Reading: Janet Murray Inventing the Medium Ch 2, Ch 3 Maximizing the Four Affordances
Jessica Brillhart The Language of VR.
Discussion in Canvas
Week 5 Assessment-See Canvas Doc.
Due: Rough Concept proposals to be PAPER tested in recitation
Procedural: composed of executable rulesThe Four Affordances — everything made out of electronic bits is potentially:
- Participatory: inviting human action and manipulation of the represented world
- Encyclopedic: containing very high capacity of information in multiple media formats
- Spatial: navigable as an information repository and/or a virtual place
What I find interesting about this reading is that these four properties are the context for all of our design choices. To me, that is pretty crazy to think about/hard to wrap my head around…
“These four properties constitute our design space, the context for all of our design choices”.
As part of your participation in class, we would like to know what you think about this course so far.These questions are open-ended and not graded. We will send out another set of similar questions in Week 10. This is a new course so anything you tell us will help us shape the rest of the semester.
Thanks in advance for your participation. Please email your answers to your TAs
Week Five Assessment Questions for Immersive Storytelling ULEC:
1. In the Immersive Storytelling ULEC, I have learned most about:
2. The lectures are (i.e. interesting/engaging/not interesting/miss the point):
3. The recitation session is (i.e. interesting/engaging/not interesting/miss the point):
4. (highlight one) I have contributed regularly to the discussions because:
OR I have not contributed regularly to the discussions because:
5. I would like to learn more about:
6. Any other comments?
