The basics of Playmaker First, install Playmaker Download from the link your received. IMPORTANT! Double-click the version for your version of Unity (5.3). DON'T  drag the whole thing into your project. In the popup, click the Install Playmaker button. Make sure the compatibility check is OK. When installed, a new Playmaker menu appears at the top of the program. Choose Playmaker > Playmaker Editor. If you don't see that and see Install again, go through the installation progress again until you do. You can move the Playmaker project pane where you want...

Create your own unique scene in Unity using assets you acquire (free or paid) and export it for standalone Mac. Make sure it includes at least the following: A terrain with one or more textures applied, and some mountains. Find at least 3 free objects in the Unity Asset Store (Windows > Asset Store) and place them in the scene. You can also find free 3D assets at http://www.turbosquid.com/, CGTrader, and free textures at CGTextures. Assign a skybox, either the one in the class demo, or if you're feeling adventurous a skybox you find in the Unity...

It's our last class! And we have a guest who is applying for a faculty position. He will speak first for 40 minutes, followed by the following presenters for 20 minutes each: 5:15-6: Guest speaker, on the potential for using VR in education. 6-6:20: Grant Albee 6:20-6:40: Alex O'Toole 6:40-7: Alec Posner 7-7:20: Kyle Miller 7:20-7:40: Fatima Bangura The rest of class is for final projects. Please also take the class survey.

It's the second to last class! Can you believe it? 5:15-5:30: Housekeeping Final project due date is Monday, May 8 by midnight. This gives me time to view everything in VR with rests for nausea, and still make my own May 16 final grading deadline. Industry news Finds 5:30-6:15: Presentations William Wheeler Josh Rosenblatt These also still need to present by the last class: Grant Albee Fatima Bangura Alex O'Toole Alec Posner Kyle Miller Remaining time: Final project work time I will try to check in with each of you...

5:15-5:45: I'm back! Report on Jason Webb and Maya. Anyone make a 3D model? Check out my 360s of Italy: Perugia and Assisi Any ideas for adding a good storytelling layer? International Journalism Festival: Check out the video of the panel, and EuroNews 360 (run by co-panelist Thomas Seymat). Assignment 8, Playmaker. Extending deadline to Friday. 5:45-7: Research presentations Shradha Rao William Wheeler: VR in Space Trang Tran Sarah Luo   7-7:20: Enabling your Unity scenes for the HTC Vive. SteamVR Plugin VRTK Plugin 7:20 on: Project work time, or try out...

5:15-5:30: Housekeeping Congrats to Greg, Kyle VR news Sundance recap, discussion New York Times feedback Drone journalism seminar FYI, 4/21-24 5:30-6:30: Presentations Nadine Chryssann Logan 6:30-6:45: SkyBox VR Tools in Premiere 6:45-7: Using Fuse, Mixamo and Playmaker together 7-8: Final project work time    

5:15-5:25: Welcome back! 5:25-5:35: A few notes: Sundance Ignite on Tour starts tomorrow at 5 p.m. in innovation lab! See the full schedule here. Please add your name for the VR Journalism Workshop signup if you want to attend, and want pizza. (Don't worry if you aren't into journalism, you can still come and get feedback). Journalism 360 challenge is open with an April 10 deadline. Each grant is around $35,000. Got any ideas? I am entering one with a previous student, and can for your ideas too. Check out Student Life 360...

5:15-5:30: Housekeeping Week after next: pitch your final project. Use the Ignite format (see http://ignitetalks.io). Details here: Elevator Pitch. Sundance. Remember these dates and times! Flyers will go out in email soon. Thursday, Mar. 23 from 5-7 p.m., hands-on workshop with three VR professionals from Emblematic Group (After Solitary / Out of Exile), New Reality Company (GIANT / Tree) and New York Times Daily 360. Thursday same date, 7-9 p.m., special student invite-only walk through of all of these. You are all invited 🙂 Friday, March 24: 9 a.m. -...

5:15-5:25: Recap from last week Assignment 5, your own individual 360 in the style of The Daily 360. Due next week. 5:25-5:45: Research presentation Tanya Monthakarntivong: VR in healthcare 5:45-6:15: Unity: What can it let you do? Immersive news projects, like Harvest of Change. Most projects from Emblematic and anything walkaround in the Vive. Export for Mac, PC, and other platforms like gaming systems. Even the web! Let's look at that Harvest of Change project in Unity. 6:15-7: How Unity works. Follow along! Now you will create a scene in Unity3D. If...