Designing virtual worlds

COURSE DESCRIPTION

This studio lab course is designed for artists to explore user engagement and storytelling in virtual reality. User Experience Design (UX) is pivotal in developing engaging immersive interactions. In this course students will prototype and test different models of interaction that are emerging in Virtual Reality. Students will develop skills in Unity to develop immersive interactive environments. Students will learn how to prototype interactive models and design complex solutions for virtual environments. Students are not required to have previous experience with Unity prior to the course. Students will be oriented to Unity software. By the end of the course students will be able to think critically about virtual reality immersive worlds and have applied research developing virtual reality environments.  Students will explore themes such as landscape, narrative and sound for virtual reality through applied coursework.  Credits: 4.