NuVu's Process

Virtual reality offers students the opportunity to leverage advanced creation and storytelling techniques to build explorable worlds. At the start of studio, students will learn about collaborative VR learning, communication, and effective research techniques. Students will apply their research and design skills in order to produce virtual/augmented reality works that engage ecological topics. 

Once the worlds have been built, students will further the projects through programming and animation. They will draw on game design and educational strategies including puzzles, experimentation, and mindfulness in order to achieve the most effective project. Finally students will present their projects to an audience of their peers, collecting data and feedback in order to deconstruct and analyze the effectiveness of their tools.

A 281-acre preserve in the heart of Boston, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University stewards one of the world’s most comprehensive and best documented collections of temperate woody plants, with particular focus on the floras of eastern North America and eastern Asia. The living collections, herbarium, and library and archives support research both in our own laboratories at Weld Hill and by scholars around the world. Free and open every day, this jewel in the Emerald Necklace park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and engages the public through educational opportunities and programs for all ages.

Project Possibilities

• Mixed reality tour of the Arboretum
• Interactive storytelling about the origins of plant and tree species
• Mapping the future of flora in changing climate
• Envisioning seasonal changes and time-scales in forestry
• Designing for urban-nature interface

Past Studios + Partnerships

Lakeland Magic -- Community Collaboration

LUNCH

9:30 - 10:00

10:00 - 10:20

10:30 - 12:00

1:00 - 2:30

2:30 - 2:45

Studio Introduction

Community Agreement

Trees of Summer

Assignment

Assignment Wrap Up (15 minute)

Share out (30 minute)

Field Trip Prep (30 minute)

Clean Up/Document

COMMUNITY AGREEMENT

Expectations From Coaches

Expectations From Students

Expectations From Each Other

EXPECTATIONS FROM COACHES

Provide Technical Support

Post Assignments at the end of the studio day (before 4pm)

Create a Studio Discord

Enforce the breaks

Be more clear about Critique vs. Directional Input

Balance students' need for breaks and effort (bad days)

EXPECTATIONS FROM STUDENTS

CELL PHONES AWAY - Unless needed

Having Fun + Assurances of work.

30 Minutes for Homework that is specific to Studio.

Communicating your needs for breaks and other support (Blob Chart)

Ask for help

Support each other

Be generative, iterate, and think about many possibilities

EXPECTATIONS FROM EACH OTHER

Be Open Minded

"Calling Out" vs "Calling In"

Make good use of the spaces. Studio, Desk Crits, and outside will need to be utilized appropriately.

Be Peaceful

Keep NuVu Clean