Games Institute members from the Multisensory Brain and Cognition (MBC) Lab, ³§Ã©²¹³¾²¹²õÌý°Â±ð±ð³¦³ó, , and Michael Barnett-Cowan, have co-authored a new paper entitled, "
John Harris, GI resident and Computer Science PhD student, presented a 5 minute short paper at during their "Spotlight on Design Rationale" session. Harris' paper presents his reflections on translating HCI research into concrete game design.
AC Atienza, Master's student in Experimental Digital Media, wrote an article entitled "Viewer Culture and Boardgames" for . Atienza's research interest involves re-application of design principals from one field to another, such as game design into pedagogy or literary theory into game design. Atienza also works as a designer for Cloudfall Studios.
On January 23, the Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology (CBB) and the Games Institute (GI) co-hosted the VR Networking Event. The purpose of the event was to bring faculty and postdocs from UW together to talk about research possibilities and potential collaborations in Immersive Reality (IR) technologies.
Fall 2018, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs launched the first ever GRADflix competition. Graduate students were invited to create a 60-second video, moving slide show, or animation about their research. Entries were judged based on communication, creativity and visual impact, and technical quality.
Gustavo Tondello, GI resident and Computer Science PhD student, was featured on the UÀ¶Ý®ÊÓƵ YouTube channel in a GRADimpact profile video about his research.
Emma Vossen, alum of the Games Institute and former Editor in Chief of First Person Scholar, ran the conference in Vancouver on October 25, 26, and 27, 2018. Vossen also presented a talk about teaching games related classes.
Lennart Nacke, faculty member of the Games Institute and director of the , spoke on a panel, entitled "Keeping the Human in Artificial Intelligence", on December 3 at the .
Mark Hancock, Associate Director of the Games Institute and Director of the , was honoured with the 10-Year Impact Award on Tuesday, Nov. 27 at the (ISS) in Tokyo.
Elise Vist presented a paper at the  (FSNNA) 2018 Conference at DePaul University in Chicago, October 25-27, 2018. Vist is an English PhD candidate studying fans, immersion, and queerness at the Games Institute, as well as the producer for .