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Week 1 Introduction to Immersive Media and Mixed Reality

This is my first week of study at London College of Communication. This week we focus on the definition of VR, the historical development of VR, introduction to modern VR artworks, and the storytelling and narrative.

In the first session we introduced ourselves and then David gave us an overview of the term’s schedule and the final projects, which were

  • a short 360 film
  • a virtual world
  • an augmented reality avatar

Masaccio’s Holy Trinity is considered to be one of the first immersive works of art, using the perspective of close up, medium and Long distance to create an immersive experience for the viewer.

Here is an artwork on the same principle, Jardin des Tuileries, Paris 1830