Research

Creative Discovery That Creates Fun

WPI’s IMGD research is all about collaboration, innovation, exploring, and trailblazing in one of the world’s most exciting, rapidly changing industries. How many researchers can say that the end result of their research is the creation of fun and addictive games and interactive media?

Learn more about the many areas in which WPI’s IMGD faculty and students are pushing the boundaries of interactive media and game development in the pursuit of creative ways to improve and expand upon existing technologies--as well as boldly creating truly groundbreaking forms of new media.

Research Focus Area	Associated IMGD Faculty
Artificial Intelligence	Charles Rich
Authoring Tools	Charles Rich
Computer Graphics	Emmanuel Agu    Robert Lindeman
Intelligent Tutoring Systems	Neil Heffernan
Interactive Narrative and Quest Design	Dean O'Donnell
Location-Aware Media	Emmanuel Agu Robert Lindeman
Mobile Graphics and Gaming	Emmanuel Agu Robert Lindeman
Network Games	Emmanuel Agu Mark Claypool
Novel User Interface Devices and Techniques	Robert Lindeman
Serious Games	Dean O'Donnell Charles Rich
Virtual Reality	Emmanuel Agu Robert Lindeman

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