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ABOUT THIS COURSE<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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In this course we’re going to be looking closely at virtual reality and virtual worlds. We’ll explore the history of virtual reality, augmented reality and virtual worlds more generally, as well as providing an overview of concepts such as immersion, presence and the uncanny valley as they relate to virtual reality development. We’ll also look at how technologies like virtual reality headsets interact with our perception systems, and how immersive environments can be used to tell stories or enable people to socialize and collaborate over the web. In the last few weeks of the course, we’ll look at some of the serious applications of VR (such as health, or education applications), as well as some of the ways in which these kinds of technologies can potentially do harm (either social harm, or physical harm). Finally, we’ll look at the future of the medium and what the VR technologies, and virtual worlds, of the future might look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We won’t be building virtual worlds ourselves during this course (unless you want to!), but instead will be focusing on understanding what makes for a great virtual reality experience and how compelling virtual worlds are created. By the end of this course, you should have a much stronger grasp on what makes virtual reality and immersive virtual worlds different to more traditional videogame experiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winter 2019 Syllabus<\/a> (pdf file)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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