Postgraduate Course in Augmented & Virtual Reality - Interior Design

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Milan, 28 November to 1 December 2022
Do you want to become an expert in Augmented & Virtual Reality? IDI's specialisation course in Augmented & Virtual Reality is a professional training course that will enable you to learn the skills necessary to transform into virtual or augmented reality the 3D models created using Blender or other modelling software.

What you will learn

  • Differences between static and real time rendering
  • Realisation of an architectural structure with Blender
  • Optimisation for real-time rendering
  • Realisation of a virtual environment. the scene in Unity 3D
  • Using Post-Processing
  • Programming hints: creation of Flycam and implementation of Build 360
  • Creating VR apps for smartphones, PCs and Oculus Quest
  • AR app creation for smartphones

The programme of the Postgraduate Course in Augmented & Virtual Reality

Introduction to immersive technologies: definitions, examples and areas of application.

  • Virtual Reality
  • Augmented Reality
  • Extended Reality

Evolution of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality from the 1950s to the present: birth and spread of the first hardware devices.

The current hardware market. AR and VR devices: most influential factors for the diffusion of specific hardware.

VR-related issues and their solutions.

Why invest. Excursus on the most successful AR and VR architectural projects.

Static rendering and real-time rendering: similarities and differences.

  • Optimisation elements for real-time rendering

From the world of video games to the world of interior design. Unity3D and Unreal Engine: analysis of the interfaces and possible outputs of both software.

Live testing with VR visor and AR tablet

Practical exercise: realisation of a virtual environment from a dwg or pdf file using Blender.

Basic concepts: optimisation elements for real-time rendering:

  • what low-poly means
  • what are draw-calls
  • optimal characteristics of textures and materials

Unity 3D pt 1:

  • Introduction to the software and its interface.
  • Main differences with popular static rendering software
  • creation of a project folder

Unity 3D pt 2:

  • Import of architectural structure realised with Blender
  • Scene Creation
  • Importing Textures and Creating Materials
  • Main sources for CC0-licensed material

Unity 3D pt 3:

  • Difference between baked, real-time and mixed light sources;
  • Lighting Baking
  • Ambient occlusion: what it is used for and how to render it

Unity 3D pt 4:

  • Flycam Creation
  • Introduction to post-processing: when to use it.
  • Creation of a PC build for immersive experience.

Unity 3D pt.5: let's create our first smartphone app

  • Scripting in C#, project anatomy, basic scripting, online resources
  • Let us create a simple script to modify the scene at runtime.
  • Build & run on smartphones.

Unity 3D pt.6: creating an AR app

  • The package manager: how to add functionality to your Unity project
  • Test scene: download projects and resources from the web and include them in our project
  • Build on smartphones: device requirements, functionalities, limitations
  • Scene customisation.

Job opportunities

The Postgraduate Course in Augmented & Virtual Reality is aimed at interior designers, architects, graduates/undergraduates in architecture and related disciplines as well as all design, 3D modelling and virtual reality enthusiasts who want to become experts in the field so that they can successfully exercise their profession, entering the market as freelancers, even on private commissions, or within the design and furniture industry, in design and interior design studios.

Phases of the course

Preparatory lessons: online platform
Classroom phase: 32 hours 
Project Work: realisation of an AR & VR project
Max participants: 18

 

How to apply

Fill out the information request form and we will contact you within a few days. In the selection of candidates the scholastic CV, work experience and motivational letter will be considered. It is possible and advisable to send a portfolio of previous works. The examining commission, considering these elements, will communicate the result of the selection and the admission to the Course.

Facilitations

Possibility of financing for the registration fee;

Professional orientation meeting during the classroom phase;
Video CV creation during the full-immersion;
Revision and update of the CV;
Reports of accommodation facilities, in areas adjacent to the classroom.

 

Italian Design Institute is a partner of Materially

IDI students will have access to Materially for 1 year.
Materially is the largest categorised archive of 7000 innovative and sustainable materials and production processes in the world.
Each month the Library is enriched with 40 new materials and technologies selected by an international, interdisciplinary jury of experts.

Training course

Specialisation in Augmented & Virtual Reality

Experiencing spaces even before they are built has become an increasingly creative requirement thanks to the extraordinary potential of immersive reality that allows a spectacular and exciting view of interior design.
The spread of remote working then, has reinforced the importance of virtual communication between designer and customer to better enter the project that becomes more and more Hi-Tech.
In response to this growing need/requirement, a multi-stage training course was formulated to provide skills in the use of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality as innovative tools for presenting one's projects by exploiting technologies from the world of gaming, in particular Unity 3D.
The Postgraduate Course in Augmented & Virtual Reality  will provide the skills to be able to transform 3D models created using Blender or other modelling software into augmented reality and/or virtual reality. Each participant will be able to generate AR and VR presentations on multiple platforms (Windows, Android, iOS) Interior designers, interior designers, architects, real estate operators, showroom sellers and buyers, 3D modellers, will be able to substantially increase the effectiveness of their presentations.

 

Our teachers

Company data

Sviluppo Europa s.r.l.
Via Albricci, 9 - 20122 Milan
P.I. 10282190965
unique code: M5UXCR1
[email protected]


Province Register Office. chamber of commerce Milan Monza Brianza Lodi
Fiscal Code is the VAT number
REA number MI-2519496
Share Capital 10,000

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