Alternate Reality

Middle schoolers tackle climate change in a new alternate reality game Illustration of Chicago Theater and surrounding buildings covered in plants and foliage.

Middle schoolers tackle climate change in a new alternate reality game

Classrooms pilot 'Cene'—designed by UChicago scholars to encourage creative problem-solving

Nov 15, 2022
ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe ECHO

ECHO game brings students together—and keeps them safe

Campus community finds connection in innovative project from UChicago researchers

Nov 18, 2020
New game to help UChicago community connect during Autumn Quarter ECHO

New game to help UChicago community connect during Autumn Quarter

Through puzzles and play, ECHO challenges participants to explore ideas of health

Oct 1, 2020
How an alternate reality game helped build community during the pandemic Labyrinth

How an alternate reality game helped build community during the pandemic

UChicago’s ‘A Labyrinth’ offers model for new media in an age of social distancing

Jul 9, 2020
Alternate reality game sparks innovative student ideas about climate change Patrick Jagoda

Alternate reality game sparks innovative student ideas about climate change

Oct 9, 2019
Incoming students immersed in world of alternate reality game Kid turning knob on old TV on bookshelf

Incoming students immersed in world of alternate reality game

Sep 29, 2017
A portal in Regenstein Library, and more ...

A look at ECHO, a game from UChicago’s Fourcast Lab

A portal in Regenstein Library, and more ...

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