Degree in Animation and VFX

Become a professional in 3D computer generated imagery, including special effects and 3D artwork. The Degree in Animation at La Salle Campus Barcelona is the first official undergraduate degree program in Catalonia.

Augmented and virtual reality

Description
The subject will work on how to create augmented and virtual reality environments for experiences and artistic creations of various kinds. It will focus both from the point of view of project production and from the perspective of the reflection of perception and reception by the user.
Type Subject
Optativa
Semester
Second
Credits
4.00

Titular Professors

Previous Knowledge
Objectives

RA73 The student creates 3D content for interactive environments such as video games or virtual reality.

Contents

- Subject references
- We start with UE4 (Materials and Lighting)
- Real Time Audio Reactives (Modifying lights, Meshes, Transformations, Materials)
- Video Player with Trigger Boxes in 3rd person, applied in space, character, etc.
- Blueprints Programming (Animation of environments, lights, objects)
- OSC, MIDI and Arduino resources to control UE4 in real time.
- Introduction to Virtual Production using a chroma key.
- Introduction to Occulus Quest 2 and how to enter your created spaces.
- Moving virtual cameras with Occulus controllers.
- AR applications with UE4

Methodology

Work is carried out using different active teaching methodologies, mainly project-based learning.
Although there are lectures, demonstrative and practical classes predominate, where the latter are carried out
individually by the students with continuous supervision and feedback from the teacher.
At certain points in the syllabus, problem-based learning and exercises are applied, so that the student has to
face situations that take them out of their comfort zone. In this process the student has to think about solving
more complex situations by merging different techniques and applying theory.
Didactic activities with specific audiovisual material are offered so that students can familiarise themselves with
the technical vocabulary and develop their professional growth through practice and experience.
At the beginning of the course, the exercises that make up the continuous evaluation of the whole semester and
the route to follow to achieve the purpose of the course are set out.
Throughout the course, the student receives individual and group feedback to evolve and have the opportunity
to rectify, improve their work and have a constant evolution in their learning.

Evaluation

Assessment is continuous. Practical and evaluable exercises will be carried out on the different subjects, as well
as a final project.
The percentage of the evaluation will be distributed as follows:
10%: Attendance and participation in class.
50%: continuous assessment practices.
30%: Final project.
If the student does not pass the ordinary exam, he/she will have the right to an Extraordinary Exam in July and
will have to hand in those practicals with a grade lower than 4.

Evaluation Criteria
Basic Bibliography
Additional Material