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Workshop: Emotive Landscapes: Designing Transformative XR Journeys

📝 Description:

This 5-hour interactive workshop via Zoom and Horizon Worlds focuses on the psychology of environmental design offering a diverse menu of topics. Interested participants can vote on their top choices, results will influence the agenda to craft a personalized and impactful learning experience.

Title

"Emotive Landscapes: Designing Transformative XR Journeys"


Short Summary

Explore the art of crafting immersive environments that evoke specific emotions and guide user experiences, tailored to the most popular topics chosen by prospective attendees.


Workshop Outline/Synopsis

A 5-hour intensive on the psychology of environmental design through Zoom and Horizon Worlds. Areas that will be covered


- Emotional Landscapes: Creating spaces that evoke specific emotions such as awe, discomfort, surprise, anger, and joy.

- Designing User Journeys: Techniques for crafting both linear and wandering paths that engage and reward users.

- Psychology of Interaction: Understanding how cooperative versus competitive environments affect user dynamics.


Workshop Agenda: Emotive Designs in XR

Hour 1: Introduction and Emotional Landscapes

  • 15 mins: Welcome and Overview

    • Introductions, expectations, and an outline of the day's goals.

  • 15 mins: Emotional Landscapes Presentation

    • PowerPoint presentation on emotional landscapes, with video and image examples illustrating different emotional environments.

  • 15 mins: Interactive Discussion

    • Group discussion on the emotional impact of various environments shown, sharing personal experiences of virtual spaces that strongly evoked emotions.

  • 15 mins: Creative Exercise: Imagining Emotional Environments

    • Participants sketch or write a brief description of an environment that conveys a chosen emotion and share with the group.

Hour 2: Designing User Journeys

  • 20 mins: User Journey Presentation

    • PowerPoint presentation explaining linear and wandering paths, with annotated video or image examples of effective user journeys.

  • 20 mins: Group Discussion on User Journeys

    • Group discussion about journey styles, identifying what makes them engaging and brainstorming ideas for user paths.

  • 20 mins: Collaborative Exercise

    • Participants work in small pairs or groups to sketch or describe a user journey within an environment.

    • Reconvene to share results and discuss feedback.

30 Min Break

Hour 3: Psychology of Interaction

  • 30 mins: Psychology of Interaction Presentation

    • PowerPoint presentation on cooperative vs. competitive environments, with video clips explaining the design features influencing user behavior.

  • 30 mins: Interactive Analysis Discussion

    • Group analysis of how environment design changes could alter user interactions, reflecting on real-world examples of cooperative and competitive dynamics.

Hour 4: Collaborative Design Miro

  • 45 mins: Collaborative Design 

    • Participants and facilitator designs a virtual environment that incorporates emotional landscapes, user journeys, and user dynamics.

    • Groups can sketch, describe, or storyboard their environments collaboratively.

30 Min Break

Hour 5: Streaming/World Hop and Wrap-Up

  • 30 mins: Streaming/World Hop

    • Facilitator streams a world hop through a curated selection of existing environments or newly created ones that exemplify the day's concepts.

    • Analyze and discuss features in real time, providing immediate feedback and insights.

  • 20 mins: General Discussion and Reflection

    • Reflect on lessons learned, challenges encountered, and the collaborative process.

    • Answer remaining questions and provide further insights.

  • 10 mins: Conclusion

    • Summarize key takeaways and provide resources for further exploration.

    • Close with thanks and an invitation for follow-up sessions or self-study activities.

 Through world tours and co-creation experiences, attendees will develop their skills to design engaging and emotionally resonant virtual worlds, tailored specifically to their interests and creative goals.

📝 The agenda will be curated according to the top 3 choices, vote for your favorite topics: https://forms.gle/WTi9B6RFANjsDVqb8

By the end of the workshop, attendees will develop their skills to design engaging and emotionally resonant virtual worlds through world tours and co-creation experiences.


🎫 Purchase ticket: https://xrealitypro.com/workshops


📄 About the instructor:

Dr. Ruth Diaz, Psy.D. is an Environmental and Community Design Consultant, Leadership Coach, and VR Innovator. As a distinguished social scientist and environmental designer, Dr. Diaz (aka “Ruth”) has dedicated her career to enhancing virtual reality as a space for meaningful human resiliency and development. With extensive experience in VR, Ruth has pioneered innovative approaches to immersive world-building, emphasizing creating environments that foster emotional resilience and community inclusiveness across digital and physical realities.

Through multiple organizations (e.g., InPathXR), community initiatives, and projects, Ruth has led the development of empathy-based transformative experiences that captivate and connect a diverse network of VR enthusiasts. Ruth’s work, grounded in her commitment to using technology to cultivate better versions of ourselves—individually and collectively, makes her an invaluable guide for delving into the intricacies of emotional landscapes in digital spaces.

Join Ruth for this transformative journey into the heart of VR design, where you'll learn to craft worlds that not only entertain but enrich and empower their inhabitants across all realities.


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