Meeting another person is one of the most amazing experiences you can have in Virtual Reality. It is quite unlike communicating through any other medium except a real life face-to-face conversation. Because the other person is life size and shares a virtual space with you, body language works in a way that cannot be done on a flat screen. This course will enable you to create realistic social interactions in VR.
You will learn about both the psychology of social interaction and the practical skills to implement it in Unity3D. We will take you through the basics of 3D character animation and how to create body language. You will learn about how to make characters that can respond to players’ speech and body language. You will also learn about avatars: the virtual representation of other players, and agents: computer controlled NPC characters and how to implement both of them.
As many people have said before us, social is the future of VR. This course will help you become part of the future of Virtual Reality social experiences.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Virtual Reality
Building Interactive 3D Characters and Social VR
ofrecido por
University of London
Goldsmiths, University of London
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
Semana
1Introduction to Virtual Characters
In this module you will start to learn about the role of human-like characters in VR. Characters can represent other real people: avatars, or they can be computer controlled: agents. Either way they are the very foundation of social interaction in VR.
10 videos (Total 70 minutos), 6 readings, 2 quizzes
10 videos
Virtual Characters | Realism5m
Agents and Avatars5m
Applications of Virtual Characters11m
Introduction to Character Animation3m
Cristina5m
Designing Virtual Characters7m
Importing a Virtual Character to Unity8m
Embodiment in Unity using Mobile VR15m
Project Briefing2m
6 lecturas
Uncanny Valley10m
Course Blog10m
Getting Started in Unity10m
Where to Download Virtual Characters10m
Unity Mecanim Tutorial10m
Virtual Character Project Brief10m
2 ejercicios de práctica
Virtual Characters Quiz30m
Planning your project10m
Semana
2Body Animation in VR
In this module you will learn about the role of the body in social interaction and also about how to animate and control virtual characters' body movements.
12 videos (Total 67 minutos), 4 readings, 2 quizzes
12 videos
Introduction to Skeletal Animation5m
Introduction to Motion Capture3m
Speech7m
Posture and Gesture4m
Backchannel4m
Sensing the User’s Body Language2m
Proxemics2m
Body Language for Avatars5m
Applying Motion Capture Data onto a Virtual Character10m
Speech Interaction11m
Gesture Interaction7m
4 lecturas
Markerless mocap10m
Bodily Communication10m
Where can you find Mocap data10m
The Virtual Character Interaction Scripts10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Body Movement10m
Semana
3Facial Animation
The face is one of the most important social and emotional signals. In this module you will learn about the role of the face and eyes in social interactions and how to recreate them in VR.
7 videos (Total 58 minutos), 3 readings, 1 quiz
7 videos
Introduction to Facial Expressions4m
Introduction to Facial Expression in Unity19m
Blinking and Lip Sync Animation5m
The Importance of Gaze in Social Interaction4m
Gaze Interaction15m
Other Facial Features and Their Psychological Effect4m
3 lecturas
Interaction Scripts10m
Facial Animation: find out more10m
Gaze Animation10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Facial Expressions30m
Semana
4Social VR
This module brings together everything you have learned about virtual characters to talk about how you can build truly social experiences in VR.
7 videos (Total 23 minutos), 6 readings, 1 quiz
7 videos
The Psychology Behind Social Interaction4m
Challenges in Human-Avatar Interaction4m
Challenges in Human-Agent Interaction4m
Evaluation of Social Interaction in VR3m
Self-Avatar | Implementation and Applications3m
Summary of Social VR1m
6 lecturas
Automatic Imitation10m
Extended reading: applications using Virtual Characters10m
Human-avatar: Social VR apps10m
Human-agent interaction10m
Embodiment - implementation and psychological effect10m
Thank you10m
4.3
4 revisionesPrincipales revisiones
por SM•Oct 11th 2018
Great course, congratulations to the organizers. Some assets suggested are not compatible with the latest version of Unity, but you can work around getting some similar from the Unity Asset Store.
Instructores
Dr Sylvia Xueni Pan
Lecturer, Department of ComputingGoldsmiths, University of London
Dr Marco Gillies
Senior LecturerComputing Department, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Acerca del programa especializado Virtual Reality
This specialisation from the University of London will introduce you to virtual reality.
Virtual reality is one of the most highly requested skill sets in the jobs market, and this specialisation will give you an introduction to the subject and key skills in the field. You will hear from world-leading lecturers and industry experts, use Unity to develop your own VR environment, and end the specialisation by creating your first VR game.
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