Multi-use Cameras
This is one of our favorite reasons for going with the Black Magic Micro Studio 4k cameras for our 360° rig … having multiple, genlock synced 4k cameras available for students working on VFX shots. This student setup is putting 3 of the cameras to use, two as...
The Revenant – Screening
ACE Lab Presents: The Revenant Thursday, November 10, URBN 239 Screening Room, 7pm Alejandro Iñárritu’s retelling of the story of mountain man Hugh Glass, who traversed 200 miles of American wilderness to find safety after being mauled by a bear. The Revenant won...
Idea Pitch & Team Formation
Idea Pitch & Team Formation Thursday Nov 03, 9 pm URBN Center – Room 246 (MoCap Lab) Join us for a series of lightning “idea pitches”, after which all in attendance will be able to go chat with the members who pitched ideas, to form teams. If you...
Bill Schwab Visit Nov. 4
Bill Schwab, Disney Animation Art Director of Characters Visit Friday, November 4th 2pm Doors Open at 1:30pm Drexel LeBow Building GHALL 031 (Lower Level) 3220 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 To RSVP, Please complete the form linked here: Bit.ly/MoanaDrexel Join us...
Try & Critique – Hololens/Vive
Try & Critique – Hololens/Vive Thursday Oct 27, 9 pm URBN Center – Room 246 (MoCap Lab) We are going hands-on with top rated Hololens and Vive experiences to see what works well and what doesn’t. See you...
Nightmare Before Christmas Screening
Nightmare Before Christmas Screening Thursday October 27, 7pm in the URBN 239 Screening Room Join Assistant Professor John Berton for a look behind the scenes of Henry Sellick’s masterwork The Nightmare Before Christmas, conceived and produced by Tim Burton. The...
iZugar Lenses
For about six months now, we’ve been using the Fujinon 2.7mm security camera lenses with mixed feelings. The FOV and price was right, but distortion issues have continually been a challenge and we’ve been keeping an eye out for better options throughout...
Let’s Start Building VR
Lets Start Building VR Thursday Oct 20, 9 pm URBN Center Room 246 (MoCap Lab) We’re kickstarting collaborative VR development. Introduce yourself and share ideas for VR experiences. Meet others passionate about VR dev and learn about opportunities to get hands on time...
Study VR – MIT Hackathon
STUDY VR A Kinesthetic Learning Framework for the HTC Vive 1st Place Winner in “Human Well-Being” at the MIT Reality Virtually Hackathon, 2016 Created in 32 Hours by the Drexel University VR Club Project Description When you were in school, were...
Alumni Work on Borrowed Time
Congratulations to the entire team that worked on Borrowed Time, an award winning dramatic animation produced by a collection of Pixar artists in their spare time. A weathered Sheriff returns to the remains of an accident he has spent a lifetime trying to forget. With...
MIT Hackathon Insights
MIT Hackathon Insights Thursday, October 13, 9pm-10pm URBN Center – Room 246 – MoCap Lab Come join us to hear about our experience at MIT Reality Virtually – the worlds largest VR/AR hackathon! We’ll be giving a brief overview of our project...Co-Op Q&A Panel
Co-Op Q&A Panel Oct. 5 at 9 PM in URBN 250 Come join us for a panel with the seniors about their recent co-op experiences! Get answers to all your crazy questions! We’ll also have information on how students can get involved with the International Co-op...
Deadpool Screening w/Will Muto
Deadpool Screening / Q&A with Alumnus Will Muto October 6 at 7 PM in the URBN 239 Screening Room Join us as we kick off a new season of ACE-Lab screenings and artist Q&A sessions with DEADPOOL. Prof. John Berton will be introducing and screening the...
Maya – Basic Particle Object Dissolve
Tutorial by Professor Jeremy Fernsler In this video we use Maya’s nParticles to dissolve an object into blowing dust. The techniques used are fairly straightforward and are useful in many other situations. Enjoy! Sample...
SIGGRAPH Welcome Back Event
Welcome Back! Sep 28 at 9 PM to Sep 29 at 12 AM in URBN 250 Hello, and welcome back everybody! For those of you who are incoming freshman, welcome to Drexel’s SIGGRAPH group! This is our first session this Fall term, so we’ll mostly be going over what you...
DUVR Meet & Greet II
Meet & Greet II Thursday Sept 29, 9 pm URBN Center Room 246 (MoCap Lab) Welcome! Come try more HTC Vive virtual reality experiences. We’ll have two Vives going so you’ll be able to get more hands-on time with both. This is our last meet & greet for...
Called it! HVAC Upgrades
Hah! In our last post, we jokingly speculated that the college would need to upgrade the building AC system with all the new processors and GPUs coming in to the new lab systems. Well, not kidding, this is a slide from the Dean’s presentation to the faculty...
DUVR Meet & Greet I
Drexel University VR Club 2016 Kickoff Meet & Greet! Thursday Sept 22, 7 pm URBN Center Room 246 (MoCap Lab) Let’s start the year off right! Come to Westphal URBN to experience Virtual Reality! You will have the opportunity to try a number of VR games and...
DRAGONHEART Screening
Friday, September 16 6:30pm Mandell Theater It’s time to kick off a whole new cycle of Digital Media screenings here at Drexel. This year, we decided that the first one would be about “the Last One” … the last dragon that is. This year’s...Quick Links
