WEEK 1 • TUESDAY 3/12
FIRST HALF
Content: General Introduction to the class, presentation, group creations, goals and objectives.
Lecture: History, evolution and definition of Multimedia
Discussion: Personal experiences, goals and presentations. Strengths and weaknesses. Group creations.
SECOND HALF
Content: HYPERMEDIA
Lecture: From Multimedia to Hypermedia
Technology: Evolution / Glossary
Application: Try the software out and set up app integration per groups.
WEEK 1 • THURSDAY 3/14
Content: CREATIVITY AND DISRUPTION IN EMERGING TECH
Lecture: What is creativity? Raul Cuero and other examples // What is Disruption?
Discussion: Disruptive Technology & Historical Asymmetry
Technology: Adobe Creative Cloud
WEEK 2 • TUESDAY 3/19
Content: FROM MULTIMEDIA TO HYPERMEDIA
Lecture: Definition of terms, timeline, understanding the evolution of Internet based technologies, underlying technologies, terminology, vocabulary
Read: The Black Swan by Nasim Nicholas Taleb.
Prologue, Chapters 1 and 2
Discussion: Black Swans, Disruptive Technology & Historical Asymmetry
Groups: ALL Groups presentation on your approach to the Black Swan readings. Identify at least 5 clear examples of Black Swans in your professional fields and how did they disrupt the future of that area.
WEEK 2 • THURSDAY 3/21
Content: CLOUD BASED TECHNOLOGIES / NETWORKS / TELECOM
Technology: AWS / DropBox / Encryption / Security / Implications
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your group projects.
WEEK 3 • TUESDAY 3/26
FIRST HALF
Content: TIME BASED & STREAMING MEDIA
Group Presentation: GROUP 1
Technology: Real-Time Messaging Protocol vs. Application Programming Interface, TikTok, Instagram, Reels, Lives
Research: https://iag.me/socialmedia/top-live-video-streaming-tools/
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your group projects.
SECOND HALF
Content: MOBILE APPS
Group Presentation: GROUP 2
Technology: Apple XCode / Google Android Studio / hybrid sites
Tools: FIGMA (prototyping and storyboarding)
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 3 • THURSDAY 3/28
Content: GAME ENGINES / GAMES / GAMING CULTURE
Group Presentation: GROUP 3
Discussion: Game Engine based Projects/Applications /Unreal / Unity Up and Running
Technology: Unreal Engine / Unity 3D / Processing
Watch: Wreck it Ralph PART 2
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 4 • TUESDAY 4/2
Content: History | VR | AR | XR // WEBXR + Mozilla WebXR + Examples (FIREFOX) + A-FRAME Workshop
Reading: A Comparison of Immersive Realities and Interaction Methods: Cultural Learning in Virtual Heritage
Group Presentations: GROUP 4
Virtual Reality – Definition, evolution, examples, tools
Augmented/Expanded/Extended Reality – definition, evolution, examples, tools
Lecture: History and precursors of immersive realities – why? History, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality
Technology: Oculus Quest / Oculus Pro / HTC Vive and others. You must have Adobe Dreamweaver and Firefox installed on your laptops for this class.
Watch: Ready Player 1
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 4 • THURSDAY 4/4
NO CLASS
WEEK 5 • TUESDAY 4/9
Content: AR / VR / XR
ALL GROUPS: Applied Examples of AR/VR/XR in the real world related to Social Media, but explore also other areas – definition, evolution, examples, tools
Lecture: Cyborgs / Personal Assistants
Technology: Apple Vision / Microsoft HoloLens / Magic Leap
Application: ALL GROUPS: present forms of AR/VR/XR implementation specific to your final group projects, and more.
WEEK 5 • THURSDAY 4/11
Content: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE HISTORY AND EVOLUTION
Group Presentations: GROUP 5
Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Chat GPT, MidJourney, Dall-E, Google Brain, Magenta and others. Why it’s useful and for what.
Tools: Midjourney examples Photoshop AI Neural FIlters, Platform, Art Breeder, Runway ML
Tools: Adobe Firefly, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Express, Midjourney through Discord, Craiyon, Dall-E
Examples:
AI Weirdness, Janelle Shane: aiweirdness.com
Elena Cifuentes: instagram.com/elena_cifuentes_art
playform.io
artbreeder.com
runwayml.com
WEEK 6 • TUESDAY 4/16
Content: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PT3 // WORKSHOP
Tools: you MUST have the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator Installed on your laptops. You must have an account with Midjourney and Runway ML, as well as ChatGPT
ChatGPT > https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
https://chat.openai.com
Google Gemini: https://gemini.google.com
Discord > https://discord.com/
Midjourney instructions: https://midjourney.gitbook.io/docs
DISCORD INSTRUCTIONS > https://support.discord.com/hc/en-us/articles/360033931551-Getting-Started
MIDJOURNEY > https://midjourney.com/
You can generate your prompts via ChatGPT > https://chat.openai.com/chat
- Drag an image into Discord.
- Press enter to send it in the chat.
- Click the image in discord so that it’s fullscreen.
- Right click it and press “copy image address”
- Type /imagine and then paste the address in the prompt area.
WEEK 6 • THURSDAY 4/18
Content: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE PT2 // PRESENTATIONS
Reading: Life 3.0 PROLOGUE + CH1
Presentation:
Each group will lead 1) a short discussion on their approach to Life 3.0, present a sample of works created through AI, exploring at least 5 different tools of their choice. It can be code, images, text, marketing strategies, anything related and NOT related to your field of research.
Lecture: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Pt 2
Discussion: How can you integrate AI into your projects? Class discussion
WEEK 7 • TUESDAY 4/23
Discussion: WORKSHOP
Lecture: The entire class is devoted to Group workshop and development of final projects
Application: Define final elements of your Senior Project Presentation.
WEEK 7 • THURSDAY 4/25
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS • ALL GROUPS
Each group will have 40 mins to present + 5 mins Q&A
Group 1: 6-6:40pm
Group 2: 6:45-7:25pm
Group 3: 7:30-8:10pm
Group 4: 8:15-8:55pm
Group 5: 9-9:45pm
You can invite whoever you want to your group presentations, and it is highly probable we will have external guests and reviewers to give you feed back on your projects.
NOTE: your presentations MAY BE RECORDED ON VIDGRID for course assessment and archival purposes
Attire: Business Professional