Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center graduate degrees
Transdisciplinary programs at the MIX
The Media and Immersive eXperience (MIX) Center in Mesa, Arizona, is home to transdisciplinary graduate programs from two different schools at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts with courses from several other schools. The programs foster collaboration across fields through a shared core curriculum and bring designers, creators, developers, researchers and worldbuilders together in the creation of new worlds that take multiple forms.
Graduate degree programs
What is XR?
Extended reality (XR) is an umbrella term that includes any intersection of digital and physical realities, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), mixed reality (MR) and any immersive experiences that exist between these forms. These technologies and practices can result in a number of different product types, including video games, immersive cinema, data visualization applications for virtual reality mobile applications for augmented reality, physical spaces augmented with projection mapping or other interactive technologies, and many more.