Handbook

Virtual experiences and immersive environments are an integrated aspect of today’s work, study, and entertainment practices. The rapid emergence and application of these technologies raises important questions about how they are best designed to maximise their potential.

How can we effectively design, construct and experience immersion? Why, when, and where is it appropriate to incorporate immersive technologies?

This course explores the techniques of immersion from historical, scientific and aesthetic frameworks. It considers emergent technologies from a neuroscientific perspective and examines our perceptual responses to immersion. It does this through the examination of a range of immersive uses and industry experiences and by asking you to conceptually design your own immersive experience.