This course is part of the Virtual Reality Specialization

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Virtual Reality SpecializationUniversity of London

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This course will begin your journey to creating Virtual Reality experiences. A Virtual Reality experience is a new world that you step into and are entirely immersed in. Creating a VR experience means creating that world and all the objects in it. 
In this course you will learn the basics of 3D graphics: how we create objects and how to lay them out to create an environment. You will learn techniques like materials and texturing that make your objects appear realistic. You will also learn about audio techniques to ensure that your experiences sound great as well as looking great. In all of these topics we will pay attention to the particular requirements of Virtual Reality, including pitfalls and performance issues: making sure your environment runs fast enough in VR. 

You will learn all of this using the professional game and VR engine, Unity3D. Unity is one of the most used game engine and is a relatively easy, but fully featured, introduction to 3D development. 

The course will culminate in a project in which you will create your own VR scene. VR development is something you can only learn by doing it yourself, so working on your project will be the best way to learn.

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Virtual Reality Specialization

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Approx. 16 hours to complete

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Flexible deadlines

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Course 2 of 5 in the

Virtual Reality Specialization

Intermediate Level

Approx. 16 hours to complete

English

Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish

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Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan

Lecturer, Department of Computing

Goldsmiths, University of London

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week

Week 1

6 hours to complete

3D Graphics

This week you will begin developing 3D Virtual Reality Environments. We will cover the basics of 3D graphics, including a number of 3D engines and development environments that you can use. We will particularly focus on the Unity3D engine.

6 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 73 min), 7 readings, 4 quizzes

16 videos

Welcome to 3D Models for Virtual Reality!1m

What are 3D Graphics?1m

Introduction to Integrated Development Environments (IDE)1m

Why Use A-Frame?3m

Open VR with Lance Putman5m

Unreal Engine3m

Introduction to Unity2m

3D Space3m

Unity User Interface6m

Navigating in Unity4m

Objects and Meshes2m

Creating Objects in Unity | Primitives5m

Creating 3D Assets2m

The Asset Store8m

Importing Assets From Unity and Other Places6m

VR Environment Project13m

7 readings

Course Blog10m

Learning To Use A-Frame5m

Learning Unity5m

Setting Up Unity1h

Unity Basics5m

Importing Assets5m

VR Project Brief10m

4 practice exercises

Reflection on Your Skills for VR Work30m

Choosing Game Engines30m

3D Graphics30m

Planning your project30m

Week

Week 2

3 hours to complete

VR Graphics

In this module you will carry on learning about 3D graphics, including how to use transforms to lay out a 3D scene and how to use materials to give your objects a distinctive appearance. You will also submit the first draft of your project.

3 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 60 min), 4 readings, 2 quizzes

16 videos

Introduction to Week 21m

Transforms4m

Compound Objects1m

Positioning, Scaling, and Transforming Primitives in Unity5m

Cameras in VR2m

Unity VR Mode | Setting Up Cameras | Standard and VR2m

Keyframe Animation3m

Keyframe Animation in Unity7m

Introduction to Materials1m

Lights in VR2m

Lights in Unity4m

Materials2m

Materials in Unity4m

Textures2m

Textures in Unity4m

Working on Your Project7m

4 readings

Transforms and Cameras5m

Setting up VR mode10m

Unity Animation10m

Graphics in Unity10m

1 practice exercise

VR Graphics Quiz30m

Week

Week 3

3 hours to complete

VR Audio

In this week you will learn about using sound in Virtual Reality and how you can use advanced 3D Audio techniques to enhance your experience.

3 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 66 min), 2 readings, 1 quiz

14 videos

Introduction to Audio in VR1m

What is Sound?8m

How Do Humans Perceive Sound?8m

What is Digital Audio?8m

How is Sound Useful?3m

How Do We Use Sound in VR?6m

General Guidance for Using Sound2m

How Do We Use Filters in VR?3m

Audio Formats, Sources and Listeners in Unity6m

Audio Effects in Unity4m

Unity Audio Clips and Files3m

Audio Mixers in Unity7m

Audio in Unity | Additional Resources1m

Summary1m

2 readings

Learning More About Audio in Unity15m

Now It's Your Turn!30m

1 practice exercise

Audio and Revision Quiz30m

Week

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Content Creation: What works in VR?

In this final week of the course, we will put together everything we have learned to think about how to create compelling VR worlds. We will start by looking behind the scenes at how 3D graphics hardware works and why VR can be so demanding of computing power. Then we will think about the particular requirements of content creation for VR. You will finish by submitting the final version of your project for a peer review.

4 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 67 min), 5 readings, 3 quizzes

11 videos

Introduction to Week 41m

Polygons to Pixels4m

Motion to Photon2m

Global Illumination4m

Why Do We Need Different Graphics Techniques for VR?6m

Further Learning1m

Unity Resources5m

Unity Examples11m

Learning VR Content Creation16m

Summary| Creating VR Worlds6m

Project Advice6m

5 readings

Unity Shaders10m

Techniques for Optimising a VR Experience10m

Further Learning in Unity10m

Final Project Requirements10m

Thank you10m

2 practice exercises

What Works in VR?30m

How is VR Content Creation Different?30m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM 3D MODELS FOR VIRTUAL REALITY

by FTOct 12, 2020

Realmente fue de mucha ayuda los videos y toda la información que nos compartieron agradezco a los tutores a a los que hacen posible estos cursos para seguir aprendiendo día tras día.

by ACJan 14, 2018

This course refreshed my skills of developing 3D models and environments in Unity3D software. Some new learnings were interesting and useful - viz. how and where to to get 3D models.

by NYJul 8, 2020

It really couldn't have been better. Everything was right up to the mark; right from theoretical knowledge to practical hands-on lectures. It was just a perfect experience.

by LAMar 18, 2019

Loving learning about VR and space design in this coarse; so much to learn, but the content isn't overwhelming - you're given resources to continue learning its great!

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About the Virtual Reality Specialization

This specialisation from the University of London will introduce you to virtual reality.

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