Introduction to the Unity Platform

Issued by Lehman College/CUNY

After a short introduction on the history of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR), workshop participants will be introduced to the Unity platform. Unity’s interface, asset store and customization features will be reviewed. Participants will be able to work on available computers or on their own devices. While Unity can be used for development on a wide array of platforms, emphasis will be placed on VR and AR projects to be built for the HTC Vive.

Type Learning
Level Foundational
Time Days
Cost Paid

Additional Details

Skills

Augmented Reality
Computer Programming
Unity
Unity Platform
Virtual Reality

Earning Criteria

Introduction to Unity: a. Breaking down and customizing the interface; b. Creating a new project; c. Folder structures; d. Scene navigation; e. Asset store and 3D assets; f. Introduction to the HTC Vive and demos. Session will introduce scenes and assets in Unity. Participants will be introduced to prefabs, materials, and other Unity concepts and structures that are essential to building applications.
Scene Building: a. Creating 3D Assets; b. Materials and Textures; c. Physics, Colliders and Rigid bodies; d. Prefabs; e. Scripting; b. Small projects. Session will introduce additional common features found in Unity and in most games and applications. After this introduction, participants will be able to experiment with these features as well as introduce small projects.
Enhancing applications: a. Lighting; b. Particle systems; c. Navigation; d. Sound; e. Continuation of small project. Final session will dive deeper into the Unity scripting API. Participants will continue working on their small projects and learn about animation within Unity. User interface will be covered and added to projects. Participants will also learn about deployment to target platforms.