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Creative Technologies, Fall 2025

Anna Queiroz Explores Media, Relationship, and Identity

September 28, 2025

Throughout her wide-ranging career, every time Anna Queiroz encountered a new field of work or study, she asked herself the same questions: Is there a better way to do this? How do emotions play a role in this? A New Take on Leadership When Anna graduated in psychology and while completing her MBA, she co-founded […]

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Creative Technologies, Fall 2025

Meta XR Higher Education Touts UM First Year Directions

September 28, 2025

The inaugural Meta Educators Community Summit—held in Palo Alto, California on October 17-18, 2024—gathered approximately 70 college and university educators who are at the forefront of using immersive technologies. This gathering marked a significant milestone for Meta’s commitment to immersive technologies in education. Meta for Education Beta Back “[i]n April 2024, Meta announced its development […]

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Creative Technologies, Spring 2024

Navigating New Realms in Interactive Media

January 28, 2024

The University of Miami recently hosted the 10th FilmGate Interactive Media Festival, transforming the Coral Gables Campus into a hub for emerging technologies and narrative creation. Coinciding with Art Basel week in Miami, this vibrant event, titled “Regenerate X”, showcased the dynamic interplay between technology and storytelling.

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Creative Technologies, Fall 2023

Meet Ching-Hua Chuan: Artificial Intelligence Advocate with a Human-Centered Approach

August 26, 2023

The analytical side of Ching-Hua Chuan’s brain led her to leave her native Taiwan to study computer science in the U.S. But it was the artistic side of her brain that helped her discover where she would fit into that massive field of study.

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Creative Technologies, Fall 2023

“Mangrove City” Wins AWE XR Prize Challenge | Education

August 26, 2023

“Mangrove City“, a VR experience geared towards educating middle schoolers on the crucial role mangrove forests play in protecting coastal communities and mitigating climate change, took home the XR prize for the Educate category at the AWE 2023 Awards. This collaborative project was submitted as part of the “XR Challenge: Fight Climate Change.”

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Creative Technologies, Spring 2023

Game and Interactive Media Design Student Casey O’Brien is Living the Dream

January 18, 2023

Casey O’Brien is only months (and a capstone project) away from completing her Master of Fine Arts in Game and Interactive Media Design. A week after she graduates, O’Brien will start her dream job at her dream company, working on her favorite game. “I grew up playing games, from elementary school into college,” said O’Brien. […]

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Creative Technologies, Extended Reality, Spring 2022

COVER STORY: UM Leaps Into The Metaverse

January 29, 2022

Léa Dorne still vividly remembers visiting a Syrian refugee camp and standing inside a family’s United Nations trailer in Jordan. But she wasn’t actually in the Middle East. Dorne observed the family’s reality through an Oculus Quest headset while watching a film shot in virtual reality (VR).

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