Free Course

VR Scenes and Objects

by
Google VR

Create game objects in Unity

About this Course

In this course, you’ll learn the the fundamentals of using the Unity Game Engine to build beautiful and performant VR scenes. Starting from basic game objects, you will learn about transforms and materials, so that you can position objects and make them look realistic. Next, you will experiment with animations and cameras in order to make our scenes more engaging in VR. And finally, you will add some complex lighting to your scene to really make your experience really stand out.

Course Cost
Free
Timeline
Approx. 2 weeks
Skill Level
beginner
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Course Leads

Matt Sonic

Matt Sonic

Instructor

Vasanth Mohan

Vasanth Mohan

Instructor

What You Will Learn

lesson 1

Game Object

  • Create game objects in Unity that represent primitives and meshes
  • Establish parent and child relationships between game objects
lesson 2

Material

  • Learn how to assign a textures & material
  • Be able to identify the purpose of shaders and how to use them
  • Be able to identify the basic inputs to Unity’s Physically-Based Rendering system and use them
lesson 3

Animation

  • Learn how to keyframe and a script to trigger an animation
  • Learn how to adjust the speed of an animation with curves and the timeline
  • Learn how to differentiate an animation clip from an animation controller
lesson 4

Cameras

  • Be able to inspect the camera component and its properties
  • Create a simple VR camera and understand how stereo rendering is implemented
  • Learn how to implement Google’s VR Camera and understand the advantages of Google’s SDK compared to simple VR camera
lesson 5

Lights

  • Learn how to add a light gameobject to a scene and understand the difference between different types of lights
  • Be able to correctly choose between real-time and baked lighting for scene
  • Learn how to implement baked lighting and optimize lightmaps for mobile VR

Prerequisites and Requirements

No programming experience is required. We will teach and use the Unity platform to edit a VR app, so you should have access to a computer running Mac OS X (10.8+) or Windows (7, 8, or 10). Advanced computer skills are helpful, but not required.

Finally, the most important prerequisite is a willingness to learn new things, and belief that you can do this!

See the Technology Requirements for using Udacity.

Why Take This Course

You want to make beautiful VR experiences that perform well and impress your users. This course teaches how to use models, materials, textures, cameras, animation and lights to make attractive VR environments..

You’ll design and build a modern apartment and learn VR best-practices along the way. VR development requires a firm knowledge of 3D models and rendering. This course provides the essential 3D pipeline knowledge needed to produce high quality VR applications.

What do I get?
  • Instructor videos
  • Learn by doing exercises
  • Taught by industry professionals