Category: Collaboration

During our first crits a few things came up. The most valuable part of it was seeing how other groups organized themselves and what they managed to do so far. It seemed to me that the one that managed to get the most work done so far smoothly was Dean’s group. Their approach was different… Continue reading 4th Meeting, First Crits Feedback

Spirit of Place and Sense of Place in Virtual Realities Edward Relph ‘a mutual interaction is at work between what might be called ‘real’ place and virtual places’ ‘The depth of the meanings that places have for us are informed both by the qualities of theirsettings, which I will refer to as spirit or identity… Continue reading Spirit of Place

My assigned responsibility is atmospheric sound and sound effects. For the presentation due on Monday, I will be focusing on the main hub (bedroom) and the computer digital room. Things to record: Bedroom: -footsteps? -window -computer fan Computer Room: -static electricity sounds; -explore with soma ether; -synthesized clicks and glitches; Conceptually: -have organic sounds in… Continue reading Plan – First Group Crits

VR is a novelty to me. It has never piqued my interest. I am not a massive video game player either (as they seem to have commonalities). Ben offered to bring in his headset for us to try. We played a few of his games and talked about our thoughts on them. I was impressed… Continue reading First VR Impressions

The concept we arrived to is Surrealism. Ben suggested that we use it not only as an aesthetic, but as a concept in itself. Arriving at a concept proved pretty difficult during our first meetings. We all seemed to be in different places and have different expectations of what a VR experience could be. In… Continue reading Brainstorming

The work we were asked to see was Augustin Vidal Saavedra: The Summer Palace. It is described as a ‘unique and uplifting experience’. It features a series of Renaissance paintings. The music was of the same aesthetic. This seems to be a theme with large scale immersive galleries. Reiterating established past art periods with added… Continue reading Outernet

After our first meeting we decided that using the Miro board would be a good first step. We were all familiar with the platform from previous units. We thought creating individual moodboards would be a easier way to communicate our ideas. My part of the moodboard was not particularly rich. It was a bit difficult… Continue reading Moodboard