Lecturer: Jörg Brinkmann
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Date: Thursdays, 15:15 – 18:30
Venue: Performance Platform, Digital Bauhaus Lab (Room 001)
First meeting: Thursday, 17.10.2019, 15:15
Description
Registration
Send an e-mail until April 2nd to joerg.brinkmann@uni-weimar.de. Please include the following information:
Subject/title of your e-mail:
VR Essays
Content:
– your full name
– program and semester
– matriculation number
– describe in a few sentences why you want to take the course
– If you have any material about your creative work online or digitally available, please send links or attach files to the email
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.
Please read carefully:
If you don’t apply on time or don’t get accepted, you can’t participate in the class
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.
Student works
Syllabus
17.10.2019
Introduction
24.10.2019
no class
VR TOOLBOX
Dropbox folder with our class material
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/236vfumto2evj0m/AACs9st-ILFBvFU9bzexjqRVa?dl=0
Software
Unity 3D - cross-platform game engine
https://unity3d.com/de
Blender - open-source 3D modeller with many features
https://www.blender.org
Autodesk FBX Converter – convert OBJ, DAE, and 3DS files to or from multiple versions of the FBX format
https://www.autodesk.com/developer-network/platform-technologies/fbx-converter-archives
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.makehumancommunity.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/
Freesound - collaborative database of Creative Commons Licensed sounds
https://freesound.org
Abstract/Technical/Synthetic Sounds (under Packs are several Free ones)
https://glitchmachines.com/
Some Glitchy Fx Sounds
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xEROZN9QJvdf26D-hOzlK4D2IfxzxZSO?usp=sharing
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
Brackeys Unity 3D Tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/Brackeys/videos
Unity 3D Assets
Standard Assets
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/asset-packs/standard-assets-32351
Free HDR Skyboxes
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/2d/textures-materials/sky/free-hdr-sky-61217
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
Different (aesthetically) interesting Tutorials for Blender (2.8)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuNhGhbemBkdflZ1FGJ0lUQ