Seeing that I'm the only fine arts student in the virtual worlds design class, what I'm looking towards my interests in creating something unique/different in virtual worlds is to create a new form of media, whether it be big, small, or something of a deviation to a previous medium or form of technology, it doesn't matter as long as it's a fresh idea.
Currently, my interests is towards location-based media, since I'm taking an art class that focuses on the art and theory of locative media. [1] Like this class, it's a studio-based class where students explore the tools and impact of this emerging medium, where students can bring in and share ideas, including their creative endeavors. Compared to the virtual worlds class here, the curriculum is more structured and rigid, where our work seems to be the focus on one particular tool.
When I heard about this class at first from the late Steve Wilson, former head of the Conceptual Information Arts program, he suggested that since I was interested in exploring digital media or video games, I was suggested to take this class, but then took a shot at making CIA my area of study, since they too focused on the theory of new media.
As time passed by, my interests have started to changed dramatically, due to my student and personal life, I felt that I didn't need to focus on projects or create art that would likely loot myself the "big bucks" or a job with good pay (maybe something that'll keep me financially stable).
I guess my interests in exploring virtual worlds seems a bit vague here, but one of my goals of getting something out of this class is not to just play around Second Life and do nothing other than that for the whole semester (which is what I've honestly been doing lately, but throwing ideas has been helping me lately [2]). I want to create a fantastic work of art that I can be proud of that is in the realm of non-tangible space rather than an art gallery, for example.
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