From HIT Lab Australia
17-21 December 2007
KXH111 Unit Overview
The goal of this unit is to provide students with an understanding and overview of interactive entertainment and new media from the perspective of the developer, storyteller, designer, artist and audience. This unit will provide students with the theories, tools and techniques to create and analyze stories that can be told as digital interactive games, animated films, immersive experiences or various forms of mixed reality design to help them in the analysis of properties and the creation of new ones. The unit will delve into the sociological and psychological dimensions of design for digital entertainment and new media along with a historical perspective and social significance. The unit will also look at business and marketing considerations along with an overview of the game and entertainment industry. It will also include practical aspects by bringing in speakers from various industries and reviewing case studies in each area. This unit is a companion unit to the Virtual Reality and Advanced Media Technology. Both units are precursors to a new cross-disciplinary program in Human Interface Technology and Experience Engineering that is being started at the (proposed) HIT Lab Australia.
The new major is a instructional companion to the organization of the Tasmania Research Centre of Human Interface Technology Laboratory in Australia. This Laboratory is linked to the HIT Lab at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington, USA and the HIT Lab NZ, located at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ and will promote the
development of advanced human interfaces and media technologies.
This unit is offered by the HIT Lab Australia. The unit will be taught by staff members from the HIT Lab Australia as well as selected international experts from the Human Interface Technology Laboratories in New Zealand and the USA. Notable international authorities and staff from various UTAS schools, especially from the School of Computing, will also be
invited for lectures.
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