CMU's Entertainment Technology Center

Just a heads up that we're phasing out X! Find us on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn instead. IG: instagram.com/cmuetc/ FB: facebook.com/EntertainmentT… LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/cmuetc

🌟 Celebrating Randy Pausch Memorial Day! 🌟 "Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted." - Randy Pausch #TheLastLecture #RandyPauschDay #FirstPenguin #Innovation #Courage #Legacy

Just one of the amazing faculty we have @cmuetc featured on the Quest blog: Jesse Schell On the History of VR, the Rise of MR, & the Potential of Digital Worlds meta.com/blog/quest/jes…

Ruth Comley, @cmuetc professor, is preparing students for fright-filled futures in horror. 😱 Comley uses her knowledge of designing haunted houses as a training ground for students to gain practical experience in location-based entertainment. ➡️ cmu.is/ETC-Horror

"To passersby, the Brick Club looks like no big deal... but what happens in Brick Clubs can change a student’s life. It’s almost like magic." #belonging #relationships @BeaverAreaSD @KidsburghPgh @AASAHQ @remakelearning @mattsmakerspace @cmuetc @playincluded @LEGOfoundation ➡️ kidsburgh.org/in-the-beaver-…

MS students attended Get Ready Now, a career exploration conference at the @AlleghenyIU this week where they met pros from @cmuetc, @UPMC, @PhippsNews, and @moonshotmuseum. They also got to try out careers with Virtual Reality equipment! #SFLionPride

Yesterday was a beautiful day for a time-honored ETC tradition: an annual juggling lesson for first-years in the Building Virtual Worlds class, led by faculty member Jesse Schell (INI '94). 🤹

Application for Fall 2025 now open! At the ETC, we bring together students from a diversity of academic backgrounds – talented people who are incredibly passionate about what they do, and who have experience working well with others. 👩‍💻 Apply by 1/1/25: apply.etc.cmu.edu/apply/

ETC faculty member Heather Kelley will give a keynote address next week at SBGames, Latin America’s largest academic conference focused on video games. 🎮 🕹️ Learn more here: sbgames.org/sbgames2024/pa…

What an incredible day with colleagues from @CCIU_24 💚 TY to @cmuetc @SimcoachGames and Dr. Joe Yun. Such a great opportunity to share some of Pittsburgh’s incredible resources! They help us all dream BIGGER so we can better serve our Learners!!! @SouthFayetteSD #SFLionPride

17 years ago today, ETC co-founder Randy Pausch gave his famous last lecture to a packed auditorium. Today, @CarnegieMellon is releasing a remastered version of The Last Lecture completed with #AI video editing technology. Check it out: cmu.edu/news/stories/a…

Last year, Nina Wang re-imagined traditional Chinese culture with the ETC's state-of-the-art immersive technology. Now, her project is continuing on past the end of the semester — including an upcoming museum exhibition. Read the full story here: etc.cmu.edu/blog/nina-wang…

A few snapshots from this year's Adventure Module, a two-day team-building experience that helps our first-year students get to know each other and introduces them to the kind of out-of-the-box thinking that's a hallmark of the ETC. 🚀

What great morning kicking off professional learning with our educators learning about and engaging in playful learning practices! @AmyMBurchDEd @cmuetc #ignitinglearning

"For years, I hoped that my children might develop a love of video games – not just any games, obviously, but specifically the ones I like." We assume this is a sentiment many of our alums can relate to: theguardian.com/games/article/…

Thanks to @Xbox Game Studios @fcherbak for coming to speak with students participating in this year’s National High School Games Academy! NHSGA is an annual summer program where students get a taste of the hands-on learning experience and incredible network ETC has to offer. 👾

Congrats to Assistant Teaching Professor Moshe Mahler for winning Best in Show at this year’s @SIGGRAPH conference. 🏆 “When I finished the film in 2023,” Mahler said, “my son pointed out that this film took his whole life to make!” Read the full story: etc.cmu.edu/blog/moshe-mah…

This summer, ETC second year Meghna Anil is on an internship with Riot Games as a Game Production Intern.

The 2023-2024 academic year was full of achievements and milestones for us. Over the course of two transformative semesters, key offerings and events showcased the Libraries’ evolving role at @CarnegieMellon. 📰 Read all about it: bit.ly/4eBZxi9