MAGIC has existed for about five years already, but with the opening of the new center, students working in film, animation, game development, and other digital media studies got a serious upgrade in their classroom environment and amenities.
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RIT’s MAGIC Center gets new director
David Long has been appointed director of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Center for Media, Arts, Games, Interaction, and Creativity and MAGIC Spell Studios. Long, who is associate professor in the College of Art and Design, earned his doctoral degree in color science and is founder and chair of the motion picture science program in the […]
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RIT hosts Game Dev Challenge
College students and indie video game developers wanting to put their ideas to the test will have the chance in a new statewide competition. RIT’s Center for Media Arts, Games, Interaction and Creativity (MAGIC), in partnership with New York University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is hosting a Game Development Challenge, the first for New York […]
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Let there be light and music
When Dave Rivello takes the Kilbourn Hall stage to conduct a new multimedia piece in celebration of the International Year of Light, audience members will not suspect that the work was written in the dark of night. “My best hours have always been from 11 p.m. to 4 or 5 a.m.,” says Rivello, professor of […]
