Assignment 4 – Katie Conti

Unity Scene: The Beach at the Pink Lake By Katie Conti - NEW 400 My first impression of Unity: this platform is MAGICAL. I'm thrilled to have the chance to create a world such as this, and experience it in 3D. Back in the day, I was a pretty big fan of Zoo Tycoon and other "make your own world" type of PC games, however, I definitely felt a bit of a learning curve when starting this project. I started by downloading several asset packages from the store that is...

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I’m a technological luddite: My first VR experience

When I was teaching digital journalism at another university, a colleague of mine called me a "technological luddite" because I didn't want to use Flickr to host photos for the school's website I was building and preferred to keep it all in house. While that proved to be a smart decision, the real reason behind this was actually my fear of "The Cloud." I mean, what if it rained, right? But I got over this fear, and while I don't specifically use Flickr much, I've fully embraced cloud services in...

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Port Independent Learning

"In video games, it's completely different. The players are at the center of the action. THEY decide when and where to move, look, and take action. They can spend ten minutes in a hallway. Or ten seconds. The players can open this door, then that door, then go out this window. Or they can just go out another window. Maybe they turn around and go around the building. The pace and direction are entirely up to the players. This non-linear interactive storytelling is one of the many innovations that video games...

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The Orange Appeal VR Experience

This project is the culmination of a semester’s worth of work. I do not mean that I worked on it all semester. What I mean is, after six weeks of 360 shoots, VR demos, and messing around on the bleeding edge of the field with both software and hardware, I knew what I could do with the resources available to me. More importantly, I knew what I wanted to do with those limitations in mind. First, a little background to help you understand how this project was conceptualized: I am...

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