WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY

THE CHALLENGE

West Virginia University needed to create a top-of-the-line innovation center to elevate their communications and journalism programs through immersive technology and laboratories, giving students the tools to bring their stories to life.

THE PROCESS

Create a facility that embodies their journalism program and BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) Movement through state-of-the-art technology, encouraging collaboration and innovation.

OUR DELIVERY

Through audiovisual design and installation we delivered: a video wall, interactive displays, IMC digital agency, maker and hacker co-labs, and a social media bridge of six displays that allow up to six different device connections were added.

PROJECT STATS

Huddle Rooms

Bring Your Own Device Movement
• Students and professors can bring their personal computers and plug in to any device to share their screen.

Digital Storytelling Hub
• Home of the Innovator-in-Residence program and where various journalism classes are held, providing experiments through new technology.

Studio B
• Individual students or classes can use the space to record professional quality podcasts and multi-media programming.

The Forum
• The main area for using technology to engage students with guest speakers, hackathons, industry partner ideation sessions, club meetings, and other events.

The Strategic Communications Hub
• Home of the IMC digital agency for capstone classes and the Community Branding Initiative for economic development.

HackerSpace
• Includes a retractable separation screen, turning the area into a complete separate meeting space. It’s also home to the CodeLab program, which teaches students and community members how to develop apps and basic coding.

MakerSpace
• Home to journalism classes, computer gaming classes, experiments with sensors, 3D printing, and drone technology.

AR/VR Labs

TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS

• Echo360
• Vaddio
• BrightSign
• Biamp
• Crestron
• Middle Atlantic
• Netgear
• Panphonics
• Planar
• JBL
• Extron
• Shure
• NewTek
• Panasonic
• Sannheiser
• Logitech
• Da-Lite