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Derek Ham

Founder of Logic Grip, Department Head and Associate Professor of Art + Design at North Carolina State’s University

Derek Ham
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Architecture, Design, Disruptive Thinking, Professors, Research & Exploration, Thought Leadership
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Derek Ham Biography

Derek Ham is the Founder of Logic Grip, a NC State University sponsored startup centered around immersive technology and storytelling focused on bringing value to VR & AR gaming experiences through low cost but dynamic consumer products and game peripheral devices. Derek is also the Department Head and Associate Professor of Art + Design at North Carolina State’s University.

His research interest spans the areas of game-based learning, algorithmic thinking, 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. In his research, he continues to investigate both virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technology to find ways these tools can expand the possibilities of interaction design. Derek has taught previously at Florida A&M School of Architecture, MIT’s School of Architecture, Harvard GSD, the Graduate School of Design, and RISD the Rhode Island School of Design.

In 2017, Derek was awarded a scholarship from the Oculus Launchpad Program and received funding to complete a VR project called “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 VR experience has been broadly celebrated for its achievement in the use of this new technology to communicate history in a meaningful way. 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 the winner of the 2018 FoST Prize for the category, “Bridging the Divide.” The project is contracted for installation as a part of a permanent exhibit at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis, TN at a later date.

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Speaker profile last updated by AAE Talent Team on 05/13/2024.

Derek Ham Videos

  • Pitch & Produce | Barnstormers: Interactive VR experience
    Pitch & Produce | Barnstormers: Interactive VR experience
    Derek Ham (USA) “Barnstormers: Determined to Win” / VR Game - After years of production and development using 3ds Max and Maya with Unreal, North...
  • I Am A Man 360 Experience
    I Am A Man 360 Experience
    The following 360 film has been captured and reformatted from the original immersive VR experience released for the Oculus Rift VR headset.
  • Derek Ham | SOA Lecture Series
    Derek Ham | SOA Lecture Series
    Derek Ham's research expertise spans the areas of game-based learning, algorithmic thinking, and immersive media. As the founder of the Mixed Reality...
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