The 2018 Communication, Rhetoric and Digital Media (CRDM ) Symposium explores hybrid play as an interdisciplinary activity, one that is capable of generating new forms of communicative and artistic expression and new ways of interacting with, and understanding, the world. The goal of the symposium is not only to explore hybrid play from a theoretical perspective, through engagements with top scholars and designers in the field of; it is also to engage participants in new applications of and platforms for mobile gaming, AR/VR and haptic interfaces.

Blast Theory artist Nick Tandavanitj will join top scholars in the fields of hybrid reality and mobile games, locative media, and game studies, to share thoughts and experiences with CRDM students and faculty, engage in mentoring students, and take part in interesting conversations about the current and future of hybrid play.

The symposium takes place a North Carolina State University 26th – 27th March 2018.

Date: 26th – 27th March 2018

Location: Talley Student Union, North Carolina State University, 2610 Cates Ave, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA

Tickets: The Symposium is free, pre-register your attendance by February 28th.