This project is a continuing partnership between the West Virginia University Reed College of Media and EUSA/The University of Seville in Spain.
Meeting together remotely over Zoom and Slack, the students work to develop, produce and publish immersive emerging technology experiences during several weeks each Spring. The goal of the partnership is to connect students from vastly different backgrounds and geographic areas, and to share faculty expertise in multimedia storytelling.
The students and faculty — from diverse majors including Journalism, Film, Sports and Adventure Media, Game Design and Interactive Design — bring unique perspectives to the collaboration from their areas of expertise.
About the Projects
Students in Spring 2021 created interactive augmented reality experiences using emerging technology like volumetric video.
Web-based photogrammetry storytelling was the focus of our collaborative projects we worked in teams to create digital twins using phone-based apps, then created fictional interactive experiences based in real locations.
In our pursuit of innovation, the year 2023 led us to an exploration of the Meta Spark technology and its augmented reality filters. At the intersection of imagination and technology, Meta Spark’s AR filters provided us with an innovative canvas to blend the digital world with our cultural narratives.
In Spring 2024, students from the University of Seville and West Virginia University explored new forms of cross-cultural storytelling through AI-assisted filmmaking. Working across continents, teams developed short narrative films that blended human creativity with tools like ChatGPT, Luma, and Wonder Studio. The projects—ranging from action and science fiction to reflective time-based stories—highlight how emerging technologies can expand narrative possibilities while fostering meaningful international collaboration.
In Spring 2025, students from the University of Seville and West Virginia University expanded their collaborative storytelling by integrating AI-generated ideas with real-world digital scanning. Teams developed concepts, loglines, and scripts using artificial intelligence, then created digital twins — 3D scans of actual locations in Morgantown and Seville — to anchor their narratives in immersive spaces. The resulting works span formats from animated traditional video to interactive and choose-your-own-adventure experiences, showcasing how emerging tools can enrich both narrative structure and audience engagement.