WEEK 1 • TUESDAY 3/14
Content: General Introduction to the class, presentation, group creations, goals and objetives.
Lecture: History, evolution and definition of Multimedia
Discussion: Personal experiences, goals and presentations. Strengths and weaknesses. Group creations.
WEEK 1 • THURSDAY 3/16
Content: HYPERMEDIA
Lecture: From Multimedia to Hypermedia
Technology: Collaborative Team Organization Technologies
Project Management: Atlassian: Jira / Trello, Slack, Dropbox, Google Docs
Tools: every week, share with the class the browser extensions and tools that you consider will enhance your productivity (start with Chrome’s “Print Friendly & PDF” and “Asana”)
Application: Try the software out and set up app integration per groups.
WEEK 2 • TUESDAY 3/21
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 • THURSDAY 3/23
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: Group 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 3 • TUESDAY 3/28
Content: CLOUD BASED SERVICES AND WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES
Group Presentation: GROUP 1
Lecture: Cloud Based Technologies and Applications
Read: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Chapter 1 – “Disillusionment”
Technology: Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Services, Microsoft Azure
Watch: Altered Carbon 1/2 Episodes on Netflix
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 3 • THURSDAY 3/30
Content: TIME BASED & STREAMING MEDIA
Group Presentation: GROUP 2
Read : 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Chapter 2 – “Work”
Technology: Real-Time Messaging Protocol vs. Application Programming Interface
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. Studio Collaboration Day.
WEEK 4 • TUESDAY 4/4
Content: MOBILE APPS
Group Presentation: GROUP 3
Read: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Chapter 3 – “Liberty”
Technology: Apple XCode / Google Android Studio / hybrid sites
Tools: Adobe XD (prototyping and storyboarding) – You must have it installed on your laptops!
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 4 • THURSDAY 4/6
Content: GAME ENGINES / GAMES / GAMING CULTURE
Group Presentation: GROUP 4
Discussion: Game Engine based Projects/Applications /Unreal / Unity Up and Running
Read: 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, Chapter 4 – “Equality”
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 5 • TUESDAY 4/11
Content: History | VR | AR // 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 5:
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 5 • THURSDAY 4/13
Content: AV / XR // GROUP WORKSHOP
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: Microsoft HoloLens / Magic Leap
Application: Discuss use cases in groups. Research other forms of implementation specific to your final group projects.
WEEK 6 • TUESDAY 4/18
Content: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
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: Midjourney through Discord, Craiyon, Dall-E
Examples:
AI Weirdness, Janelle Shane: aiweirdness.com
Carnegie Mellon: ai.cs.cmu.edu
Johannes De Young: johannesdeyoung.com
Sakhib Khan: instagram.com/sakib_khan_creates
playform.io
artbreeder.com
runwayml.com
ChatGPT > https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt/
https://chat.openai.com
Discord > https://discord.com/
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
Q: How do I upload or use an image from my hard-drive for an image prompt?
- 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 4/20
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 3.0present 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 4/25
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 4/27
FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATIONS • ALL GROUPS
Each group will have 45 mins to present + 15 mins Q&A
Group 1: 6-6:30pm
Group 2: 6:45-7:15pm
Group 3: 7:30-8pm
Group 4: 8:15-8:45pm
Group 5: 9-9:30pm
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 WILL BE RECORDED ON VIDGRID for course assessment and archival purposes
Attire: Business Professional