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Miles Ritter Lecturer, Digital Design Media B. Arch., University of Cincinnati M. Arch., University of Pennsylvania Panoptic Studios, New Jersey

Miles Ritter, a digital media consultant and architect, joined the Princeton faculty in 2003; he teaches seminars on the analog and digital technologies of architectural representation. He was previously a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, and has taught since 1984. His experience with digital media dates back to the early 70's when a series of early research efforts with remote main frame computing culminated in the production of an experimental computer animated architectural walkthrough shot in 16mm. He shifted his focus to urban redevelopment in 1977, co-founding a neighborhood development corporation in Cincinnati and served as its design director until 1980. In the early 80's, he returned his attention to digital media, introducing computer aided design into the offices of Venturi Scott Brown and Associates, where he worked as a project architect and CAD manager. While at VSBA, he won the competition to light the Ben Franklin Bridge in Philadelphia; completed in 1987 the project was notable for its early use of digital technology to control a responsive animated lighting installation. In the late 80's he joined the offices of Michael Graves Architect, serving as CAD manager and digital media consultant to the products department. He is a founder and principal of Panoptic Studios, an independent digital production company that has been designing and producing immersive digital environments for entertainment since 1992. The studio also provides imaging and animation services for architects and industrial designers. Select clients include Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Westwood Studios, Maxis, KPF, SOM and Eisenman Architects. His imaging work has been widely published in architectural journals and the press, and his work at Panoptic Studios has appeared in many high profile entertainment titles including Blade Runner, SimCity and Lord of the Rings:BFME. Recent projects include gaming titles for Electronic Arts and an immersive underwater VR environment for a Korean telecom - inspired in part by his volunteer work in the summers photographing the endangered resident Orcas of the Pacific Northwest.