There's a different energy that exists
in Brooklyn that helps media and tech
flourish in a different way than in other
parts of New York City.
My name is Carl Hewitt. I'm in the
Digital Media and Design
for Learning Program. We know that it's
possible to learn from television. So my
thesis project is examining how immersive
technologies like augmented reality,
virtual reality, can foster learning
through a virtual experience. An
example of that would be, if I'm
working for the federal government
and I'm going to affect economic
change in, let's say, McDowell County,
through a virtual experience, I can find
out what it's like to exist in McDowell
County from 1955 to 2016. So I see when
it was thriving and how industry slowly
left and why these policies would be
needed. It's immersive and that's part
of the research that's happening right
now. How can we better pivot peripheral
technologies to help foster learning in
the informal space as well as in the
formal space.
