Experience projects developed during the Immersive Media Design Program’s New Works Incubator, a six-week summer development program designed to support the creation of immersive media projects by students from across the UMD campus. The Incubator enables individual student creators and teams to explore new areas of immersive media and to create works based on their own interests and initiative.

The following works are being showcased at the Iribe Center:

September 8th @ 6, 6:30, 7, & 7:30pm

• Josie Danckaert: Aquatic Void
  This experience is a 20 minute immersive performance. Seating is limited, please make a reservation in advance, https://go.umd.edu/AquaticVoid.

September 9th @ 11AM-5PM

• AJ Kaladi: VurtEgo: Far From Reality
• AJ Rudd and Bolu Ope: Offerings for Testudo
• Andrea Armas & Tobi Mena: Objeto Teórico
• Jasmine Ali and Manasvi Chegu with FlowerSTEM: AR Photobooth

More projects from the New Works Incubator are available to view at The Clarice on Friday, September 9 from 6PM-Midnight and Saturday, September 10 from 6-8PM.

Immersive Media Design at the University of Maryland is a four-year, cross-disciplinary undergraduate program that prepares students to excel in digital creativity and innovation using the latest immersive media tools and technologies.

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This event is part of NextNOW Fest 2022. NextNOW Fest is a signature event in University of Maryland's Arts for All initiative, which leverages the combined power of the arts, technology and social justice to address the grand challenges of our time. In addition to the festival's student, academic and touring artists lineup at The Clarice, NextNOW Fest will continue partnerships with student-led groups, academic departments and community organizations to hold the festival at sites throughout campus and into College Park!

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