ILLUS-3346

AUGMENTED DESIGN: CREATING IN AND FOR VIRTUAL REALITY

Faculty: Mattia Casalegno

Course Level: Junior, Senior, 5th Year

3 CREDITS

COMPUTER LITERACY REQUIREMENT: This course fulfills the computer literacy requirement for Illustration majors.

This class introduces students to the creative possibilities of Virtual Reality (VR) and related design strategies as they apply to draing, modeling, space design and non-linear storytelling. Emphasis will be placed on VR_based professional tools such as Medium VR, Gravity Sketch and Quill, which are currently used in the fields of architecture, illustration, animation, interactive arts and game development. Students will learn the professional authoring software Unity, and will be introduced to the fundamentals of designing assets, multimedia components, interactive strategies and scripting. During the semester, notions of Augmented Reality (AR) and Mixed Reality (MR) technologies will be discussed as well, and students will have unrestricted access to Oculus Rift and HTC Vive room scale set-ups.

Capacity: 12

Registration Restriction: Major elective; restricted to Illustration juniors and seniors; open to non-majors pending seat availability and permission of instructor. 

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