Mobile Media: City as Screen

Catalog description

Imagine the city is a canvas and your phone is a window into the new dimension. This class is an introduction to the events, images, sound, video and 3-D objects that are accessed on location around New York City using Google maps, GPS media and augmented reality. The course explores the potential of maps to build spatial imagery and narratives. Students learn digital concepts and techniques to produce and position media online, viewable on mobile devices such as smartphones and iPads. The course includes outdoor activities, group projects, as well as reading on the subject. Course Fee: Will cover the continuing upgrade and the purchase of new software programs associated with the course. Currently these are Adobe Creative Cloud, Final Cut Pro X, and Layer Augmented Reality and Blippar Developer accounts.