The event gives Texas A&M students, faculty and staff the chance to display the university's research and education programs through interactive displays.
Sherman Finch stands with his interactive art. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture An interactive art exhibit featuring sonic sculptures, kinetic assemblages and mechanized drawings created by Sherman Finch, assistant professor of visualization at Texas A&M University, is on display through Saturday, March 10, at Art…
By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture COLLEGE STATION, Dec. 15, 2017 — Using motion graphics, kinetic type and their own design prowess, two Texas A&M University visualization student teams won first place honors in a statewide short film competition to create standout promotional videos for…
A child acts out a story and watches her animated character mirror her moves on screen as part of a motion tracking project being conducted by Sharon Chu, Texas A&M assistant professor of visualization. By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Using motion-tracking technology, Texas A&M visualization…
A scene from the 2012 “Life of Pi,” a film that used Tessendorf’s fluid simulation software and earned a 2013 Academy Award for “Best Visual Effects.” By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Jerry Tessendorf Jerry Tessendorf, an Academy Award-winning professor of visual computing from Clemson University…
By Sarah Wilson, College of Architecture Behind the creation of the bustling metropolis in “Zootopia,” the Oscar-winning animated film where thousands of anthropomorphic animals coexist, was Disney artist Brandon Jarratt, a former Texas A&M visualization student who…
By Sarah Wilson, College of Architecture Reeling from too much Red Bull and bleary-eyed from sleep depravation, a diminishing horde of student game designers, arms laden with computer equipment and unraveled sleeping bags, lumbered out of the Memorial Student Center at Texas A&M University last Sunday night, bringing a…
By Sarah Wilson and Richard Nira, College of Architecture Student video game designers will vie for a Guinness World Record while creating electronic games from scratch in the 48-hour marathon that is Chillennium 2017, an Oct. 13-15, 2017 student-run spectacle staged at the Texas A&M Memorial Student Center by the …