GMU:Critical VR Lab II - Lab Work

Lecturer: Jörg Brinkmann
Credits: 6 ECTS, 4 SWS
Venue: Digital Bauhaus Lab, Bauhausstraße 9a
First Date: Friday, 06.11.2020, 13:00

Description

Critical VR Lab II – Lab Work will give participants the possibility to work in the Digital Bauhaus Lab, after receiving an introduction to the Corona hygiene regulations. Groups of maximal two students can choose between three time slots and work individually on two VR systems (HTC Vive + HighSpeed PC). Therefore, it will be possible for six students to work in the Digital Bauhaus Lab every week and with maximal 12 participants each student will be able to work in the Lab every second week. It will also be possible for participants to borrow one of five OculusGO VR glasses as well as one of three Ricoh Theta 360 cameras and use them to work on projects outside of the Digital Bauhaus Lab. The course emphasises on artistic and opposing ways of working with Virtual Reality concepts. It’s aim is to establish individual approaches to VR, a challenging medium which offers artists new possibilities for expression and intercultural communication, especially at times of the Corona Crisis which creates new challenges to the way we interact with each other. Please watch the video for more information.

Recommended Requirements

Applicants should have a basic knowledge of working with Unity, access to the Internet, a Computer and Headphones. It is preferred but not explicitly required to have accomplished Critical VR Lab I.

Criteria for passing

In order to successfully participate you will have to develop and document your own project on the GMU Wiki

Communication throughout the semester

The GMU-Wiki

Here you can find all the info about our class and also present your work linked under your name
Please create your account under this link with your University email adress:
Special:CreateAccount

Email

For individual communication. We might send you download links to material

Telegram

CriticalVR2 will be our collective chatroom
Please download Telegram and join for group discussions:
https://t.me/joinchat/HZlOrxvIwhVE623C4j3yOg

BigBlueButton

This video conference utility will be used for our meetings and consultations
To start the conversation click on the link

GROUP A (13.11. | 27.11. | 11.12. | 08.01. | 22.01. | 05.02.)

VR Station 1

slot1: 10:30 – 12:30 (L.-E. Kühr)
slot2: 13:30 – 15:30 (Vivien)
slot3: 16:30 – 18:30 (Magda Gvelesiani)

VR Station 2

slot1: 10:30 – 12:30 (FZ Ayguler)
slot2: 13:30 – 15:30 (Maxi Götz)
slot3: 16:30 – 18:30 (Kristin Jakubek)

GROUP B (20.11. | 04.12. | 18.12. | 15.01. | 29.01. | 12.02.)

VR Station 1

slot1: 10:30 – 12:30 (Ksenija Tajsic)
slot2: 13:30 – 15:30 (Tian Feng)
slot3: 16:30 – 18:30 (Chung Man Lun)

VR Station 2

slot1: 10:30 – 12:30 (Yasemin Yagci)
slot2: 13:30 – 15:30 (Yu-Ting)
slot3: 16:30 – 18:30 (Eirini)

NEW CONSTELLATION (16.12 – 18.12 | 06.01 – 05.02)

WEDNESDAYS

VR Station 1

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (Ksenija)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (Kristin Jakubek)

VR Station 2

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (Yu-Ting)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (Maxi)

THURSDAYS

VR Station 1

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (Leon-Etienne Kühr)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (Chung Man Lun)

VR Station 2

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (Eirini Kokkinidou)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (Yasemin Yagci)

FRIDAYS

VR Station 1

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (Vivien)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (Magda Gvelesiani)

VR Station 2

slot1: 10:00 - 14:15 (tian feng)
slot2: 14:45 - 19:00 (F.Z.Ayguler)

11.11.2020

Meeting via BBB | 14:30 - 16:00 CET
Choose your timeslot for an individual consultation. To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

18.11.2020

Consultations via BBB
Choose your timeslot for an individual consultation. To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

14:30 - 15:00 CET – (put your name here)
15:00 - 15:30 CET – (ksenija)
15:30 - 16:00 CET – (Enzo)

02.12.2020

Consultations via BBB
Choose your timeslot for an individual consultation. To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

14:30 - 15:00 CET – (put your name here)
15:00 - 15:30 CET – (Funda)
15:30 - 16:00 CET – (Grace Quintero)

09.12.2020

Meeting via BBB | 14:30 - 16:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

Christmas and New Year Holidays

07.01.2020

Meeting via BBB | 20:00 - 21:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

14.01.2020

Meeting via BBB | 20:00 - 21:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z 15:00 - 15:30 CET – (Grace Quintero)

21.01.2020

Meeting via BBB | 20:00 - 21:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

28.01.2020

Meeting via BBB | 20:00 - 21:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

04.01.2020

Meeting via BBB | 20:00 - 21:00 CET
To start the conversation open the link which will start the video chat in your browser and click 'join'
https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/jor-h2y-47z

Student works (after login, please add your name and create a page)

VR TOOLBOX

Software

Unity 3D - cross-platform game engine (proprietary)
Blender - 3D modeller with many features (open source)
Autodesk FBX Converter – convert OBJ, DAE, and 3DS files to or from multiple versions of the FBX format (proprietary)
MeshLab - system for processing and editing 3D triangular meshes (open source)
Meshroom - Photogrammetric Computer Vision framework for 3D Reconstruction and Camera Tracking (open source)
MakeHuman tool for making 3D characters (open source)
Meshmixer - "Swiss Army Knife" for 3D meshes (proprietary)
Open Broadcaster Software - streaming and recording program (open source)

Online Tools

Adobe Mixamo - Rapidly create, rig and animate unique characters
NormalMap-Online - create a normalmaps directly inside your browser
Sources/Sounds - where to get audio recordings
Abstract/Technical/Synthetic Sounds (under Packs are several Free ones)

3D Models (for download and use)

Unity 3D Tutorials

Unity 3D Assets

Blender Tutorials

Blender Beginner Series(new) by Blender Guru
Interface and Navigation
Modeling - Creating a kitchen (ignore part 2)
Modeling - Modeling a simple character
Materials - Basic properties of materials
Texturing - Applying textures to an object
Rigging - Rigging a character
Animation - 12 Principles of Animation
Animation - Animating a bouncing ball
Different (aesthetically) interesting Tutorials for Blender (2.8)