Immersive Media Design News
An AR-Aided View of Black History
By Brianna Rhodes Original Article Visitors pointing their phones at the unassuming log cabin tucked along a wooded road in Olney, Md., may see a 19th-century wash basin still wet with laundry just outside the back door, chickens roaming around a wooden coop or a neighboring log cabin just yards away.
UMD's Immersive Media Design Program Bridges Art and Technology
By Samuel Malede Zewdu, CS Communications Original Article
Music Video ‘Immerses’ Viewers in Virtual Performance
By Maryland Today staff Original Article Video
David Obajemu IMD ’25 Documents NASA Field Work
By Jessica Weiss ’05 While scrolling Twitter in 2021, David Obajemu was intrigued to read about a new major at the University of Maryland mixing graphic arts with computer science. “Immersive media design,” or IMD, seemed to be a good fit for the recent transfer student; Obajemu had long practiced various art forms and was increasingly interested in extended reality (XR) technology like augmented and virtual reality. But the more he looked into it, Obajemu had one hesitation: he didn’t know how to code.
Aishwarya Tare Selected as a Finalist for NCWIT Collegiate Award
Aishwarya Tare, an iSchool student working with the Immersive Media Design program and MAVRIC, has been selected as a finalist for the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) 2022 NCWIT Collegiate Award, celebrating 80 undergraduate and graduate women, genderqueer, and non-binary students from 59 academic institutions nationwide.