Past Events

MakerCon connects the individuals at the forefront of the Maker Movement and taps into the best thinking on how to make things and get them to market, from new technologies to manufacturing models to funding methods. MakerCon is a meeting place for passionate entrepreneurs who want to test the commercial waters for their prototypes; cultural and civic leaders driving Maker initiatives; and product developers inspired by the Maker Movement.

The ETC Press will be hosting an event in conjunction with CMU's Open Access Week celebration.

Chris Klug, a founding member of Victory Games, will discuss how Victory came about (who first suggested the idea to whom, how we chose the original group, who got added over time, what we all tried to do with Victory).

What makes a great ed game? We asked the kids who are playing them in classrooms.

Across the board, game audio communicates important information to the player. Music plays a crucial role in communicating a sense of place, pacing and an emotional tone. But what if the music in a game communicated more than that? What if it also provided information on which the player could act? This presentation offers a unique look at designing the system of a musical score to drive game-play. By coordinating with the team's game designer and structuring elements of the…

Jesse Schell is keynoting the Future of Immersive Leisure 2017, which designed to give a holistic, expansive view of the immersive technologies that will radically transform out-of-home entertainment, building on recent developments in actual deployments