Designing virtual identities for empowerment and social change
D. Fox Harrell receives $1.35 million in grant funding to advance research at the intersection of social science and digital technology.
ROTC Joint Military Simulator: Aligning officer training with MIT's vision
New simulator will provide supplemental ROTC training and enhance the leadership and military skills training of future officers.
Navy training game earns accolade at international conference
Interactive game developed by Lincoln Laboratory and the Office of Naval Research to teach ship defense is named Best Government Game at the Serious Games Showcase and Challenge.
A new kind of media theory
MIT professor Fox Harrell works to enrich the subjective and ethical dimensions of the digital media experience.
Le Morte d'Arthur and the engineer
Laura Meeker '14 designed a game combining engineering and literature to convey the essence of Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur."
New system allows for high-accuracy, through-wall, 3-D motion tracking
Technology could revolutionize gaming, fall detection among the elderly, and more.
Building culture in digital media
Fox Harrell’s new book presents a ‘manifesto’ detailing how computing can create powerful new forms of expression and culture.
Big game hunter
MIT sociologist T.L. Taylor studies the subcultures of online gaming and the nascent world of online e-sports.
Learn game development at MIT this summer
MIT Game Lab to offer one-week professional development class on game development for software engineers in August.
Playing with Einstein
MIT Game Lab releases OpenRelativity, a game-development tool to help developers and educators experiment with the effects of special relativity.
Wireless researchers host ‘Game-Jam’
Event will bring together game developers, graphic designers and audio professionals to design mobile games that will help wireless researchers gather information on network data.
MIT Game Lab explores the potential of games and play
New laboratory opens its doors with a symposium, a festival and seven new games.
Kaylee de Soto: A game changer
Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.