Michael Bruner was part of the team behind “Paw Parade,” a game that was made during Texas A&M’s Chillennium. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Video games and virtual reality environments developed by former Texas A&M visualization students are contenders for top prizes in the final…
Texas A&M student Jonathan Lee Gonzales owns Sunday Drive Records. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture From emo-punk to Arkansas space rock, unassuming music impresario Jonathan Lee Gonzales, an entrepreneurial Texas A&M visualization major with his own record label, is orchestrating a three-city Texas tour…
Rachel Nhan, 3-D fashion designer, prepares a dress for a runway show. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Futuristic bridal gowns, haute couture costumes and tech-inspired fashion accessories, all made with 3-D printers, have garnered international recognition for Rachel Nhan ’11, a Texas A&M Visualization…
By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Viz-a-GoGo, the 24th annual showcase of digital wizardry conjured by visualization students from the Texas A&M College of Architecture, will be staged May 3-6, 2017 in downtown Bryan. Highlighting this year’s event is a public screening at dusk May 6 of…
Students work at a Texas A&M-hosted game jam. By Texas A&M University College of Architecture Staff Texas A&M’s standing as an elite video game design school is reflected in new rankings published by The Princeton Review, a leading test preparation and college admission services company. In the rankings, published…
By Texas A&M University Marketing and Communications The Texas A&M College of Architecture’s Visualization Department will showcase Oscar-winning animation, educational gaming and digital enhancements for therapeutics, among other “zones of engagement” that live at the intersection of art and science, during South-by-Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Week. The multidisciplinary exhibits…
“Zootopia” (Photo courtesy of Walt Disney Animation Studios) By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture From lifelike fur covering the anthropomorphic animal denizens of Disney Animation Studio’s feature, “Zootopia,” to realistic feathers that fluff dry and droop wet on “Piper,” the beachcombing namesake of…
This semester students in almost 50 universities are getting help with introductory calculus, one of the toughest classes on campus, by playing “Variant,” a new video game developed by Triseum, a Bryan educational video game development company led by André Thomas, a member of the Texas A&M visualization…
