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Annalee Dorozynski, a fifth-year game design and development major from Middletown, N.Y., has created a VR recreation of the Music Performance Theater that audience members can use to locate their seat to see the view of the stage from that location. She’ll be  showing it at The Frameless Labs XR Showcase , a day of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality demos, installations, and performances held from noon to 4 p.m. on Nov. 21, at MAGIC Spell Studios . Can you describe your project? The virtual seater for the Music Performance Theater allows people to get a virtual glimpse of what the seating would look like from different angles inside the theater. I rendered captures from each level of the 750-seat theater, including the two balconies. Hopefully by next semester we will have it ready and accessible for the public at the theater. How did you come up with this idea? One of my teachers, Senior Lecturer Erika Mesh , suggested that I work on this project after computer science professor Joe Geigel was looking for a game design student with skills in 3D modeling and coding. The project is part of the Vertically Integrated Projects Program , led by faculty. Why did you select game design and development as your major? I selected this program because of my love of video games and art. I wanted to find a way of combining both while also learning how to make games. After graduation I hope to continue working with my friends at a small independent studio called Bad Idea Productions and hopefully get into the industry. What else keeps you busy? Art and video games are my obvious hobbies, but I also really enjoy playing basketball, which I played all through middle and high school. I collect a lot of manga figures and video and board games, especially older consoles such as my Nintendo 64. I’m also the business coordinator for the RIT Anime Club here on campus.