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March 21, 2010

IDIA's Virtual Work Featured on Linden Lab's Destination Guide

IDIA Lab's Flickr Gettr and IDIA virtual artist-in-residence, AM Radio is featured on Linden Lab's destination guide for Second Life http://bit.ly/cihz88 + more +

March 20, 2010

FARO and Gexcel Laser Scanner Training

Partnering with CAP, IDIA modeling and animation staff will be undergoing a training in March on the new FARO 3D and Gexcel Laser scanner and Gexcel software. + more +

March 12, 2010

Moodle in Second Life International Meeting Presentation

Presented by John Fillwalk on IDIA Lab's virtual world learning mashup work - SLoodle, Second Life, BlackBoard, Web 2.0, Blue Mars and OpenSim. March 12, ... + more +

March 10, 2010

Ball State University Invited to International Spy Museum in Washington D.C

John Fillwalk, Director IDIA; Phil Repp, BSU CIO and Dr. Roy Weaver, BSU were invited to meet with the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C. ... + more +

September 17, 2009

IDIA presents virtual Bracken Library at the Opening of the Schwartz Digital Complex

At 11 a.m., a free presentation, "Avatars in the Library: The Opening of the Virtual Alexander M. Bracken Library," will take place at the opening ... + more +

Jan 22, 2010 - 10:00AM

IDIA performs at the International Annual Science and Technology Festival in India

John Fillwalk and Jesse Allison travelled to Mumbai, India for the International Annual Science and Technology Festival, January 22-24, to exhibit the Institute for Digital Intermedia ... + more +

Nov 05, 2009 - 09:00AM

iDMAa 7th Annual Conference

Leading academics, professionals and artists will gather at Ball State for the International Digital Media and Art Association’s 7th annual conference to explore the frontiers of ... + more +

Sep 17, 2009 - 11:00AM

IDIA presents virtual Bracken Library at the Opening of the Schwartz Digital Complex

At 11 a.m., a free presentation, "Avatars in the Library: The Opening of the Virtual Alexander M. Bracken Library," will take place at the opening of ... + more +

Jul 31, 2009 - 07:00AM

Summer Robotics and Technology Competition

Muncie’s Robotics team will be competing at the 10th annual Indiana Robotics Invitational Competition this Friday and Saturday in Indianapolis. There will be 72 teams competing ... + more +

Jul 15, 2009 - 12:00PM

IDIA Present Blackboard/SL Greenhouse Grant for Virtual Worlds at Blackboard World 2009

Blackboard Greenhouse Project for Virtual Worlds: The IDIA Second Life/Blackboard Building Block Project
BbWorld '09
7/15/2009 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
National Harbor 2

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IDIA Newsletter

The Institute engages students from all disciplines to work on emerging technology projects. We have participants from Art, Music, Architecture, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Applied Science and many others. More information coming soon. . .

Immersive Seminar in Virtual Worlds

The Immersive Seminar in Intermedia Art is a project-based, interdisciplinary, collaborative production seminar exploring the intersection of aesthetics & emerging technology.

Las Americas

On November 10, the Las Americas Network held the grand opening of its Virtual Design Studio. The event unveils the studio, designed by CAP student Brandon Hoopingarner and created in Second Life by students in the Immersive Seminar in Virtual Worlds. "The nature of the tower's architecture is specific to Second Life. There are no stairs, and dynamic pods and audio bubbles allow groups to meet together or 'fly' away to have private meetings," said dean of CAP Guillermo Vasquez de ... + more +

IDIA Partners |

iDMAa 2009 Conference Networking System | iDMAa 2009 Conference Networking System encompassing RFID conference badges, RFID enabled automated tweet stations, MS Surface conference information center, Second Life Hybrid networking area, and a central web application for mobile device conference information access.

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.

List of Academic Announcements

IDIA Immersion Seminar Recruitment

IDIA at Second LIfe College Fair 2009