Alternate Reality Game, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Hyper-reality

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Augmented Reality vs. Alternate Reality Games in Journalism education

Transcript of Alternate Reality Game, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Hyper-reality

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Augmented Reality vs. Alternate Reality

Gamesin Journalism education

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First, can we agree on some terms?-In hierarchical order of digital

immersion.

Alternate Reality Games – “…sometimes referred to as ‘immersive gaming’, are a form of online interactive narrative and puzzle-solving (Connolly et al. 2009) often involving multiple media and game elements to tell a story that may be affected by the actions and/or ideas of the players” (Connolly et al. 2011, p. 1391). Adding: ARGs can be played offline with mediated components.

Augmented Reality – “allows the user to see the real world, with virtual objects superimposed upon or composited with the real world. Therefore, AR supplements reality” (Azuma, 1997).

Virtual Reality – “a synthetic environment in which the user is completely immersed…the user cannot see the real world” (Azuma, 1997)

Hyperreality – “the generation by models of a real without origin or reality” (Beaudrillard, 1994, p. 1)

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Identify: ARG, AR, VR, or HR

Alternate Reality Game

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Identify: ARG, AR, VR, or HR

Augmented Reality

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Alphabet Soup Identifying: ARG, AR, VR, or HR

Virtual Reality

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Alphabet Soup Identifying: ARG, AR, VR, or HR

Hyperreality

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Ready Player One Mass Communication and Society final exam essay is an ARG.

All students are equipped with iPad Minis.

A development team of CompSCI students is building my app for FS15

Step 1: Recite the First Amendment + get QR code Step 2: Trivia Crack – key hyperreality terms in quiz form Step 3: grab a sound bite from a fire department PIO and share it Step 4: capture a photo of a product and write a caption slogan Step 5: extemporaneous media criticism where they read recent news on a controversial

topic and write 3-4 talking points to critique the article, then they record their own 1-minute synopsis, a la John Oliver. Formula: report news, comment on news, comment on media reaction and treatment of the story

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My team