Memories From the Future of Immersion To think about where we are heading next with extended and immersive reality, stepping back in time may be an inspiration to better step...
By Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Josefina Buschmann and Martin Fonck This article was originally featured in TEA. Cañi is one particular place, a densely forested mountain in the southern Chilean Andes. Yet it encompasses many places at...
By Sasha Costanza-Chock Published in Global Media and Communication, May 29. 2018 Abstract This article responds to the International Panel on Social Progress (IPSP) chapter ‘Media, Communication, and the Struggle for Social Progress.’...
By Sara Rafsky. Abstract In the current political climate in the United States, much attention has been paid to the role of the press in our increasingly polarized society and to what...
by Sasha Costanza-Chock Published July 17, 2018 “Design Justice, A.I., and Escape from the Matrix of Domination” was the essay competition winner in Resisting Reduction, the third issue of the Journal of Design and...
By Samuel R. Mendez This article was originally featured in Indiewire. “Mechanical Souls” - Sundance This year’s New Frontier selections at Sundance point to a participatory future for virtual reality (VR), with fuzzy...
By Sara Rafsky This article was originally featured in Indiewire. “Frankenstein A.I.” at Sundance The projects in this year’s New Frontier section at the Sundance Film Festival ranged from the latest cutting-edge virtual reality to...
By Josefina Buschmann This article was originally featured in Indiewire. The New Frontiers scene at Sundance Most virtual reality experiences are characterized by individual immersion. The viewer puts the headset on and, suddenly disconnected from...
These courses are offered to MIT students and affiliates. More information can be found at the MIT subjects catalogue. CMS.307 Critical Worldbuilding () (Subject meets with CMS.807) Prereq: None Units: 3-3-6 Studies the design and analysis of invented (or...
These courses are offered to MIT students and affiliates. More information can be found at the MIT subjects catalogue. CMS.335J Short Attention Span Documentary (, ) (Same subject as 21W.790[J]) (Subject meets with 21W.890) Prereq: None Units: 3-0-9 Lecture: TR1-2.30 (26-142) Focuses on the...