Virtual Reality students host virtual lobby at SIGGRAPH for second year
At the SIGGRAPH conference this July in Denver, audience members at the Virtual Reality Theater sat down at their kiosks to experience any of the 12 immersive stories on offer. They first entered a virtual lobby created by students from Ringling College of Art and Design. For the second year in a row, Ringling students […]
Record number of Rookie Awards finalists for Ringling College
Twenty-six finalist spots for the 14th Annual Rookie Awards have been awarded to students from Ringling College of Art and Design, beating last year’s total (25) by one. Ringling once again is one of the top schools for the most entrants, including having more finalists than any other school in Motion Graphics. Finalists for this […]
Ringling College forms first-ever XR Women student chapter
Ringling College of Art and Design has formally established the first-ever student chapter of XR Women, a global community promoting women’s participation in XR (Extended Reality) technologies. The historic partnership was announced June 19 during the 4th Annual XR Women Awards at the Augmented World Expo (AWE) in Longbeach, California. Ana Carolina Pereira, a member […]
Ft. Lauderdale high school student dazzles with VR PreCollege Scholarship submission
A Pine Crest Upper School in Fort-Lauderdale-area high school student turned heads with her video submission for a scholarship to the PreCollege program at Ringling College of Art and Design. Talia Sverdlik, currently attending Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, included the video as part of her application to the PreCollege Virtual Reality Immersion. “I […]
Students gain industry insights and job connections at 2024 Game Developers Conference
Ringling College of Art and Design students, faculty, and staff recently attended the 2024 Game Developers Conference (GDC), held in San Francisco March 18-22. The group represented the College at an informational booth in the event’s expo hall while also experiencing essential seminars and workshops. This year’s featured speakers at GDC included Nintendo Executive Officer […]
Ringling & Moffitt host 8th-Annual VR and Healthcare Global Symposium
The Virtual Reality and Healthcare Global Symposium 2024 is the 8th annual event scheduled from Feb. 29 to March 3, 2024. The event’s first two days will take place at Ringling College of Art and Design, followed by two days at Tampa’s Moffitt Cancer Center. The symposium aims to foster partnership and collaboration in healthcare, […]
Ringling College to host first-ever VR Healthcare Hackathon
Ringling College of Art and Design is set to host the first Virtual Reality Healthcare Hackathon Invitational this year, from Feb. 9 at 6 pm to Feb. 11 at 3 pm. The College will be joined by peer institutions, each represented by teams of three students from both undergraduate and graduate schools. Each student team […]
Ringling College to host 3-day VR and Healthcare Hackathon
Ringling College of Art and Design will host the first Virtual Reality Healthcare Hackathon Invitational next year, from Feb. 9 at 6 pm to Feb. 11 at 3 pm. The College will be joined by 25 universities, each represented by teams of three students from both undergraduate and graduate schools. Twenty-five developers and healthcare practitioners […]
An evening with Evelyn Miralles, Former Chief NASA Engineer and VR Specialist
Join us at 7pm, on Friday, October 13, 2023, at the Morganroth Auditorium, as Ringling College of Art and Design presents an evening with Evelyn Miralles. Miralles is NASA’s former chief engineer for the Virtual Reality Lab at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Throughout her 27-year career at NASA she garnered multiple awards, […]
Virtual Reality students take over virtual lobby at global SIGGRAPH conference
Aug. 6-10, 2023, SIGGRAPH will hold its 50th conference celebration of the annual event held for computer graphics and interactive techniques, worldwide. This year’s conference will be held in Los Angeles, with recent conferences pivoting between LA, Vancouver, and Anaheim. The acronym stands for “Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques” and each […]