3D Models for Virtual Reality

3D Models for Virtual Reality

This course is part of Virtual Reality Specialization

Instructor: Prof Sylvia Xueni Pan

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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2 weeks at 10 hours a week

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

386 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

Flexible schedule

2 weeks at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

94%

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There are 4 modules in this course

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.

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.

What's included

16 videos7 readings4 assignments5 discussion prompts

16 videos Total 73 minutes

Welcome to 3D Models for Virtual Reality! 2 minutes
What are 3D Graphics? 2 minutes
Introduction to Integrated Development Environments (IDE) 1 minute
Why Use A-Frame? 3 minutes
Open VR with Lance Putman 6 minutes
Unreal Engine 4 minutes
Introduction to Unity 3 minutes
3D Space 4 minutes
Unity User Interface 6 minutes
Navigating in Unity 5 minutes
Objects and Meshes 3 minutes
Creating Objects in Unity | Primitives 6 minutes
Creating 3D Assets 2 minutes
The Asset Store 9 minutes
Importing Assets From Unity and Other Places 6 minutes
VR Environment Project 13 minutes

7 readings Total 100 minutes

Course Blog 10 minutes
Learning To Use A-Frame 5 minutes
Learning Unity 5 minutes
Setting Up Unity 60 minutes
Unity Basics 5 minutes
Importing Assets 5 minutes
VR Project Brief 10 minutes

4 assignments Total 120 minutes

3D Graphics 30 minutes
Reflection on Your Skills for VR Work 30 minutes
Choosing Game Engines 30 minutes
Planning your project 30 minutes

5 discussion prompts Total 60 minutes

Content Creation in VR 10 minutes
Your Favourite VR Environment 10 minutes
Which Engine Will You Use? 15 minutes
How Was Setting Up Unity? 15 minutes
Share Your Work 10 minutes

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.

What's included

16 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 discussion prompt

16 videos Total 75 minutes

Introduction to Week 2 1 minute
Unity transforms 13 minutes
Compound Objects 1 minute
Positioning, Scaling, and Transforming Primitives in Unity 6 minutes
Cameras in VR 3 minutes
Unity VR Mode | Setting Up Cameras | Standard and VR 3 minutes
Keyframe Animation 3 minutes
Keyframe animation in Unity 14 minutes
Introduction to Materials 1 minute
Lights in VR 2 minutes
Lights in Unity 4 minutes
Materials 2 minutes
Materials in Unity 5 minutes
Textures 3 minutes
Textures in Unity 5 minutes
Working on Your Project 7 minutes

4 readings Total 35 minutes

Transforms and Cameras 5 minutes
Setting up VR mode 10 minutes
Unity Animation 10 minutes
Graphics in Unity 10 minutes

1 assignment Total 14 minutes

VR Graphics Quiz 14 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Content Creation Work in Progress 60 minutes

1 discussion prompt Total 10 minutes

Setting up Unity for VR 10 minutes

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.

What's included

14 videos2 readings1 assignment2 discussion prompts

14 videos Total 69 minutes

Introduction to Audio in VR 1 minute
What is Sound? 8 minutes
How Do Humans Perceive Sound? 9 minutes
What is Digital Audio? 9 minutes
How is Sound Useful? 3 minutes
How Do We Use Sound in VR? 6 minutes
General Guidance for Using Sound 2 minutes
How Do We Use Filters in VR? 3 minutes
Audio formats, sources and listeners in Unity 6 minutes
Audio effects in Unity 7 minutes
Unity Audio Clips and Files 4 minutes
Audio Mixers in Unity 8 minutes
Audio in Unity | Additional Resources 2 minutes
Summary 1 minute

2 readings Total 45 minutes

Learning More About Audio in Unity 15 minutes
Now It's Your Turn! 30 minutes

1 assignment Total 30 minutes

Audio and Revision Quiz 30 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

Examples of the Use of Sound 10 minutes
Using Audio in your Project 10 minutes

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.

What's included

11 videos5 readings2 assignments1 peer review2 discussion prompts

11 videos Total 67 minutes

Introduction to Week 4 1 minute
Polygons to Pixels 4 minutes
Motion to Photon 3 minutes
Global Illumination 4 minutes
Why Do We Need Different Graphics Techniques for VR? 6 minutes
Further Learning 2 minutes
Unity Resources 6 minutes
Unity Examples 11 minutes
Learning VR Content Creation 17 minutes
Summary| Creating VR Worlds 6 minutes
Project Advice 7 minutes

5 readings Total 50 minutes

Unity Shaders 10 minutes
Techniques for Optimising a VR Experience 10 minutes
Further Learning in Unity 10 minutes
Final Project Requirements 10 minutes
Thank you 10 minutes

2 assignments Total 60 minutes

What Works in VR? 30 minutes
How is VR Content Creation Different? 30 minutes

1 peer review Total 60 minutes

Creating VR Environments Project 60 minutes

2 discussion prompts Total 20 minutes

How is VR Content Creation Different? 10 minutes
Share a Useful Resource 10 minutes

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Prof Sylvia Xueni Pan

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Reviewed on Jul 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.

Reviewed on Jan 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.

Reviewed on Oct 3, 2018

Can be tough because there are multiple media options to build projects but overall will help you become comfortable with various VR systems.

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