Lecturer: Jörg Brinkmann
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Tuesdays, 17:00 - 20:30
Venue: Performance Platform, Digital Bauhaus Lab (Room 001)
First meeting: Tuesday, April 10th 2018, 17:00
DESCRIPTION
This course emphasises artistic and opposing ways of working with Virtual Reality. Its aim is to establish individual approaches to VR, an increasingly widespread medium which
offers artists new possibilities for expression and intercultural communication.
The practical part will be an Introduction to Unity 3D and Blender. We will look into contemporary and digital art related to recent sociopolitical and mediaphilosophical topics. We will create an artistic discourse on the topic of VR which will be presented in the form of individual projects at the end of the semester.
CRITERIA FOR PASSING
In order to successfully participate you will have to develop and document your own project on the GMU Wiki. Also, regularly attend to the sessions and participation is mandatory.
STUDENTWORKS
10.04.2018
Introduction
17.04.2018
Presentation of artistic examples and methods
HOMEWORK until 24.04.2018
create a short (7 min.) presentation of a VR experience
that you choose from www.radiancevr.co
explain what the experience is about and how it uses VR as an artistic tool
for example:
how does it challenge the medium artistically?
Bogac Süyök - AQUAPHOBIA by Jakob Kudsk Steensen
24.04.2018
Presentation of artistic examples and methods
08.05.2018
Introduction to Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Jonas Jülch
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
–
13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (Ulas Yener)
14:00 - 14:30 (Bogac Süyök)
14:30 - 15:00 (Emilio Aguas)
15.05.2018
Introduction to Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Jonas Jülch
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
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13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (put your name here)
14:00 - 14:30 (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:00 (put your name here)
22.05.2018
Introduction to Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Jonas Jülch
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
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13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (put your name here)
14:00 - 14:30 (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:00 (put your name here)
29.05.2018
Introduction to Blender with Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Luis Henrique Mesquita
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
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13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (put your name here)
14:00 - 14:30 (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:00 (put your name here)
05.06.2018
Introduction to Blender with Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Luis Henrique Mesquita
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
–
13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (put your name here)
14:00 - 14:30 (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:00 (put your name here)
12.06.2018
Introduction to Blender with Unity 3D (Marienstr. 7b, Room 104)
by Luis Henrique Mesquita
Consultations (Marienstr. 5, Room 208)
11:00 - 11:30 (put your name here)
11:30 - 12:00 (put your name here)
–
13:00 - 13:30 (put your name here)
13:30 - 14:00 (put your name here)
14:00 - 14:30 (put your name here)
14:30 - 15:00 (put your name here)
19.06.2018
Presentation of your concepts
26.06.2018
Lab Time: Working on your VR Experience
03.07.2018
Lab Time: Working on your VR Experience
10.07.2018
Lab Time: Working on your VR Experience
VR TOOLBOX
Software
Unity 3D - cross-platform game engine
https://unity3d.com/de
Blender - open-source 3D modeller with many features
https://www.blender.org
Meshmixer - "Swiss Army Knife" for 3D meshes
http://www.meshmixer.com
MeshLab - open source system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes
http://www.meshlab.net
MakeHuman - open source tool for making 3D characters
http://www.makehuman.org
Open Broadcaster Software - free and open-source streaming and recording program
https://obsproject.com
Online Tools
Mixamo - Rapidly create, rig and animate unique characters
https://www.mixamo.com
NormalMap-Online - create a normalmaps directly inside your browser
http://cpetry.github.io/NormalMap-Online/
3D Models (for download and use)
http://www.myminifactory.com
http://www.sketchfab.com
http://www.thingiverse.com
http://www.turbosquid.com
http://www.lincoln3dscans.co.uk
Unity 3D Tutorials
Tutorials from the Unity 3D page
https://unity3d.com/de/learn/tutorials
Blender Tutorials
Blender Beginner Tutorial Series by Blender Guru
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjEaoINr3zgHs8uzT3yqe4iHGfkCmMJ0P
Interface and Navigation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT2mtoDnSzM
Modeling - Creating a kitchen (ignore part 2)
https://www.blenderguru.com/tutorials/create-a-realistic-kitchen-part-1-of-2
Modeling - Modeling a simple character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiIoWrOlIRw
Materials - Basic properties of materials
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AHxuoYyJJk
Texturing - Applying textures to an object
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRUUeFteQg
Rigging - Rigging a character
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGvalWG8HBU&t=
Animation - 12 Principles of Animation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDqjIdI4bF4
Animation - Animating a bouncing ball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUocrcIQfp4