INTRODUCTION TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA ARTS AND DESIGN

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In this introductory course we will create a digital world with interactive events. No programming, modeling, or gaming experience is required. Through workshops, readings, lectures, critiques, and discussions, evaluation of the role interactivity plays in forming our understanding of what is technically possible, and what is artistically achievable (or not) in current and future interactive media. Interactive Media Art is a new focus in the arts wherein a game engine allows the player to communicate with art using a platform based on Artificial Intelligence, digital art asset creation, story, and a game engine.