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Immersive Media Design: Designing for Extended Realities

Description

Immersive Media Design introduces designers to the tools and workflows used to build dynamic content for immersive experiences and emerging digital marketplaces. This studio-based course explores the intersection of virtual and augmented reality workflows, interaction design, multimedia production, and emerging markets for digital creators. Students will explore working with 3D assets, game engines, tools for simulation and animation, and rendering strategies used in the production of immersive content and experiences. The course will utilize industry-standard tools such as Unity, Cinema 4D, Blender, Adobe Creative Cloud, and hardware platforms such as HTC VIVE for VR and ubiquitous mobile devices for AR. In addition, we will investigate emerging marketplaces and distribution platforms utilizing blockchain technologies in support of smart contracts. The course will culminate with the development of a digital based product concept or immersive experience.

Day / Time / Location

APRD-5007-001
Monday, 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
CMCI Studio, 1301 Walnut St. Boulder, CO 80302

Instructor

RJ Duran
rj.duran@colorado.edu
Slack: @rjduran on cmcistudio.slack.com
Office hours by appointment. Feel free to reach out to me via slack or email.

Slack

Slack workspace cmcistudio.slack.com is our primary communication tool for the course. Channel #cmstudio and user group @imd will be used for all course communication and notifications. Be sure to check it daily.

Syllabus

This website is a real-time version of the course syllabus. It is updated weekly throughout the semester.

Course Themes

  • Building immersive and virtual experiences
  • Designing media for XR
  • Digital asset workflows
  • Working with game engines
  • Scripting and programming
  • Emerging digital marketplaces

Workload

  • This course is 3 credit hours. You should expect to dedicate at least 2-3 hours per credit hour. This translates into a 6-9 hours per week. Consider 6 hours a minimum expectation for one studio course and plan accordingly with your other studio courses.
  • Assignments for the course consist of weekly blog posts demonstrating project-based and process oriented research and explorations in making. Assignment parameters will be based on the topic of the week and "due" the following week by the start of class time.
  • The course is organized into weekly meetings consisting of instructor led project-driven topics organized as workshops and studio work sessions. It is expected that all students are active participants in each session.

Deliverables

This course is a project based course and largely driven by student research and interests. As such, each deliverable is expected to vary based on the project parameters and requirements. The following outlines the general criteria for course deliverables throughout the semester.

Assignments

  • Assignments are given weekly and need to be submitted as a blog post published to your Critical Making blog. A minimum of 1 blog post per week is the expectation.
  • Medium has been widely used by students in the past but you are free to use anything you like.
  • Posts are to be submitted via slack #cmstudio by the specified due date each week.
  • It is recommended that a post includes a variety of media and content to support the subject matter. For example: text, images, video, graphics, photos, mockups, screen captures, tutorials, 3d model viewers (sketchfab), sketches, code, gifs, references, etc. Anything that is required to effectively communicate the details of a project, process, prototype, or idea.
  • The subject matter is in response to the topics of the week. Ideally, it falls in line with your interests, research area, project, creative process, etc. For example, you might consider doing a series of tutorials on a topic that interests you or a process/workflow you are currently exploring through the course.
  • Posts should be written to the best of your abilities and for a public audience. The post and any accompanying visual content (images, video) may be shared on social media.

Final Project

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