Immersive Media Design News
A ‘Wave’ of New Understanding About Earth’s Oceans and Atmosphere
By Sala Levin '10 Original Article On one towering screen, monochrome clouds whoosh by as if the viewer is watching them from above. On the next screen, a range of blues and greens on a section of ocean represents the levels of carbon and chlorophyll present. On a third, a rainbow effect on the outer edges of an image of Earth shows how far various wavelengths can penetrate the planet’s surface.
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.