VR Weekend Workshop: Learn Unity VR in 3 Days!
Details
You must purchase tickets on our Eventbrite page (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/vr-weekend-workshop-learn-unity-vr-for-vive-tickets-33454524383?aff=meetup) if you'd like to attend the workshop:
DESCRIPTION
Start your journey as a VR creator! In just 3 short days you'll learn how to build a VR experience from scratch using the Unity game engine. You'll get to work directly with instructors, hear from two industry experts, and meet the local community. Whether you’re exploring a career in VR, want to prototype an idea or just want to learn something new, this workshop will equip you with the key skills to start creating.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 2 Days of Intensive Skills Training & Networking Dinner
• HTC Vives for Project Testing
• Access to Work with Instructors one-on-one
• One Day Pass to Upload SF or Upload LA
• Healthy Lunch & Refreshments
Friday, May 19th (6:30pm-9pm)
6:30pm: Dinner, drinks and play VR games in our Holodeck Rooms (dinner catered by Chewse)
7:00pm: VR Weekend Talk
7:20pm: Icebreaker
7:30pm: Intro to the VR Industry: history, design contraints, how VR works
8:00pm: Intro to Unity | Building your first VR Experience & Selecting your project
9:00pm: Light drinks and hanging out then we're done for the night! Get some rest for a big day tomorrow!
Saturday, May 20th (10am-6pm)
10:00am: Meet and greet and play VR games in our Holodeck rooms
10:30am-12:30pm: Learn to make your first VR game: Shooters Game, Debugging Methods
12:30pm: VR Weekend Talk
1:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm-6:00pm: Finish making your Shooters Game, Paper Prototyping, Create Challenges
Sunday, May 21st (10am-6pm)
10:00am: Doors open, Learning How to Learn on your own in Future
11:00am: Continue building Shooters Game and add on Individual Challenges, Showcase Work
1:00pm: Lunch
2:00 - 4:30pm: Game Development Process, VR Design Principles Analysis, How to Get Started on Your Own
4:30pm - 6:00pm : Continue building challenges, Share your work, Game testing and playing in VR
MEET THE INSTRUCTORS
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Janet Brown
Janet is a developer and co-founder at Atakote Studios, an independent studio making unique VR and AR experiences in the heart of San Francisco. She is passionate about bringing experiences to VR that appeal to new and both gaming and non-gaming audiences. She also works with companies to build their innovation pipelines and bring compelling products to market, and has done so across Europe, Asia & the USA at McKinsey & Company, as well as key roles at consumer giants like Diageo and Mondalez. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Ram Ramakrishnan
Ram is a developer and fix-it guy at Atakote Studios, creators of such VR titles as ‘Live in Color’, currently available on Steam. He loves working with emerging technologies and bringing content to life, and has done so previously at BT, Intel, IBM, Spotify, and various startups. He holds a computer science degree from a school who shares its mascot with the GO programming language, and an MBA from Kellogg but does not eat Special K. He’s also actively working on how to make himself irrelevant with AI (rather than just irreverent).
GUEST SPEAKERS
To Be Announced...
PREREQUISITES
Any computer/laptops with Unity installed (does not need to be a VR-ready computer, any laptop will work - MacBook Air, Lenovo, etc). You will be running the VR experiences on our computers, but develop on yours.
Basic C# coding knowledge (if you've never programmed before then put a few hours in at Microsoft Virtual Academy (https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/c-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners-16169?l=Lvld4EQIC_2706218949) or LearnC# (http://www.learncs.org/) - Either one will prepare you enough for this course).About Upload
Upload is the leading news, coworking, events and education provider in the VR industry. For more info check out www.uploadvr.com (http://www.uploadvr.com/).
Questions?
Please contact Ned Atkins, n@upload.io
No Refunds.