
UbVR-Marionette Theatre
Macbeth UbVR-Marionette: Revisiting Craig’s Future Theatre in Hyper-reality Abstract: Edward Gordon Craig’s (1872-1966) futuristic vision for a designed theatre of […]
XR Storytelling, Experience Design, and Virtual Production
I am an Assistant Professor of Realtime VFX and Virtual Production at NCSU, where I teach game design, 3D animation, and extended reality courses in the Art + Design Dept.
Macbeth UbVR-Marionette: Revisiting Craig’s Future Theatre in Hyper-reality Abstract: Edward Gordon Craig’s (1872-1966) futuristic vision for a designed theatre of […]
Selection of Youtube tutorials that supplement my design and multimedia production lectures at FAU since the Covid Pandemic started in […]
FAU Media, Technology, and Entertainment faculty and students have designed an immersive and interactive extended reality (XR) tour experience of […]
AI Generated Concept Art for Games I have started exploring AI tools that use interactive evolutionary or “breeding” algorithms and […]
Media, Technology, and Entertainment MFA (MTEn-MFA) Lab Courses & XR Research Projects at Florida Atlantic University Multimedia courses I teach […]
Chris “Topher” Maraffi Bio Starting in Fall 2022 I will be teaching as a tenure-track Art+Design faculty at North Carolina […]
New Publication: Stage Magic as a Performative Design Principle for VR Storytelling (Summer 2021) Peer-reviewed journal article for a special […]
New FAU Courses in Game Design and XR Spring 2021 Students presented a formal analysis of video games as research […]
Fall 2022: NCSU MADTech Metahuman UE5 Demo & Projects Metahuman-Topher was born dancing on a virtual beach! Some stills from […]