Zoom has become one of the primary modes of gathering, communicating, and interacting with many of the people in our lives. This simple but robust tool has replaced the complexity found in typical day to day modes of engagement with tiny portals locked in a grid. Everyone is burnt out, everyone is tired of it, and everyone dreads the next Zoom meeting in their calendar. This class is all about bringing a sense of joy, fun, and experimentation to our online gathering spaces.
Over 7 weeks we will engage in a series of prompts and experiments to reimagine what kind of experiences we can have on online social spaces, culminating in a collectively designed event open to the NYU community. We will look at tools such as OBS, Virtual Cameras, Virtual Audio, and more to learn how we can control and manipulate our audio and video portals. From there we will explore an online platform called OhYay to look at how we can collectively design new spaces for online community.