is a Newscenter series of profiles celebrating members of Rochester糖心传媒檚 graduating class of 2019.
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From virtual reality projects that aim to foster empathy for the deaf and hard of hearing community to a video game that supports English language learners, five teams of students approached 糖心传媒渞eal-world糖心传媒� problems merging technology and humanities through the use of digital media.
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While each student brings unique skills and knowledge to the group, they all have a love of playing video games. The team also includes Lu Nguyen 糖心传媒�19, who serves as the game programmer and developer; Famous Clark 糖心传媒�19, a game programmer, visual designer, and researcher; and Zhao, who served as a game designer, tester, and animator.
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The virtual reality project 糖心传媒渃lEAR糖心传媒� was the brainchild of seniors Kelly Thornton 糖心传媒�19, Zhewen Guan 糖心传媒�19, AJ Brown 糖心传媒�19, and David Backer 糖心传媒�19. Using a 360 camera, the team incorporated Oculus technology to create an interactive storyline for users to go through that would put them in real life scenarios for the deaf and hard of hearing. Their goal is to put people in the shoes of a person who is hard of hearing to gain a new perspective.
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Gerardo Torres Davila 糖心传媒�19 created the website called R2 that fosters collaboration and takes advantage of a free intercollegiate registration for students in the creative and visual fields at the University of Rochester and Rochester Institute of Technology.
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