Danning Lu
Education
Sheridan College, Art Fundamentals
Honours Bachelor of Arts from York University. Majored in Digital Media.
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Specialization
Virtual Reality | Live Performance | Interactive Design | Motion Graphics
Biography
Growing up with PC games and animation, Danning gained a passion for making games and animation. The passion led to her major in Digital Media at York University. Line many other students, Danning thought Digital Media would be the program to learn game animation. However, Digital Media includes far more than she expected. During the past four years studying at York University, Danning has done a variety of projects under the field of Digital Media, including designing and building robots, interactive performance, interactive installation and game design.
Why Digital Media?
After learning some of the possibilities in digital media during her studies at York University, Danning wanted to know more about digital media and wanted to know how she could refine her skills in this area.
Research
Major Research Project: "Seeing Through Masters’ Eyes — Experience the creation of a master piece in virtual reality"
Virtual reality has been studied for in museums for cultural propose for several years. The technology promises to offer a vivid environment for users to interact within in a first-person perspective. This project proposes a virtual reality experience based on the statues of St. Longinus in St. Peter’s Basilica by Bernini.