Hackerschool: Introduction to Augmented and Virtual Reality

Sign up at http://bit.ly/hs-2019-ar-vr

This workshop will be held on the 19th of October, Saturday, from 1.00 PM to 4.00 PM in NUS School of Computing, at Seminar Room 1 (SR1) in the COM1 building.

Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technology has begun to make waves in consumer markets with the launch of affordable head-mounted displays. Learn about the technology behind augmented reality powered games such as augmented reality and see for yourself how you could enhance your projects with another dimension of visualization and interaction. We'll be using the Unity game engine to develop create some simple augmented reality experiences on your mobile phones.

Here's an outline for the workshop:

1. Get Unity installed
2. Introduction to Augmented/Virtual Reality
3. Unity Crash Course
4. Building simple applications in AR/VR

Workshop is free and open to the public (not only NUS students), and no prior experience is required. Please bring your own laptop and charge fully before coming as power points are limited. See you there!