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Immersive Experience Design unit (KDA229)

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Location: Hobart

Introduction

This unit introduces students to creating immersive experiences that engage multiple senses and allow users freedom to explore. Working across digital and physical dimensions, this unit focuses on immersive, engaging, sensory-rich experience design that is flexible and self-directed by the user. Through ethnographic research methods, students will gather insights about immersive environments while analysing existing experiences to identify key effectiveness factors. The unit emphasises iterative prototyping and feedback integration, enabling students to develop and refine design solutions that respond to user needs. By completion, students will possess the methodological toolkit to create innovative immersive experiences that thoughtfully balance designer intention with user agency across various contexts.

Summary

Unit name Immersive Experience Design
Unit code KDA229
Credit points 12.5
College/School Sciences and Engineering
School of Architecture and Design
Discipline Architecture & Design
Coordinator Mrs Sophia Holmes
Available as an elective? Yes
Delivered By University of Tasmania
Level Intermediate

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Availability

Location Study period Attendance options Available to
Hobart Semester 2 This unit is available through on-campus delivery Available to International Students Available to Domestic Students
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  • This unit is available through off-campus delivery Off-Campus
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Key Dates

Study Period Start date Census date WW date End date
Semester 2 5/7/2026 27/7/2026 30/8/2026 24/10/2026

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Learning Outcomes

  • Conduct basic design ethnography to gather insights about immersive environments.
  • Evaluate and analyse existing immersive experiences to determine what makes them effective.
  • Apply relevant methods to the design of an immersive experience design prototype.
  • Engage in and apply feedback to design decision making and refinement.

Fee Information

Field of Education Commencing Student Contribution 1,3 Grandfathered Student Contribution 1,3 Approved Pathway Course Student Contribution 2,3 Domestic Full Fee 4
100500 $1,192.00 $1,020.00 not applicable $2,972.00
  • Available as a Commonwealth Supported Place
  • HECS-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility3
  • FEE-HELP is available on this unit, depending on your eligibility4

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2 Please refer to more information on eligibility and Approved Pathway courses.
3 Please refer to more information on eligibility for HECS-HELP.
4 Please refer to more information on eligibility for FEE-HELP.

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Teaching

AssessmentDesign Sprints (30%)|Emotional Mapping and Non-Linear Navigation Design (30%)|Immersive Experience Prototype (40%)
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Textbooks

Required

Austin, T. (2020). Narrative Environments and Experience Design: Space as a Medium of Communication (1st edition., Vol. 1). Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367138073

Paulsen, K. S. (2022). Integrated storytelling by design¿: concepts, principles and methods for new narrative dimensions (1st ed.). Routledge.

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