Teaching – Topher Maraffi
2021 FAU Courses in Game Design and XR Spring 2021 Students presented a formal analysis of video games as research posters for midterms in my Video Game Studies (DIG 4713) course. Games were analyz…| Topher Maraffi
An exciting application for virtual production is where actors appear to perform with life-sized Metahumans in a large LED wall […]| Topher Maraffi
Selection of Youtube tutorials starting in 2020 at FAU. Topics include concept art, character animation, game design, and XR applications. […]| Topher Maraffi
NCSU College of Design faculty in Media Arts, Design and Technology (MADTech) are collaborating with Historic Mitchelville Freedom Park (HMFP) […]| Topher Maraffi
AI Generated Concept Art for Games I have started exploring AI tools that use interactive evolutionary or “breeding” algorithms and […]| Topher Maraffi
Spring 2025: MADTech Graduate Thesis Defense Projects Featuring Metahumans Here are excerpts from three NCSU MADTech graduate thesis projects that […]| Topher Maraffi
Chris “Topher” Maraffi Bio Starting in Fall 2022 I will be teaching as a tenure-track Art+Design faculty at North Carolina […]| Topher Maraffi
New Publication: Macbeth Metahuman: Performing Craig’s Über-Marionette in Hyper-Reality (Spring 2025) Conference proceedings paper from Journées d’Informatique Théâtrale (JIT 2024) […]| Topher Maraffi
2021 FAU Courses in Game Design and XR Spring 2021 Students presented a formal analysis of video games as research posters for midterms in my Video Game Studies (DIG 4713) course. Games were analyz…| Topher Maraffi
Spring 2025: SIGGRAPH 2025 Immersive Pavilion Room Lead, Spatial Storytelling Acceptance, and Blog Post After serving as the room lead for SIGGRAPH 2025 conference Immersive Pavilion jury, I am ple…| Topher Maraffi
