VR rapid prototyping in Unity3D for architecture showcasing

• Required:
  • the VR equipment and VR-ready workstations (Windows) plus the floor space for each headset to test apps comfortably

Format of the Course

• Interactive presentations and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customization Options

• To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Day 1

• setting up a VR workspace for development
• setting up a VR demonstration space
• specific considerations about different headsets and how they dramatically impact experience design
• available controllers characteristics and their relative influence on design
• installing software for VR development
• VR hello world: the white cube on the floor
• interaction design considerations
• introduction to VR development workflow

Day 2

• discovering Unity workspace
• exercise: building an experience entirely from the editor
• Unity standalone application building
• Behaviour programming in Unity
• exercise: a simple solar system (scripting, geometry)

Day 3

• importing 3D models in Unity
• rendering basics* (lighting, textures, shaders)
  • * no advanced rendering techniques covered by this training
• taking advantage of the Unity asset store
• Unity event oriented programming
• VR controllers input
• exercise: grab planets (user interaction in VR)

Day 4

• Movement in VR: technical & design considerations (teleport, translation, dash)
• exercise: add teleport feature
• exercise: switch between models
• exercise: drop points of interest
• exercise: switch points of interest

Day 5 (optional)

• exercise: furniture catalog
• exercise: place furniture
• exercise: change interior lighting
• exercise: change time of day

Day 6 (optional)

• Multi-user experience design and prototyping