🔵Week 01 Sep 3

IN CLASS

INTRODUCTIONS & COURSE OVERVIEW

🔹 Syllabus Policies/Expectations/Goals Micro Assignments & Macro Project (Alpha & Beta)

🔹 Applications you will need for this class:

• Unity Free Download

• Maya Free Download

• Steam Free Download

• Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud Student Discounted Version

VR ART EXPERIENCES, GAMES, SOCIAL SPACES AND RLAB (lecture)

🔹 DiMoDa, Rachel Rossin, Erin Ko, Morehshin Allahyari, Jon Rafman, Jordan Wolfson, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, Beat Saber, Tilt Brush, VRChat, VR Waterslide, and more... View presentation here.

ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE WEEK

MICRO ASSIGNMENT 01: (1) ACCEPT Slack Invitation (2) FILL OUT “YOU” Google Form (3) DOWNLOAD required applications for this course (4) CREATE class Process Blog. (4) BUY or CHECKOUT Required Textbook: Rubin, Peter. Future Presence: How Virtual Reality Is Changing Human Connection, Intimacy, and the Limits of Ordinary Life. HarperCollins Publishers. 2018. *see me if this is an issue (5) ARRIVE to second class with Virtual Object or Experience assignment.

READING/VIEWING 01: (1) VIEW “An 'ethereal cube' from the 1960s is the reason the Oculus Rift exists” (2) READ “Controlled Immersion: a special 3D/VR collaboration” by Mark Riboldi

POST 01: (1) WRITE your responses to this weeks’ viewing & reading. Were you aware of these histories? What do you find most fascinating about the timeline of Virtual Reality development, either scientifically or speculatively? (2) POST a photo or link to your Virtual Object or Experience.