By Lassonde Staff March 14, 2017 For the fall 2016 semester, Kun Cheng, an Entertainment Arts and Engineering (EAE) graduate student, was the lead engineer developing a virtual reality video game for students with autism through the Therapeutic Games & Apps Lab (or Gapp Lab). Given the framework provided by University of Utah dance instructor […]
Read More07 April 2017 Published in News and Announcements This past Fall, Eric Handman, Associate Professor and Director of the U’s Modern Dance MFA Program, received the 2016 Faculty Award for his excellence in research from the College of Fine Arts, as well as the Campus Incentive Seed Grant which allowed for his groundbreaking research in […]
Read MoreHelp us celebrate the public launch of this year’s games by joining us April 26 for the EAE Launch Party! What’s on Display? Connector. 2017 Published Games Play all the Masters and Undergrad games being published this year! Click here to view the full list of games. GaPP Games A hand-curated selection of current projects from […]
Read MoreEAE and the University of Utah announce varsity esports Varsity esports have arrived at the University of Utah. The U and its nationally ranked Entertainment Arts & Engineering video game development program announced today that it is forming the U’s first college-sponsored varsity esports program. Utah esports will compete in multiple games and has confirmed […]
Read MoreKSL visited to learn more about how games can help with medical issues, so Dr. Altizer introduced them to the Therapeutic Games and Applications (The GApp) Lab, where games are made with a purpose. Check out the video below and click here to view the full article.
Read MoreFrom The Daily Utah Chronicle March 24, 2016By Kylee Ehmann — Video games have a bit of a bad rap in modern society. They are often seen as time-wasters at best and dangerous motivators to violence at worst. Greg Bayles, a student in the Entertainment, Arts and Engineering (EAE) master’s program, is working to change […]
Read MoreFrom UNews This month the Natural History Museum of Utah at the University of Utah will launch a new digital program called Research Quest that will give middle school students across the state of Utah the chance to explore some of the museum’s paleontology collections through in-depth, classroom-based investigations. After two years of prototyping the […]
Read MoreAN ACTION VIDEO GAME DEVELOPED AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HELPS STUDENTS THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THE SCIENCE AND POLITICS OF AIR POLLUTION. Jan. 13, 2015 – It’s not all fun and games when Utah’s Wasatch Front has a bad air day thanks to pollution trapped by a weather inversion. But a new computer game developed […]
Read MoreFrom MobiHealthNews By Jonah Comstock November 11, 2014 03:11 pm Just in time for the start of open enrollment, a Utah health plan has devised a mobile app solution to the problem of convincing so-called “young invincibles” to sign up for health coverage: a gamified app they hope will educate users about the costs of […]
Read MoreFrom Utah Policy Written by Elenor Heyborne on 26 May 2014. The Princeton Review ranks the University of Utah’s Entertainment Arts and Engineering program (EAE) among the top five schools in the nation for both undergraduate and graduate programs. So, it is no surprise when the program turns out winning student teams of video game […]
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