“Flight” and “Graffiniti” Take Off at Burlington International

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – A nearly year-long collaboration between Burlington International Airport and the Champlain College Emergent Media Center’s Sandbox Team culminated last week with the launch of two interactive art installations. “People drive by Champlain College, say it’s a beautiful campus, but no one is really sure what is going on behind those walls. […]

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“Talkin’ Ten” with Former EMC Project Manager Lauren Nishikawa ’09

Former Emergent Media Center Project Manager Lauren Nishikawa ’09 stopped by Alumni Auditorium as a member of the Game Panel at Champlain College’s inaugural 2016 Fall Career Conference, and took some time to chat with us about the tenth anniversary of the EMC. What’s it like to look back on ten years of the Emergent Media […]

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EMC Kicks Off 10th Anniversary Celebration

BURLINGTON, Vt. — Champlain College Emergent Media Center Director and Associate Dean Ann DeMarle took center stage Monday morning at the Career Collaborative’s inaugural Fall Career Conference to launch a year-long campaign celebrating the 10th anniversary of the EMC and its programs. “We’ve done a lot in the past ten years. And we are celebrating […]

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The Lakeside PokeGo Gym

By: Giuseppe Liquori Location: Miller Center at Lakeside 3 teams are competing to be “the very best, like no one ever was,” at Champlain College’s Miller Center – the contest to control its gym is never-ending. This is – Pokemon GO! You’ve probably heard about this GPS-based augmented reality game from Niantic by now; social […]

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Photogrammetry and Photorealistic Virtual Reality

Guest Blogger: Kai Godfrey, Game Design ‘18   Imagine a technology that would allow you to put on a Virtual Reality headset and be instantly immersed in a photorealistic simulation of any place on Earth…or even fictional worlds, rendered almost indistinguishably detailed compared to the real world. Believe it or not, this technology already exists. […]

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My First Brainstorm Experience

By Madisen Kramer According to my Google search, the definition of a brainstorm is “a spontaneous group discussion to produce ideas and ways of solving problems.” This is exactly what I did, thanks to the Emergent Media Center (EMC), for two days straight earlier this week. The brainstorm was meant to produce ideas for a […]

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Summer, Scrums, and Critiques

By Giuseppe Liquori Summer ‘16 is here! For the Emergent Media Center (EMC), summer is the busiest time of year – we’re working on a myriad of projects and the absence of classes gives the student employees the ability to produce great work at top speed. The extra time also allows for the studio to […]

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Update on BREAKAWAY & Womanity Foundation

Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Supporters, Those of you following BREAKAWAY know of its recent nomination for the 2016 Womanity Foundation Award for tackling violence against women through Information Communication Technologies. The Emergent Media Center (EMC) at Champlain College and Grassroot Soccer (GRS) South Africa are extremely proud to be one pair of four finalist partnerships […]

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