Founding of Eight
Silicon Knights has been a strong proponent of collaboration with academia and was a key player in the formation of Eight.
Eight: The Hamilton Institute for Interactive Digital Media is a collaboration between Silicon Knights, McMaster University, the Art Gallery of Hamilton (AGH) and Mohawk College. Eight is a new university program that creates a novel academic and research model around interactive digital media and will help pioneer and shape cutting-edge advances in the interactive entertainment arena. Eight is located at McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton.
Eight centers on the development of the "8th Art", art that develops technology and creativity beyond the moving image, i.e. film, and adds interactivity. The program's focus will be on the creation and integration of new technologies, new design and innovative artistic concepts for digital media applications. It will provide a nucleus where students, staff of Silicon Knights, McMaster University, the AGH, and Mohawk College can move seamlessly between organizations on shared research projects and digital media development Qualified staff of Silicon Knights and AGH will have adjunct professorships at McMaster University, and Silicon Knightâs staff will participate fully in research and curriculum development at the new institute.
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