Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen
Media, Design en IT
JAP: Immersive Storytelling & VR35462/3630/2627/1/83
Study guide

JAP: Immersive Storytelling & VR

35462/3630/2627/1/83
Academic year 2026-27
Is found in:
  • International programmes Media, Design and IT
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 4 credits
It is not possible to enrol in this course unit under exam contract (to obtain a degree).
Co-ordinator: Crols Bram
Languages: English
Scheduled for: Semester 1
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).
Re-sit exam: not possible.
Possibility of deliberation: This course unit is eligible for deliberation according to the criteria as determined by the degree programme you are enrolled in.
Total study time: 78,00 hours

Caution

IPMDI/JAP/008

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Learning outcomes (list)

You create a specific storyboard for a VR production
You apply several learned narrative techniques and take into account the specific point of view of the viewer
You learn to set up and follow a workflow for a VR production, taking into account the different specialists you will need
You gain insight into project management, team dynamics, gamification, scenario thinking, and virtual reality
You participate in and take responsibility within an interprofessional team in order to analyze and synthesize complex situations

Course content

The narrative constructions used in Immersive Storytelling are partly the same as the ones use in traditional storytelling, but most of the techniques are radically new. In this course we discover all the new narrative techniques for immersive storytelling and VR.
We do this in a hands-on interdisciplinary project in which we work with different expertises and backgrounds. With your communication or journalism background you’ll be the storyteller who conceptually and throughout the process reflects about the necessary ‘audience identification’. The teamrelated workshops give you insight in the technical and productional competences for 360° VR.

With the experience gained from the interdisciplinary teamwork you’ll also start working individually, creating a journalistic/societal immersicve concept proposal which you can pitch within media organisations.

In this course we’ll also visit an existing XR experience and an international XR event (DocLab).

Study material (list)

Personal laptopMandatory

Educational organisation (list)

Learning Activities
Collaborative learning14,00 hours
Lectures and / or tutorials14,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours50,00 hours
  • Description: Onde day visit of Doclab (immersive storytelling festival) part of IDFA, Amsterdam.

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for both exam chances, not reproducible in re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
1st examination periodProject assignment80,00
1st examination periodReflection assignment once during class weeks20,00