Get-in-Line Games was awarded Best Exhibit by a new IAAPA attendee. IAAPA Attractions Expo 2009 is the largest international trade show for the amusements and attractions industry, featuring more than 1,100 exhibitors, more than 100 education sessions and events, and 28,000 attendees from around the world.
Get in Line Games was a student pitched project during the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 semester. Get-in-Line is a queue entertainment system that allows guests to play together on large, shared screens using their cell phones as game controllers.
Get-in-Line Games is a featured product of Evil Genius Designs, a recent spin-off of the ETC which includes ETC Alumni: Tracy Brown, CEO; Evan Tahler, Vice President Technology; Rich Marmura, Vice President Design; Josh Jeffrey, Vice President Creative; Andy Jih, Vice President Production; Natasha Kelkar, Systems Engineer; current ETC student Chris Stagno, Game Design Intern and CMU alumna Erica Sandbothe, Programmer.
To find out more about Evil Genius Designs/Get-in-Line:
http://evilgeniusdesigns.com/index.php
To find out more about IAAPA:
http://www.iaapa.org/expos/index.asp
Congratulations to our friends at EGD!
Recently an ETC Project team's work on the YOUmedia space in the Chicago Public Library has been getting a lot of praise. We found another article in the School Library Journal.
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6702816.html?industryid=47...
For more information on the CPeLevated project see the team's web site:
http://www.etc.cmu.edu/projects/chicago-library/
Way to go CPeLevated team!
On Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Purnell Center's Chosky Theater, we at the Entertainment Technology Center will present the annual Building Virtual Worlds (BVW) Show. From virtual reality to audience interaction and everything imaginable in between, this live showcase of the most impressive student work from the semester is truly a must-see event!
Over the course of this semester, BVW students are collaborating in four-person interdisciplinary teams to create a series of virtual worlds, each of which must be completed within a one to three week time period. We look forward to sharing a variety of these worlds with you.
This year the ETC is very excited to announce the addition of a second BVW Show to accommodate the ever growing number of guests who want to experience this one of a kind event! For the first time ever there will be a 2:30 pm show that is open to the public, on Wednesday December 2nd in the Chosky Theatre. This show is “first come first serve” with the doors opening at 2:00 pm.
The second show will be on December 2nd at 6:00 pm and is strictly a ticketed event by invitation only.
We look forward to seeing you at the Show!
Pittsburgh has been selected to host the United Nations Environment Program's World Environment Day in North America in June 2010 -- an event local government and corporate leaders heralded today as yet another major opportunity for the city to share the story of its transformation from a heavy industrialized to green-based economy.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09288/1005742-455.stm#ixzz0U44E7WUa
The ETC was out at this year's Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) in Seattle, WA this September 4th - 6th. Trino was selected as part of the PAX10 game festival. Recent ETC spin off, Evil Genius Designs was there running some interactive themed queue experiences during PAX. Current ETC student project, SurfaceScapes, was there to discuss their project with Penny Arcade, Wizards and Microsoft. And Seattle has a growing group of ETC alumni, so there really was a great ETC presence at PAX.
