Immersive Media Communication Master's Student Work

Students in the University of Oregon's Master's in Immersive Media Communication create AR, VR, and XR projects that address real communication challenges — connecting audiences to environmental data, cultural stories, and social issues through spatial and interactive experiences. Their work has been recognized at the Webby Awards, MIT’s Reality Hack, and Lenslist’s Spectacles Challenge, and featured on platforms including Snap AR's Lens Studio.

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Immersive Media Project Wins Webby Honorable Mention
The immersive media project Otter Rock: Beneath the Surface received a Webby honorable mention in the Apps, Software, and Immersive category. The project was created by the SOJC’s Snap AR Scholars.
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Charting Otter Rock Marine Reserve in Augmented Reality
The SOJC’s Snap AR Scholars and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife partner to create an augmented reality experience that helps people “see” the submerged Otter Rock Marine Reserve.
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SOJC Master’s Students Honored for VR Project
Three 2024 graduates of the Immersive Media Communications Master’s program—Luke Walker, Sam Morrison, and Kathleen Darby—placed third in Lenslist’s Spectacles Challenge for “Otter Rock: Beneath the Surface.”
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Telling Coral's Comeback Story
SOJC students and faculty use immersive media, such as augmented reality and 360 video, to share coral research in Hawaiʻi, showing how science communication connects audiences to marine conservation.
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Video: Snap AR Scholars Are Making the Ocean Come Alive
An SOJC student-led organization called Snap AR Scholars is working with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to change the way people interact with the ocean to drive conservation.
Two SOJC students review an augmented reality experience designed with Snapchat in the SOJC immersive media lab
Spreading Ideas with Augmented Reality Storytelling
Snap AR Scholars, a student-led agency made up of designers and researchers, created an augmented reality storytelling experience to promote the nonprofit Hope for Haiti while building job skills.
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Using immersive media to inspire nonprofit giving
Jake Savelich’s Strategic Communication Master’s capstone project explores the confluence of an environmental crisis, the nature of empathy and VR technology.
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Game studies researchers explore collegiate esports in the new EGR Lab
In the SOJC’s Esports and Games Research Lab, students explore the psychology, culture, and industry surrounding gaming—including its effectiveness as a learning tool and its integration into everyday life.

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