This multidisciplinary studio will explore speculative approaches to communication, interaction, storytelling, and the design of experience within the burgeoning domains of Augmented (AR), Mixed (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR) – also known as Extended Reality (XR). Students will utilize the potential of XR to deliver compelling spatialized experiences that are deeply human, meaningfully interactive, and culturally relevant. Operating alongside the current industry focus on gaming, commerce, and training, the class
will probe how immersion has the potential to provoke introspection, stir emotions, and create delight. In this studio course, students will gain hands-on experience developing XR projects individually and in small teams, while also exploring the historical, theoretical, scientific, technological and cultural underpinnings of the field. Programming skills are not required, but comfort with technology will be an asset. Ultimately, the goal of the class is to discover the phenomenological opportunities for designing rich experiences within immersive digital mediums..

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