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Project Description
Students of the Creative Media and Digital Culture program at Washington State University Vancouver have created an augmented reality city-building game in collaboration with The Historic Trust. The game is based on historical sites important to the Vancouver, Washington area and have integrated these historic places into the smartphone game. Students created an interactive website and digital timeline that promotes the game and showcases the work that students put in during the development process.
CMDC Description
The Creative Media & Digital Culture Program (CMDC) is a Signature Program at Washington State University Vancouver that integrates research and teaching in an intellectually-diverse, technologically innovative experience, applying inter-and transdisciplinary approaches that foster civic engagement from local-to-global contexts in the areas of Digital Humanities, media art, media communication, media studies, information systems.
The Historic Trust Description
The Historic Trust’s goal with Unfolding was to have The CMDC program create a game that is fun, but that engages people with the history of the Vancouver, Washington in new ways. The Historic Trust believes in preserving history with the management and renovation of Vancouver’s historically significant buildings with philanthropic capacity and strength in community.
About WSUV
Washington State University Vancouver is a 351 – acre campus located in Vancouver, Washington. They are the only “Research 1” institution in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan area. Washington State University Vancouver is a four-year institution with several post graduate programs.