Derek Ham
Professor & Dept. Head of Art + Design, North Carolina State University College of Design
Derek Ham, PhD is an Associate Professor and Department Head of Art + Design at NC State University’s College of Design. His research expertise spans the areas of game-based learning and immersive media. He completed his doctoral work in Design Computation from MIT, holds a Master’s in Architecture from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design, and a Bachelor of Architecture from Hampton University. As the founder of the Mixed Reality Lab at the College of Design he investigates both VR & AR technology to find ways these tools can expand the possibilities of interaction design.
In 2017, Derek was funded by Oculus / Facebook to complete the VR project “I Am A Man.” This VR project centers on the Civil Rights, the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Worker’s Strike, and last days of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.. The project has been shown in film festivals nationally and internationally including the SIGGRAPH 2018 Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Program. “I Am A Man” won the Perspectives Award for Immersive Storytelling at the 42nd Cleveland International Film Festival and won VR Best of Show at the 2108 Nashville Film Festival, and was winner of the 2018 FoST Prize for the category, “Bridging the Divide.”
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Derek’s next VR project: Barnstormers: Determined to Win