City Techās COMD Futures‘ Emerging Scholars collaborated with Membit Inc. this semester to launch the COMD Spring Eggventure, an augmented reality experience geolocated on the first floor of the Pearl Hallway at City Tech.
This virtual treasure hunt uses the augmented reality application Membit. To view the experience, download the app on your iPhone or Android and visit COMD on the first floor of the Pearl Building. Discover the ten virtual eggs hidden throughout the COMD Pearl Hallway. Please encourage your students to give it a try!
The COMD Futures Collaboratory, which aims to engage faculty and students in emerging technologies, is collaborating with the augmented reality/AR app membit to supportĀ Say Their Names NYC. This digital monument remembers African Americans killed by police brutality and racist violence.
If you or your students are interested in participating, please review the info below, and contactĀ Prof. JennaĀ Spevack for more information.
Thank you!
AĀ Call for ‘Say Their Names NYC’ Ambassadors
The San Diego African American Museum of Fine Art is looking for New York volunteer ambassadors to participateĀ in the augmented reality/AR memorial project,Ā Say Their Names NYC. This digital monument remembers African Americans killed by police brutality and racist violence and runs from Sept 16 – Oct 15. The memorialĀ is geolocatedĀ in an area ofĀ Central ParkĀ that wasĀ once theĀ thriving African American community,Ā Seneca Village.
After a short training session, volunteer ambassadors will help by engaging park visitors,Ā demonstrating how to use the AR app,Ā membit, and providing support as needed.
Students are encouraged to participate in the project via application to the Emerging Scholars Program, which provides a $500 stipend for full-time students and a $250 stipend for part-time students for conducting research with a faculty member. First-year students may receive additional funding through the Robinhood Foundation Grant.
City Techās COMD Department and the COMD Futures Collaboratory are excited to announce a partnership with Membit.co, a geolocative augmented reality (AR) storytelling platform. The COMD Futures Collaboratory, conceived by Prof. Jenna Spevack to support faculty and student research in emerging technologies, will collaborate with Membit co-founder and CEO Jay Van Buren to engage COMD students and faculty in creative augmented reality research and academic projects.
Our inaugural research project will be an augmented reality exhibition that introduces viewers to the COMD Department through a virtual tour of student work with testimonials from current students and recent graduates using existing assets from recent BFA and Senior Project Shows and other promotional videos produced by COMD students and faculty. The AR exhibition will be geolocated in the COMD Department (Pearl Building), The Society of Illustratorsā MoCCAfest, and Hudson Yards, and will be viewable anywhere using the Membit app.
With support from Prof. Sara GĆ³mez Woolley, City Tech Grace Gallery Director, we are looking for students of all levels to participate in this project via the Emerging Scholars Program which provides a $500 stipend for full-time students and a $250 stipend for part-time students for conducting research with a faculty member. First-year students receive additional funding through the Robinhood Foundation Grant. Students with skills/interests in storyboarding, image editing, 3D modeling, video editing, experience design, or just an interest in augmented reality are welcome to participate.
This site, formally known as The COMD Pedagogy Project, is being redesigned for COMD faculty and staff communications and support. General announcements will be posted below in reverse chronological order.
To receive announcements via email, click the Join button on the project profile. If youāre not yet an OpenLab member, create an OpenLab account and then join.
Welcome to The COMD Faculty Hub (in development). This site provides support for faculty and staff, including teaching, admin, and program development resources.
