Interactive Media students take over the Peoria Riverfront Museum

Bradley University students show off their work to the public

By WEEK Reporter

April 30, 2016 Updated Apr 30, 2016 at 6:42 PM CDT
PEORIA, Ill.- Bradley University Interactive Media students showed off their work to the public at the third annual Interactive Media Experience.

The event, known as FUSE, was a one-day exhibit of interactive work created by students and faculty hosted at the Peoria Riverfront Museum

Visitors got the chance to try out the new apps and technologies Bradley students are currently working on.

"It has evolved into a way for the interactive media department to teach the public what it means to be a student. What we create throughout the year, what type of lessons we learn in the year and basically what it means to go into the industry, become either a web and app major, a game design major or an animation and physical effects major," said Quentin Young, executive producer of FUSE and a Bradley student.

"These are the people that are inventing the future and as you can see they're inventing games and animations with applications not only to entertainment but to medicine, to industry, to security," said Jeffery Huberman, dean of the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts at Bradley University.

Organizers plan to hold the event at the Peoria Riverfront Museum again next year.

Click here for a link to the WEEK video feature:  http://www.cinewsnow.com/news/local/Bradley-University-students-show-off-their-work-to-the-public-377698551.html

Bradley University, the Slane College of Communications and Fine Arts, the Department of Interactive Media, and the Peoria Riverfront Museum are excited to announce the third annual Interactive Media Experience, a one-day exhibition of interactive student and faculty work, aimed for users of all ages. This year’s FUSE show is a collective representation of each student’s creative interests, designs, and talents, featuring collaboration among the department’s three majors: Game Design, Animation, and User Interaction/User Experience. This hands-on, interactive show is a fusion of art and technology, serving as a bridge between media and the community. FUSE brings the best of Bradley’s Interactive Media Department to life in a show designed to allow the public to engage with artists and developers using modern day hardware, ripe for innovation and fresh applications. At this year's FUSE show, the department is preparing a number of exhibits for your entertainment! These experiences include:

  • Watch a custom, Bradley-designed Compendium Reel featuring recent work from award-winning Interactive Media students. See this ongoing, high-resolution video in the Giant Screen Theater.
  • Meet the entire department of artists and developers, who will be on hand to display the work they have created. They're enthusiastic about their work and would be honored to talk to you about it!
  • Experience the Green Screen firsthand: see yourself placed in a virtual environment. Take center-stage, and allow your imagination to run rampant as you go wherever your mind can take you!
  • Enjoy five unique games and experiences developed, designed, programmed, and engineered by the department's Catapult Groups. They have created original concepts that offer unique experiences to provide a focal point between technology, media, and the user. FUSE invites you to play, watch, and interact with not only these five Catapult Projects, but with the student body who made them!

You are welcome to join us on Saturday, April 30th from 10am to 5pm at the Peoria Riverfront Museum!