NM3202 - Immersive Imaging

Credit points:	03
Year:	2010
Student Contribution Band:	Band 1
Administered by:	School of Creative Arts

Available to Bachelor of New Media Arts students or by permission of Academic Adviser

This subject involves investigations of a range of immersive and interactive imaging options. These include: a rationale for interactive panoramic and object movie imaging and their application as web based technologies for the tourism, environmental, advertising and education industries. Virtual tours with multimedia enhancements will also be investigated. Students will be encouraged to develop collaborative project work involving, wherever possible, partners from outside of the local area, including the international arena. An understanding of professional workflows will be developed through the completion of such project work.

Learning Outcomes

• established ability to make and format immersive imaging content for various multi media and internet applications;
• established understanding of the ability of immersive imaging to extend the interactivity of various types of digital experience;
• established ability to conceive, ideate, design, capture and process interactive panoramas, object movies and virtual tours;
• established experience of working with partners from outside of the university.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

NM1201 and NM1202 and NM2201 and NM2202

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 25-Mar-2010
Coordinator:	Mr Clive Hutchison
Contact hours:	13 hours lectures 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	multidraft Essays (60%); portfolio of images completed in class (40%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.