IAP 2019 Activities by Category - Multi-Media

Mendel Keller, Course 18

	Jan/15	Tue	12:30PM-02:00PM	34-301
	Jan/17	Thu	12:30PM-02:00PM	34-301
	Jan/22	Tue	12:30PM-02:00PM	34-301
	Jan/24	Thu	12:30PM-02:00PM	34.301
	Jan/29	Tue	12:30PM-02:00PM	34-301
	Jan/31	Thu	12:30PM-02:00PM	34-301

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Interest in MMORPGs

Back in 2005, one fantasy MMO game swept the internet, second in popularity only to WoW. For four years, Runescape reigned supreme, and then slowly faded into a memory. In this course we will investigate what made the game so popular, what went so wrong, and what has been going on with the game since. We will be taking a holistic approach, looking at: combat, gameplay, quests & lore, graphics, marketing, in game economy, and the constant fight against cheating. With the recent release of Runescape mobile, the game has seen a resurgence of interest, making this an opportune time to take a second look at this favored childhood pastime. Will the new generation of child gamers relive the nostalgia of trekking from Lumbridge to Falador?

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Mendel Keller, chiller@mit.edu

James Paradis

Enrollment: advanced sign-up preferred
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This 4-session IAP series will examine some of the ways in which contemporary media filters matters of climate change.  Starting with selections from William T. Vollmann's recent award-winning exploration of world energy uses and abuses, Carbon Ideologies, we will review and discuss a selection of film, government reports, photography, graphic fiction and journalism in order to gain a better understanding of how contemporary views of climate change are shaped and received. 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: James Paradis, jparadis@mit.edu

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	Jan/10	Thu	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/15	Tue	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/18	Fri	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335
	Jan/28	Mon	04:00PM-05:30PM	E15-335

James Paradis

Fatima Husain, Professional science journalist and writer

	Jan/29	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/30	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.
	Jan/31	Thu	01:00PM-02:00PM	4-253, Bring your laptop.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This workshop, hosted by the Graduate Program in Science Writing, will help scientists understand how to communicate complicated research to the general public. Topics to be covered include journalism and mass communication, interviewing, social media, personal websites, science outreach, and science writing -- as well as specific topics of interest highlighted by workshop participants.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Seth Mnookin, 14E-303, 617-253-3599, fhusain@mit.edu

Cindy Bishop, David Tames

Enrollment: Advance sign-up preferred
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend both Mon & Weds in one of the two weeks
Prereq: see description

Visualize hidden realities in place and space. With mobile devices, we can access location-specific information, story and data in far greater and more relevant ways. We will experiment how to best augment context and meaning to your favorite haunts in Cambridge, Boston, or back home. Monday we will discuss and design our stories, Wednesday we will create them using one of several augmented reality (AR) apps: Hoverlay, HP Reveal, Metaverse or Daiqri.

Personal mobile phone required: iOS 7 or greater OR Android 7.0 or greater
No coding experience required, although ARCore/ARKit coding skills might be useful.

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Cindy Bishop, csbishop@media.mit.edu

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	Jan/07	Mon	03:00PM-05:30PM	(CANCELED)
	Jan/09	Wed	03:00PM-05:30PM	(CANCELED)
	Jan/14	Mon	03:00PM-05:30PM	2-146
	Jan/16	Wed	03:00PM-05:30PM	2-146

Cindy Bishop, David Tames

Alexander Laiman

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Dates: TWRF Jan 8th -11th @ 1-3pm , MTRF Jan 28th- Feb 1st @ 5-7pm (another session for part 1 will be run with enough interest)

Location: Room 9-152

We provide you with the hardware, the knowledge and the mentorship to build you first VR application. This is a two part course in which part one introduces students to the fundamentals of creating VR apps in Unity, getting started with no prior knowledge, while part two aims to take students to the next step in the VR workflow including more advanced workshops on graphics, shaders and lighting, using external tools, and mobile platform optimisation . Students who participate are encouraged to apply to Reality Virtually Hackathon which takes place after part one of the course. This course is done in collaboration with VR/AR MIT and office hours are held in conjunction with the club.

Please email laiman@mit.edu and fill in this form to register: REGISTER HERE

Subscribe to the class email mailman list at intro-vr-2019@mit.edu

http://vratmit.com/

Contact: Alexander Laiman, LAIMAN@MIT.EDU

V. Michael Bove, Jr., Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, David Levine, Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This activity is a hands-on exploration of the artistic possibilities of 3D video generally, and of storytelling on volumetric displays specifically.  Teams of students will work through a series of experiments and exercises designed to push the boundaries of this new medium.  We particularly encourage students with experience in  filmmaking, animation, and code development for game engines.

 

Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences, Media Lab
Contact: V. Bove, E15-490, 617 253-0334, VMB@MEDIA.MIT.EDU

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Jan/14

Mon

01:00PM-04:00PM

E15-341

V. Michael Bove, Jr. - Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, David Levine - Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media

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Jan/22

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

E15-341

V. Michael Bove, Jr. - Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, David Levine - Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media

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Jan/28

Mon

01:00PM-04:00PM

E15-341

V. Michael Bove, Jr. - Principal Research Scientist, MIT Media Lab, David Levine - Professor of the Practice of Performance, Theater, and Media

Sandra Rodriguez, Lecturer and Open Documentary Fellow, Sarah Wolozin, Director, MIT Open Documentary Lab

	Jan/16	Wed	04:30PM-07:30PM	E15-320
	Jan/17	Thu	04:30PM-07:30PM	E15-320

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Curious about Virtual Reality but unable to access industry cutting edge content? Look no further. 

The MIT Open Documentary Lab and the MIT Game Lab are opening up their library of VR projects to the MIT Community for a night of exploration, contemplation and fun. 

We will feature award-winning and festival-premiered VR experiences from around the world providing headsets including Oculus Rifts, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear. 

 

 

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Sarah Wolozin, E15-319, 617 253-6447, SWOLOZIN@MIT.EDU

Banti Gheneti, Grace Gardner

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Interested in learning about music genres like Death Grips and Shoegaze?

Come eat snacks and listen to WMBR DJs play music from their favorite genres.

Sponsor(s): WMBR Radio
Contact: Banti Gheneti, 50-030 (Walker Basement), BGHENETI@MIT.EDU

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Japanese Hip Hop

Jan/22

Tue

08:00PM-09:00PM

50-030

Ian Condry - Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies