Shaping an entertaining future at Carnegie Mellon

Author

Schell, Jesse

Author_Institution

Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Volume

36

Issue

8

fYear

2003

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

98

Abstract

Carnegie Mellon established the Entertainment Technology Center. The ETC uses interdisciplinary cooperation to advance the boundaries of digital technology. The ETC strives to prepare students for careers involving digital media in the entertainment industry. The idea is to prepare students for real-world time constraints and deadlines. The ETC´s interactive animatronics initiative seeks to create conversationally interactive, emotionally compelling animatronic figures. The ETC´s project-oriented approach to teaching innovation has been well received by entertainment companies.

Keywords

computer animation; computer science education; entertainment; interactive systems; multimedia systems; real-time systems; teaching; technological forecasting; training; Carnegie Mellon; ETC; Entertainment Technology Center; animatronic figure; digital media; digital technology; entertaining future; entertainment industry; interactive animatronics initiative; interdisciplinary cooperation; project-oriented approach; real-world time constraint; teaching innovation; Animatronics; Biohazards; Chemical technology; Collaborative work; Engines; Games; Layout; Mobile robots; Real time systems; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2003.1220590

Filename

1220590