COM 563 Virtual Environments
Study three-dimensional online environments, massively multiplayer online games (MMOG) and the phenomenon of real-time, online interaction. By examining Second Life and emerging virtual worlds, students will explore how such realms and the accompanying toolsets can be leveraged in a communications capacity, whether to create an online political presence, disseminate news, or be a virtual forum for marketing and commerce.
Goal
Understand past, present and future of virtual reality, and analyze virtual reality concepts. Learn principles of crafting specialized experiences in virtual worlds; creating a virtual presence; modeling objects and environments, and scripting simple animations in Second Life.