2017 DMAE News

LSU's DMAE is featured in Country Roads Magazine. The Digital Media Arts & Engineering program will take part to connect with potential students and the greater Baton Rouge community. Come join us and many others to find out what exciting times we are in store for in our field of study and practice…

Washington State University, Norther Arizona University, and The University of Hong Kong are just a few participants in a self-declared Virtual Reality Day on November 18th. The goal is general outreach and education about the potential of VR. If anyone is interested in holding it at LSU please…

This year's Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) features a variety of professional development sessions related to communication, so we have worked with our friends at BREW to secure a discounted rate for your students. By using the code "brewstudent", they can access $15 tickets for the 3-day…

LSU's Center for Computation and Technology & the Digital Media Arts & Engineering program were demonstrating what the state of Louisiana is doing in Virtual Reality. We joined Cox Communications "Smart Home" on Birdsong Drive in Baton Rouge. We took over a room and turned it into a room-scale VR…

Ideas United has teamed up with Google Play to launch Infinite Deviation: Games. This "is a unique program for emerging mobile game designers from all backgrounds. Pitch and develop an inclusive story, publish and promote it with Google Play, and add your voice to the gaming industry." Submit your…

Leah Haight has been working on a mobile app for building custom dolls that promote a positive body image and embraces customization. Since she started in the DMAE program this has been her focus of development. Building a business from scratch is a difficult venture and she has fearlessly embraced…

Swaybox Studios has developed groundbreaking new puppet technology for film and TV. The studio was founded three years ago by Arthur Mintz, Theresa Andersson, Noah Scruggs and Chris Armand. The four owners met during the production of Mintz and Andersson’s interactive theatre show, “Fantastic Mr…

Last year we had a tour of New Orlean companies in digital media. This year there is a more ambitious trip being planned into the heart of the industry. Encounter Engineering in Silicon Valley is a program designed for those majoring in engineering, computer science or construction management…

Jetstreame productions in Baton Rouge is looking for an unpaid internship for the summer for their upcoming video game. They are looking for you to work for 10 hours a week. A video game developer in Houston is looking at filling 20+ roles including Gameplay Engineers…

The Redstick 2017 Video Game Symposium has our special guests appearing twice both on Thursday and Friday if you want to find out the latest in the video game field. 10:00 - 11:30 am, LSU Art Building, Room 330 Tad Leckman - Finding Your Place in Digital Production: Games…

LSU College of Engineering Hosts Red Stick Festival’s Video Game Symposium The intersection of creativity and technology was on display recently as gaming and software industry leaders from around the country converged on the LSU campus to discuss the future of digital arts at the Red Stick Digital…

TurboSquid has established a scholarship program to help identify and nurture future talent in the 3D industry. The topic for our initial scholarship is “The Importance of Diversity for the 3D Industry.” We want to hear from the future artists (or fans) of our industry. Let us know why you think it…

Electronic Software Association (ESA) site The United States of Video Games is up for a Webby ESA’s new microsite, The United States of Video Games, is in a close race for first place at the 2017 Webby Awards. Let the world know how important the video game industry is to the State of Louisiana…

LSU is very excited to host a Vancouver based start-up that is trying to modernize the recording industry. You will get the rare chance to meet a team that is in the Alpha phase working towards a Beta release. This…

LSU is very excited to host the inimitable Chris Taylor in Baton Rouge. Chris is a driving force in the industry and has a strong point of view on the direction it is moving in. "Chris is a video game designer and entrepreneur most…

LSU is very excited to host The Rogue Intiative. They are a full spectrum production studio specializing in cinematic, interactive virtual reality, film, television, and games. They will be showing their latest game CROWE: THE…

Mike Swanson has over 25 years’ experience in developing games, from touch-screen laserdisc golf in the late 80's to the latest VR content and everything in-between. Mike has had a hand in almost every game genre, game system and has held multiple…

Autodesk brings you a contest to submit some of your 3-d modeling work. Sponsored by Autodesk, The Rookies has announced the call for entries to their global competition for young designers, creators, innovators, and artists. The final submission…

Academy Award nominee Henry LaBounta has over 25 years of entertainment experience in games, film visual effects, feature animation and television. Most recently at Zynga he held the position of Chief Visual Officer. Prior to Zynga Henry was a Partner/Senior…

The EMDM High Voltage concert is an Experimental Music and Digital Media fiesta. Trans-media works with live performers, acoustic instruments, and technology are amplified to a higher plane. Works by guest composer/performer/technologist Jason Freeman…

LSU is proud to announce our second guest speaker for the Redstick Video Game Symposium. We are happy to welcome Jeff to Baton Rouge and excited to hear about large scale development challenges on AAA video game projects. Jeff works at EA…

LSU Announces they 6th Annual Venture Challenge. This is a student only business plan/pitch competition that takes place April 20th. Students write business plans with the Student Business Incubator's help and the finalists get to pitch for a share of $25…

Fanalysis is looking for students to participate in a focus group demonstrating a prototype model of the Fanalysis app. Fanalysis is a smartphone application designed to enhance the college football fan experience. The application is currently in development and is…

The Foundry is hosting a webinar on March 9th, 2017 at 11:00 am Central Time. Save your seat and join Martin Mayer, a Creative Specialist at The Foundry, now! Missed Part I, no problem. Visit A Modo, Mari and Nuke Project for Beginners Part I. Go…

The STE||AR Group is honored to have been selected as one of the 2017 Google Summer of Code (GSoC) mentor organizations! This program, which pays students over the summer to work on open source projects, has been a…

Scott McPherson [amoeba] will be presenting a short history of amoeba’s creative client and visual work and new examples of VR and AR work. Specialising in non-traditional utilisation of games-engine-based VR, Scott will be…

Last year we had visitors up from Electronic Arts, Arena Net, Microsoft, inXile, High Voltage and Gameloft to name a few. You can check out the old website for a sense of the event last April. Join us for the second annual Redstick Video Game Symposium…

The Foundry is hosting a webinar on March 2nd, 2017 at 11:00 am Central Time. Save your seat and join Juan Salazar, a Nuke Studio Product Manager at The Foundry, now! Got questions about online editing in Nuke Studio? I’ll be…

We had 67 participants that included LSU students, high school students, professionals and amateurs from around the state and as far as Mississippi. They created 13 games and we awarded prizes for three teams. Congratuations to the teams that made Dark Maze, Full…

We are one day away from the 2017 LSU Global Game Jam. There are over 90 people signed up to participate and hope this is our biggest jam to date. We also have Electronic Arts on Friday and High Voltage Games on Saturday with booths for those students who are interested in…