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THE NEWS
The WilmUniverse of Magic and Technology
The College of Technology (COT) is enchanting audiences with its WilmUniverse of Magic and Technology by offering an interactive and innovative display. Faculty and students dress as wizards, sport handmade costumes and lure unsuspecting participants into COT classrooms awash with high-tech wonder.
The “universe” emerged from the COT’s newly formed professional learningcommunity,cametolifewhen students showcased their abilities in the areas of motion capture, interactive experiences, cyber security techniques, radio frequency identification and multiple video demos. (There was even a virtual magic broom ride.)
The COT is a premier educational provider of and hub for interdisciplin- ary technology programs that are
not available anywhere else on the East Coast. “We have a very diverse offering of courses here in the College of Technology,” says Scott Shaw, chair of both the Game Design and Development, and Video and Motion Graphics programs at WilmU. “Through this project, we have been able to highlight all of the COT’s programs in a unique and creative manner,” Shaw says.
According to Dr. Anthony Carcillo, director of MS-IST and chair of Technology Project Management, “All faculty and staff work with our students to combine new technologies into the experience: infrared communications, RFID, 3D design, 3D printing, programming, game design, animation, networking, cyber security, hardware and software design, geographical information
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