GAMES, VR, &
EMERGING MEDIA
David Negrin's creative projects and research in emerging media include Game Design for Social Impact, Virtual Reality Filmmaking, Transmedia Storytelling, and Immersive Theater. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and an M.F.A. in Cinema Arts.
WELLNESS HERO is a video game for social impact that simulates depression, teaches coping skills, destigmatizes mental health challenges, and spreads awareness. The casual management game includes in-game interactive calls to action for advocacy, donation, and crisis support through mental health non-profit partners. Designed for mobile iOS and Android platforms on the Unity game ending. (Previously ‘Waves’) Sign Up Here!
FairyTale VR
FairyTale VR is an immersive, animated virtual reality experience that reimagines a series of classic fairy tales to reflect the diversity and multiculturalism of modern families. The VR fairy tales change in real time to tell the story with a family that looks more like yours.
Mission To India VR
Mission To India VR is an interactive experience based on the true story “Mission To India” by George Lombardi, M.D. An immersive virtual reality adaptation of Dr. Lombardi’s story written & directed by Angeline Gragasin & David Negrin, in partnership with The Moth, co-produced by Kokowa Inc.
The Extraordinary Verses
A Transmedia franchise proposal in active development. A Cyberpunk epic whose mystery is solved in a single story world across multiple media: film, television, graphic novel, podcast, web-based (ARG).
“Why So Serious” Analysis
A research analysis of the "Why So Serious" Alternate Reality Game (ARG).
"Writing Transmedia Narratives"
This research paper outlines and develops the narrative theory of screenwriting in a transmedia format—that is, writing interdependent narratives in a single story world across multiple storytelling media.