Class of 2020
Character Story: I knew that when I brainstormed my character, I wanted to create someone who held an inner secret, an innate characteristic that they aren’t necessarily satisfied with. I wanted someone whom perhaps, others my age could easily relate to in terms of identity and pressure. Thus, I created Alex. Alex is a… Read more Assignment: Character Making
Google Slides Link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zOSc_ZYksz5ZaOCgRIJbWjNCd7yMuHzlGkjDw_vEXws/edit?usp=sharing Part 1: My group members, Steve, Echo, Layla and I chose to research deeper into the category of toys for real-life work. After a group discussion about our main concepts from the 4 readings, we each went on to our own separate toys from the large selection of real-life work. I… Read more Project 1: Reflection
The 3 games I experienced over the weekend include: Resident Evil 7, Beat Saber and Super-hot. These are very different selections from the ones I had chosen in previous documentation posts, but nonetheless, still caught my eye in terms of VR experiences. Beat Saber is probably one of the most popular and well-known games to… Read more Week 2: VR Experience/Review
Part I: After reading both Gray’s and Johan Huizinga’s theories on play and their origins of cultural qualities, I have to say that I lean more towards Gray’s ludic theory of play which discusses the inextricably intertwined relationship of both biology and culture in terms of human behavior. Gray states that play is something that… Read more Week 2 Assignment: What is Play?
Up until today, I never had much understanding of Augmented Reality, at least never as much as Virtual Reality. I have seen advertisements of people using their phones to picture furniture around the living room and kids using their phones to augment their arcade games onto tables and walls in living reality. I initially thought… Read more Week 1 Response: Mirrorworld/AR