Tuesday, November 10, 2009
CMU grad students build 3-D snowball fight
Post Gazette: "The students are all in the first semester of the master's degree program at the Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center. The goal of the exercise, in addition to building that virtual world, was to show the students they don't need to be good at everything to create a successful computer game, they just need to be really good at something and be able to work with others who have other skills."
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This is a great class that cmu offers to there students. And I love how it is a cross disciplines class. I would like to take this class but it is probly hard to get in to and it is a lot of work. this is a great class to get different ideas to merge and be come one form all of the different departments. I hop that this class they will contue to have it offered so that I might be able to take it in a few years. This is how we will get great ideas that will amazing the following years.
I've been fascinated by the ETC and can't wait for the chance to attend the Building Virtual Worlds show for the first time this semester. I know that the Drama dept. put together an interdisciplinary class called Interactive Technologies in Live Performance, which embodied a lot of the same principles of interaction across majors with a bent towards theatrical enterprises. With the development of the video game industry and transmedia entertainment models, it really is important for theatre students to not only learn the fundamentals of human performance, but figure out new ways of storytelling through partnerships with art, computer science and human-computer interactions students.
This sounds like such a fun project and game. I am actually surprised that no one really thought of something like this before, but I guess all great ideas must start somewhere. Having also read the Last Lecture, I love seeing that Randy's dream for people across the different disciplines interact and collaborate. We could all learn from this project how important it is to listen to one another, instead of being at each others throats, to listen and expand on each others ideas. I cant wait to see if we can play this game
I think that this is the best type of learning experience. The interdisiplinary coordination makes the expansion of learning cross from art to science applicable. I also love the fact that the two disiplines can have equal say in the design and process. This is crucial because it simulates the real comdition in the real world. The process of working with people that have different expertise and skills than you is crucial in your success as a professional.
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