Go Find & Experience Immersive Media

Overview

Go out into the world and find a real example of immersive media. Document the experience as described below and submit a report. Be prepared for a discussion.

Suggestions for Finding Immersive Media

Heading into Pittsburgh is not just a smart idea, it’s absolutely the point. Museums, The Strip District, Science Center, the Public Library… so much more.

Examples

You will not find possible examples here, because that’s the whole point. Figure it out!

Submission

.pdf or docx.

Requirements:

• Documentation and Proof of Experience: At least 2 images, be in at least one of them. You were there. You did the thing.
• Description: At least 1 paragraph describing the experience as an objective, third-person, third party perspective. Answer the question: “What Is It?”
• Storyboard: At least 2 paragraphs describing the experience you had as a subjective, first-person, narrative perspective. Answer the question: “What Did I Experience?”

A high-quality report will include images inline with the storyboard/narrative writing, bringing us through your experience. Go back to the class notes and consider the various elements of the immersive experience. What you experienced.

Rules

1. You can spend money on experiences, but this assignment is certainly possible without doing so.
2. You cannot be at Chatham, it cannot be in your dorm/house/home, or that of a friend. It should be public, but there are non-public possibilities.
3. You must experience it in person. This occasionally bends the definition of ‘media’, and that’s fine. An ‘Immersive Experience’ is allowed.
4. You are allowed to think outside the box, but a few things that are not allowed: meals, sports, movies, video games. Things that fall into a popular, well-defined, and non-immersive category.