{"id":845,"date":"2022-09-01T19:15:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T19:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp_dev\/?p=845"},"modified":"2025-04-14T15:34:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T15:34:11","slug":"first-person-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/first-person-something\/","title":{"rendered":"First Person Something"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FirstPersonSomething.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FirstPersonSomething.png 1024w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FirstPersonSomething-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FirstPersonSomething-768x473.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sarah Rothberg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this experimental seven week seminar\/studio, we\u2019ll explore media meant to be experienced from a first person point of view (ie, training simulations, found footage horror, first person shooters, Go Pro videos, VR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This class will include a gentle introduction \/ brush-up of creative applications of Unity3d (culminating in the ability to create a simple 3d FPS style experience, subverting the \u201cfirst person shooter\u201d), as well as an introduction to a variety of techniques for crafting first person experiences. Ultimately, the final project you develop will use the medium\/technology of your choosing, on the topic of your choosing, leveraging the affordances of first person POV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Class activities will include: discussion of readings and artworks, research and presentations on self-determined sub-topics of interest, technical demos, critique. If there is shared interest, we will do a live-streamed performance or other collective digital presentation of final projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We will:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Co-construct a shared critical language around first person POV media<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read and discuss media and texts about: violence in gaming, empathy, embodiment, subjectivity, etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Review or reinforce basic Unity skills<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deeply engage with each other\u2019s ideas, work, and points of view!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this experimental seven week seminar\/studio, we\u2019ll explore media meant to be experienced from a first person point of view (ie, training simulations, found footage horror, first person shooters, Go Pro videos, VR).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6687,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-courses","category-tier-2-courses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=845"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6688,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/845\/revisions\/6688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itp.nyu.edu\/itp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}