HKBU - Academy of Visual Arts, Videogames and arts, class 09 - online game

1. GDCV1845/GDSS1845 – Videogames and arts
Class 09
Online game & virtual environment

2. Class 08
Schedule
Virtual reality
Augmented reality
Cyberspace
MMORGP (massively multiplayer online role-playing
games)
Social media

3. Peter Steiner, 1993
On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.

4. Samsung roadshow

5. Virtual Reality

6. Lawnmower Man, 1992

7. Augmented Reality

8. MTR, Hong Kong

9. IKEA, 2013

10. Blade Runner, 1982

11. Cyberspace, 1984

12. The Matrix, 1999

13. Characteristics
Cyberspace
Connectivity
Communication

14. MUD
Multi-User Dungeon
Dungeons and Dragons – a multi-players fantasy role-
playing game.
1978 Roy Trubshaw created a server for playing a
fantasy-based game from home computers.

15. Dungeons and Dragons

16. MUD

17. IRC
Internet Relay Chat
1988, Jarkko Oikarinen
To support Bulletin board system by allowing online
discussion of software, news, etc.

18. IRC

19. Chat rooms
Instant Messaging Chat Rooms
1995 AOL Instant Messenger
Initially developed for AOL employees, then released for
AOL subscribers.

20. Examples

21. Second Life, 2003

22. Second Life, 2003

23. Myspace, 2003

24. Facebook, 2004

25. Social Media 2009

26. Social Media 2018

27. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Hong Kong Digital Behavior Insights Report
Neilson, November 2011
http://hk.nielsen.com/documents/HKDigitalBehaviorInsightsReport-FINAL.pdf

28. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Technology in the home

29. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Online Activities with Mobile Devices

30. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Occasions of Use

31. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Social Media Usage

32. Digital behaviour, Hong Kong, 2011
Audio Visual Content

33. Multiplayer online game, Ultima

34. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Living a Virtual Life: Social Dynamics of Online
Gaming (Germany)
Castulus Kolo and Timo Baur, 2004
http://www.gamestudies.org/0401/kolo/

35. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
The Players

36. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Time

37. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Playing Intensity
1. Moderate – Less than or equal to 5 sessions per week;
Less than or equal to 3 hours per session.
2. Tenacious – Less than or equal to 5 sessions per week;
More than 3 hours per session.
3. Frequent – More than 5 sessions per week; Less than or
equal to 3 hours per session.
4. Heavy – More than 5 sessions per week; More than 3
hours per session.

38. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Playing Intensity

39. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Player Characters

40. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Social Relations

41. Multiplayer online game, Ultima Online
Offline Relations

42. Multiplayer online game, EverQuest

43. EverQuest

44. Minecraft

45. Where is the border?
Crossing the border

46. Cosplay

47. Outaku

48. Outaku

49. Recent news

50. Gold farming

51. Esport Atari

52. Esport 1981

53. Esport Hong Kong (SCMP)