Class Expanded Realities XR

Provide students with: - Knowledge of strategies and techniques, aesthetic and conceptual, that make them capable of creating innovative animation and graphic composition projects   - Insight, technical skill and creativity, in the preparation and creation of the various projects to be developed combining elements of visual composition with the means of immersive representation   - Ability to integrate the knowledge acquired in Unity 3D throughout the course in an interactive project in VR   - Essential knowledge about the development of immersive projects, focusing on the conceptualization and planning of a functional prototype based on the VR Interactive Project   - Ability to acquire basic concepts about scientific research in the field of video games and their interconnection with psychology, as well as the main aspects to be taken into account in the scientific dissemination of the results of research projects.

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Virtual reality: Historical perspective, characteristics, and state of the art Historical context VR features: immersion, interaction and imagination State of the art devices (PCVR, Standalone VR, among others) VR applied to entertainment VR applied to serious games Development of VR applications Benefits and limitations from a scientific perspective Techniques and strategies in the development of immersive applications Playable VR applications Creation of simulator applied to serious games Registration of user data in the simulation Preparation of a scientific poster about the simulation developed in this unit

In this course students will have a direct and practical application with Virtual Reality (VR) systems, where the goal is to gain a practical sense of its limitations and advantages of the various interactive concepts that exist in this new type of media.   At the end of the course students will have implemented a game using VR technologies taking into account concepts such as: Cybersickness, Visio-Spatial Interaction, VR Locomotion and VR Spatial Awareness.

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