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Thursday, June 1, 2023

International Conference on Games and Narrative Returns for Second Series

On May 15-19, the GI held its second biennial conference on games and narrative. This year, the conference invited presentations on the theme of “Isolation and Return: The Making of Narrative Worlds.” It was a fully hybrid conference that was made possible with the use of Dr. Neil Randall’s Storyboard Lab, which involved several Cisco screens to create an immersive experience. Around 40 participants joined the conference online while another 30 participated in person.

Thursday, April 6, 2023

Terrorarium by Stitch Media Nominated for Canadian Game Award

Terrorarium by Stich Media, a GI Industry partner, has recently been nominated for the Best VR/AR Game by the Canadian Game Awards. We want to take a trip down memory lane to look at the great work the developers and researchers did back in 2007.

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

The Canadian History Museum is Looking for a Curator, Sport and Leisure

The Canadian History Museum is looking for a Curator, Sport and Leisure in Ottawa/Gatineau. The Museum acquired the Avedon games collection from UW around 2009 and now has a robust collection of board games, as well as material on sport and leisure. The Games Institute is a partner of the Museum and a benefactor of this collection.

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Haptics Experience Lab is looking for a developer for the development of the Haptiverse research platform

The Haptics Experience Lab is seeking a full stack developer to rebuild the Haptiverse platform from scratch within a project timeline of 1.5 to 2 months. The developer should have experience with both front-end and back-end technologies, databases, DevOps skills, communication skills, and experience with support and maintenance. The developer will be provided design/assets and any support as needed. There’s a requirement document and a preliminary database architecture available.

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Tuesday, March 7, 2023

Delegation of Researchers from Saxion University of Applied Sciences Visits the GI

The delegation of Saxion University of Applied Sciences researchers with the children

On March 7, 2023, the Games Institute welcomed a delegation of researchers from Saxion University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands. The researchers, guests of the Dean of Health Dr. Lili Liu, presented health research that intersects with games and immersive and interactive technologies.