Design for VR - Autumn 2023

Welcome to the course homepage of DE677 - Design for Virtual Reality.
(28 Aug - 08 Sep 2023)

Schedule

Below is the course schedule for the two weeks and the corresponding venues.

Updates

  08 Sep 2023  

The outcomes from this Autumn 2023 course can be found here: Project Showcase for Design for VR 2023.

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  22 Aug 2023  

Tushar Vaid will be taking the development sessions on Unity game engine, and helping with development of the XR prototypes. Here are some of his works.

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  21 Aug 2023  

Visit the Companion Page created by Rishi Vanukuru, where you will find instructions on how to set up your systems for XR development.

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  08 Aug 2023  

The invited speakers this time are:

1. Rohan Jhunja (Designer at Inspirit VR) [31 Aug, 10:00AM - 11:00AM]
2. Neha Mayacharya (Immersive Experience Designer at Cemtrex Labs) [31 Aug, 11:00AM - 12:00PM]
3. Harshit Agrawal (Machine Intelligence Designer at Adobe, India) [31 Aug, 12:00PM - 01:00PM]
4. Rayaan Sheik (Animation Designer & Creative Artist at Softway) [4 Sep, 11:30AM - 12:30PM]
5. Rishi Vanukuru (PhD Scholar at ATLAS Institute, University of Colorado Boulder) [5 Sep, 10:00AM - 11:00AM]
6. Shreyas Vernekar (User Experience Designer at Oracle) [5 Sep, 11:00AM — 12:00PM]

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  06 Jul 2023  

The outcomes from the Autumn 2022 course can be found here: Project Showcase for Design for VR 2022.

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  06 Jul 2023  

The outcomes from the Autumn 2021 course can be found here: Project Showcase for Design for VR 2021.

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Lecture Outline

1. History
   • Evolution of Communication Media
   • Evolution of Virtual Reality
2. Present
   • VR & Technology
   • How & Why VR Works
   • Design Process:
     a. Interactive Experiences
     b. 360 Narratives
3. Future
   • Applications of XR
   • Potential of XR

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