An official blog from Centre for Digital Media, Vancouver
Written by Taoan, 2021 Cohort
Recently one of my university friends bought a game called “Inscryption”, and he streamed his gameplay on an online video platform. … Continue readingWhy I enjoy watching game streaming
Written by Octavia, 2021 Cohort
These days, driven by market demand, over 80 percent of animation films are highly commercialized. It misleads most people to believe that animation is childish and always child-oriented. But as an animator, I believe animation is one of the greatest visual art media. … Continue readingMisunderstood Animation
Written by Dong, 2021 Cohort
Last week, I intended to write something but I failed. I was caught in a vicious circle again: reading articles – staring at the screenwriting keywords – reading articles – being afraid of not completing on time – in a daze with the computer. … Continue readingDigital Social Insight: Try not to break the information gap
Written by Oscar, 2021 Cohort
This Friday night was amazing, the reason why was because we had a movie night planned. The movie I’ve watched was recommended by one of my friends and she worked as a Visual Effect Designer in Vancouver. It’s called “Free Guy”. … Continue readingThoughts about the movie “Free Guy”
Written by Xiao, 2021 Cohort
All product design starts from a problem needing to be solved. But when providing solutions, application designers tend to… … Continue readingReturn to origins: people oriented
Written by Cassie, 2021 Cohort
Lil Miquela is a 19-year-old Brazilian-American model, music artist and internet celebrity with over a million Instagram followers… … Continue readingIn the modern world, you can be free to love/follow virtual people
Written by Ruby, 2021 Cohort
In the variety of digital media, users often play diverse roles in storytelling. Often they step into the role of the main characters and experience each plot till the end of the story. Sometimes they become the assistant to help the main character fulfill their goals in the story… … Continue readingDigital Storytelling: Understand the Character
Written by Fang, 2021 Cohort
In my last essay, I introduced several common forms of cognitive load in user interfaces. Today, I am going to emphasize 4 tips to stop cognitive overload from killing your product’s user experience. … Continue reading4 Tips to avoid cognitive overload
Written by Xiao, 2021 Cohort
My world outlook has been rebuilt in these years. I was born in 1991. I have witnessed how our lifestyle has increased, how the material resources have multiplied… … Continue readingGoodbye utopia!
Written by Cassie, 2021 Cohort
Young people nowadays think a lot. We not only think about life and death but also about inheritance, even though maybe we don’t have many assets to inherit yet. However, there is an inheritance that everyone has: chat logs, social media updates, photos, gaming gear, etc… … Continue readingAfter writing this article, I think I have something to do before I die