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"We assist you in developing strategies to tap into the potential of the creative industries and create opportunities for gaining valuable experience."

GAMING

Support Innovation in Game Design with METU Crea

METU Crea offers a dynamic ecosystem that unites students, developers, designers, industry professionals, and investors, all driven by the vision to be the epicenter of innovative and immersive experiences that revitalize the gaming industry. Guided by the principles of Design-Oriented Thinking (DOT), METU Crea strives to expand the boundaries of game design and development, propelling its participants to the forefront of innovation and creativity.

Building Bridges Between Academia and Industry

METU Crea bridges the gap between industry and academia by merging METU’s academic rigor with the dynamic forces of the global gaming industry. This collaborative platform establishes new benchmarks in game design and development, empowering creative minds to make a significant impact in the gaming world.

Empowering Game Entrepreneurs

Designed to accelerate game entrepreneurs, METU Crea provides a comprehensive suite of services, from business strategy development to marketing and distribution, and from securing funding to forming strategic partnerships. These supports not only hasten the launch of innovative game projects but also ensure the success of startups.

Enhancing Gaming with New Perspectives

METU Crea champions projects that push the boundaries of interactive storytelling, player interaction, and community building. It supports the incorporation of immersive technologies such as VR, AR, and AI, while prioritizing inclusivity and positive social values, thus bringing a fresh perspective to the gaming world.

Training and Networking Opportunities

METU Crea provides in-depth training in game design and development, offers mentorship with industry leaders, and facilitates opportunities to enhance your games based on user feedback. It also organizes networking events with game developers, publishers, and investors, and offers incubation services for innovation-driven game startups, helping them to expand their access to technology, financing, and marketplaces.

Join METU Crea

Embrace innovation in game design, secure your position in the industry, and explore new horizons in the world of game development with METU Crea. This is the ideal place for those aiming to revolutionize the gaming industry; METU Crea supports you on your journey to turn your dreams into reality.

FILM
Throughout its more than 130-year history, cinema has repeatedly transformed in response to technological advancements. As we approach the end of the first quarter of the 21st century, we witness cinema undergoing yet another renewal. At METU Crea, we embrace this evolution as “New Generation Visual Storytelling.”

Defining New Generation Film

New generation film is a boundless and thrilling field that incorporates the interactive, sensory, and immersive dimensions of media and communication technologies. Beyond traditional cinema, it includes cutting-edge environments and production modes such as virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and virtual production. These mediums bring forth and enhance new narrative possibilities.

Collaborative Exploration

METU Crea explores new generation cinema through professional and artistic collaborations with both traditional cinema and other creative industries. It particularly focuses on emerging connections between cinema and the gaming and wearable technology sectors, aiming to accelerate the innovations sparked by these interactions.

Technological Support for Innovators

METU Crea provides a rich technological infrastructure for artists, industry professionals, students, and investors either active in or transitioning to new generation film. This infrastructure includes the latest in high-quality digital film cameras, 360-degree video and audio recording equipment, virtual reality glasses, and motion capture hardware and software.

Training and Professional Development

METU Crea offers training programs where filmmakers can learn to utilize next-generation technologies and explore their narrative capabilities. This initiative helps participants acquire new skills and competencies. Beyond training, METU Crea offers guidance in business development, marketing, distribution, financing, and strategic partnerships. It also facilitates networking opportunities for new generation filmmakers to forge new relationships and collaborations at local, national, and global levels, while acting as a bridge to METU’s extensive academic resources.

Vision for the Future

With its comprehensive vision and multitude of opportunities, METU Crea is committed to understanding, articulating, and advancing the trajectory that cinema is set to follow in the coming decades. We invite you to join us on this exciting journey, as METU Crea aims to be your companion in navigating the evolving landscape of film.

WEARABLE

Are you ready to take your place globally by meeting with market places and investments in Türkiye and Europe?

METU Crea and Wearable Technologies Ecosystem

METU Crea offers a dynamic ecosystem that brings together students, developers, designers, industry professionals and investors with whom you can collaborate in all processes from design to prototype, software to hardware, and branding and marketing. This platform, which encourages teams working in the field of wearable technologies to work together and create synergy and end products, unites the public, university and industry. METU Crea aims to take participants to a leading position in the sector by supporting innovation and creativity in Turkey’s wearable technologies sector.

Technological Innovation and Academic Depth

We offer a wide range of products, including smart watches, wristbands, glasses, smart clothes, headsets, haptic systems, devices integrated with body data, sports analysis systems, wearable phones, exoskeletons, AR, VR, XR, holograms and invisible wearable technologies. . We facilitate interaction with artificial intelligence studies that enable the interpretation and communication of these technologies. Blending METU’s academic depth with the dynamics of the global wearable technologies industry, METU Crea builds bridges between industry and academia.

Opportunities Offered to Entrepreneurs

METU Crea offers a variety of services for entrepreneurs developing products in the field of wearable technologies, such as mentoring from industry leaders, product design and prototype development, in-depth trainings, and meeting events with publishers and investors in Europe. We provide a wide range of support in areas such as business strategies, marketing, distribution, financing and strategic partnerships. In addition, we expand startups’ access to technology, financing and marketplace with innovation-focused incubation services. These supports accelerate the launch of innovative wearable technology products and ensure the success of initiatives.

From Your Design to Market

Quickly transform your designs into prototypes and final products with METU Crea; Go to the market and strengthen your place in the industry towards branding. Are you ready to gain a global foothold by meeting with marketplaces and investments in Türkiye and Europe?

CROSS-SECTOR

Shaping the Future by Uniting Industries Through the Power of Technology!

Gaming, next-generation filmmaking, and wearable technologies are three pivotal sectors within the creative industries, driving rapid evolution and delivering cutting-edge, interactive experiences. Gaming, in particular, is revolutionizing user engagement by incorporating immersive content powered by augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR). Similarly, in filmmaking, these technologies invite audiences to become active participants in the storytelling process, transforming narratives into more personalized and dynamic experiences.

Wearable technologies are at the heart of this convergence. Devices such as smartwatches, AR glasses, and haptic feedback systems amplify gaming and cinematic experiences by integrating physical sensations, creating a richer and more interactive environment for users. These innovations blur the boundaries between the digital and physical worlds, pushing the limits of creative content. Meanwhile, artificial intelligence (AI) is streamlining these advancements, expediting the production of creative content and opening doors to highly personalized user experiences.

At the centre of this transformation is METU Crea, a collaborative platform that unites these three sectors by providing cutting-edge technology and comprehensive training to entrepreneurs, designers, and developers. By fostering creative partnerships across gaming, film, and wearable technologies, METU Crea accelerates the realization of groundbreaking projects. It paves the way for the emergence of new storytelling formats and user-centric innovations, ensuring participants stay at the forefront of the creative industries and leave a lasting impact on the sector.