Also called: Immersive Media Artist, Projection Designer
Projects animated art onto buildings, stages, and immersive gallery walls.
They scan a building's surface, create animations that fit every window and column, and align multiple projectors on-site at night. Immersive art shows, concerts, and festivals use their work.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in digital media, animation, or theater projection design.
Ways in: 4-year college, Self-taught. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Digital Media, Animation, Theatre Design & Technology.
Growing faster than average. Immersive art experiences are growing.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI generates visual content fast, cutting some animation work; mapping onto real buildings and stages needs people on site.
Classes: Digital art or animation, Theater tech crew, AP Computer Science Principles.
Official data: O*NET occupation 27-1014.
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