The IDIA offers curriculum in partnership with the Department of Art and the School of Music in the College of Fine Arts; and the Department of Architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University. IDIA immersive learning and emerging media experiences attract students from all disciplines to design and produce a host of interactive digital projects. Undergraduate and graduate curriculum in new media are available in Art, Music and Architecture. Several new programs are also in development.
Curriculum and Facilities
The IDIA Immersive Seminar that involves students from across campus to work on innovative projects. Check out our recent news for descriptions of current and ongoing projects.
Immersion Projects
Museum Scanning Project
The IDIA Seminar’s current project focuses on virtually recreating the original settings of various sculptures found throughout the Ball State University Museum of Art. The project focused on scanning five different sculptures using a 3D laser scanner. This project has allowed Ball State students to get involved with 3D scanning by learning the method, techniques […]
Read More About Museum Scanning ProjectNURSING INTERVIEW SIMULATOR
IDIA, in partnership with the BSU School of Nursing, developed and launched a new Nursing Interview Simulator in the virtual world of Blue Mars. Blue Mars is a next generation and high fidelity virtual world that uses the CryEngine game engine. Student nurses practice interviews via role-playing – using avatars with predefined health histories. http://bit.ly/riEpFb
Read More About NURSING INTERVIEW SIMULATORMicrosoft Surface Museum Collection Portal
The IDIA has assembled an interdisciplinary group of students, faculty and industry experts in a significant interactive information portal for the Ball State University Museum of Art (BSUMA). The IDIA team is developing an innovative touch-based interface to navigate the collection, employing and integrating Microsoft Surface with the Museum’s database. The Surface will afford Museum […]
Read More About Microsoft Surface Museum Collection PortalMMFX/IMA Interactive Project
IDIA is creating a media rich interactive digital kiosk for the Digital Fabrication Institute’s MMFX Exhibit hosted by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Students participating in the IDIA Immersion Seminar in Virtual Worlds are developing the interactive interface, which will act as a station within the exhibit where viewers can attain additional biographical and portfolio […]
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VR Furniture System
Virtual and on-demand multi-user furniture system for hybrid reality collaborations.Demonstration of real time deployment of virtual furniture to support simulation of various small group and large group spontaneous interactions. Also demo of hybrid reality telepresence system. The Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) at Ball State University explores the intersection between the arts, sciences, […]
Read More About VR Furniture SystemACADEMY OF DIETETICS AND NUTRITION
IDIA Lab was contracted by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics to develop a dietetics occupational simulator.
Read More About ACADEMY OF DIETETICS AND NUTRITIONAPOLLO 11 50th ANNIVERSARY
3D simulation of Apollo 11 landing created for the John F. Kennedy Library’s 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 Mission. Produced for the International MoonBase Alliance. Produced by the Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts at Ball State University. https://idialab.org/ About IMA The International MoonBase Alliance (IMA) is an association comprised of leading scientists, educators, and […]
Read More About APOLLO 11 50th ANNIVERSARYNEWARK MOUNDS SIMULATION
Ball State’s Institute for Digital Intermedia Arts (IDIA Lab) and the Applied Anthropology Laboratories (AAL) have created a web-based virtual world that interprets the earthworks in their era of construction. The sky is simulated with accurate celestial bodies using data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to allow users to view the moon and sun as […]
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