TTC - Imagining Tomorrow's Entertainment
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Released 7/2023
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 10 Lessons (4h 9m) | Size: 3.45 GB
In 1988, the TV series Star Trek introduced audiences to the holodeck. This fictional device used holograms to create fully immersive virtual worlds in which crew members on the starship U.S.S. Enterprise could roam freely and interact with the environment, objects, and characters as if in real life. Many of us have likely found ourselves wishing at some point that we, too, could enter the holodeck and go on these fantastical adventures. Guess what? That day may finally be here.
In Imagining Tomorrow's Entertainment, you will meet expert Eric R. Williams, Professor of New Media Storytelling and Emerging Technologies at Ohio University, where he heads up the cinematic virtual reality arm of the Game Research and Immersive Design (GRID) Lab. Eric will take you on a 10-episode tour beyond your wildest dreams and into the future of entertainment. Your mission during this journey will be to find out what is possible and probable in this rapidly approaching future. You will also have fun testing out these new technologies for yourself.
The world of entertainment is constantly changing and evolving. Today, we are no longer leaning back to consume our favorite stories. Instead, we are leaning forward and actively participating in their creation. This is XR, or Extended Reality, which is an umbrella term under which several other entertainment technologies reside, such as
