even quoted in it!  Way to go you two, keep making the division proud!

You can read the article here: http://talktechcomm.com/2011/06/e3-expo-women-in-games-spotlight/

Congratulations to out to the Paradox Shift team today as Paradox Shift was recently written up on Kotaku.

You can read about it here:  http://kotaku.com/5803409/well-this-looks-like-a-neat-way-to-use-time-travel.

The USC Annenberg Graduate Fellowship Program is holding a Research and Creative Project Symposium on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 from 1:30pm-5:00pm at Town and Gown.  Please see the image for details.

IndieCade was established to create vibrant festivals and showcases dedicated to independent games and open to the public. It is their goal to showcase exciting and innovative new work, host productive networking environments, hold important discussions, and have a lot of fun. IndieCade invites independent game artists and designers from around the world to submit [...]

We are pleased to announce that USC’s Interactive Media Division has once again been named the #1 Video Game Design Program in the country, for both undergraduate and graduate programs, by the Princeton Review. Below please find the press break which appears in USA Today announcing USC’s ranking.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gamehunters/post/2011/02/usc-retains-top-spot-among-video-game-design-programs/1

Microsoft Game Studios will be coming to see you on Monday, December 6th at 4pm in RZC 119. Special guest speakers will discuss creative development, user research, creative writing & story-telling, and how to break into the industry. We hope you will join us! Ken Lobb Creative Director, Microsoft Game Studios As Creative Director for Microsoft Game [...]

There’s an artcile on Engadget today about how the USC ICT is getting a new building to amp up its military VR work.  Congrats ICT!

Check out the full article here

The ILMENAU University of Technology, Deparment of Virtual Worlds/Digital Games is doing some really cool work with real-time video enhancement.  Check out the video and article: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-10/video-voodoo-software-removes-objects-live-video

Joe Garlington, VP of Interactive at Disney Imagineering is coming to speak to students in William Huber’s CTIN 309 class tomorrow.  All are invited to attend. Details: Tuesday, October 12th 2-5pm RZC 203 As Vice President, Executive Producer for Interactive Projects, Joe Garlington is responsible for the development of all interactive attractions for Disney theme parks [...]

Internship Week is taking place October 4-7

Internship Week is a series of moderated, information panels, followed by a networking session. Nine industries will be represented throughout the week. This is the perfect chance to find an internship position for the Fall, Spring and/or Summer semester, introduce yourself and network with employers, ask employers specific questions [...]

A feature about IMD showed up on the front page of the new http://www.usc.edu site today, check it out: http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/usc_got_games.html