IXD-433A: Body Tracking: Home Olympics

Sports were invented to facilitate the display of physical performance. Whether as a player or a fan, sports have helped us imagine what might be possible with our own bodies through fabricated competition, rules, and choreography. How can we utilize 'sports' as an interactive platform to reimagine community spaces and global events during lockdowns, pandemics, and closures? Using motion capture software and multiplayer gaming platforms, students will design an at-home sport that rethinks multiplayer interactions, digital movement, online fandom, rules, scoring, and merchandise. Students will learn emerging motion capture technology while examining the history of sports and domestic spaces from their own cultural perspectives. The course will result in a live-streamed Home Olympic competition.