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Augmented Reality vs. Alternate Reality
Gamesin Journalism education
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)
Identify: ARG, AR, VR, or HR
Alternate Reality Game
Identify: ARG, AR, VR, or HR
Augmented Reality
Alphabet Soup Identifying: ARG, AR, VR, or HR
Virtual Reality
Alphabet Soup Identifying: ARG, AR, VR, or HR
Hyperreality
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
My team