“Everything with technology has always been about going faster,” Athias added. “It’s been easy for me to adapt, because back in the ’80s, I already was experiencing innovative technologies here at RIT,” said Athias, who during his more than 25-year career with Comcast has managed numerous IP architecture programs and initiatives for cable-modem broadband services.
“Get ready for it.”Īthias, who drives his division’s overall technology strategy and helps to ensure alignment of the architecture and product portfolio for the next era of wireless communication, said “because of COVID, I no longer need to jump on a plane, and I’ve never been as productive.” “When you are a creative nerd it helps you to predict what the world is going to look like in 20, 30, 40 years in the future,” he said. WXXI “Connections” host Evan Dawson Aaron Gordon ’13 Franklyn Athias ’85 and Erin Sarofsky ’98, ’00 discuss the future of technology, the arts, and design at the Futurists Symposium. A jazz drummer who finds rhythm in all things and bases both his business and creative ethos on syncopated beats and flow, he referenced a Snapchat partnership that will deliver social AR, VR, and immersive web experiences never before seen. “At any one time we can be working with between 50 to 200 freelancers,” noted Gordon, whose “digital experience” division is brimming with projects. Produced two years ago using the latest in virtual production (VP) inside MAGIC Spell Studios-RIT’s world-class digital media research and production facility-VP blends filmmaking, 3D graphics, computational photography, and real-time game engine rendering to produce in-camera visual effects similar to those seen in the groundbreaking work on Disney’s The Mandalorian and Marvel’s Avenger films. Gordon wowed the audience with a video created for RIT’s Electric Vehicle Team. It also was available to watch as a livestream on the Imagine RIT website. Gordon joined Franklyn Athias ’85 ( computer science), CTO and senior vice president for Xfinity Mobile Retail Convergence, and Erin Sarofsky ’98 ( graphic design), ’00 MFA ( computer graphics design), an award-winning creative visionary who creates artful storytelling projects for leading brands and entertainment, at the Futurists Symposium during this year’s Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival.Įmceed by RIT President David Munson and moderated by WXXI “Connections” host Evan Dawson, the event was held at the Wegmans Theater inside RIT MAGIC Center. After going virtual for 2021, thousands of people came to the Rochester Institute of Technology campus on Saturday for an in-person Imagine RIT: Creativity and Innovation Festival, which featured more than 250 exhibits throughout the campus from more than 1,800 students and faculty.
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