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Start your journey as a VR creator!In just 3 short days you'll learn how tobuild a VR experience from scratchusing the Unity game engine. You'll get to work directly with instructors, hear from two industry experts, & meet the local community. Whether you're exploring a career in VR, want to prototype an idea or just want to learn something new, this workshop will equip you with the key skills to start creating.
WHAT'S INCLUDED:
 2 Days of Intensive Skills Training & Networking Dinner HTC Vives for Project Testing Access to Work with Instructors one-on-one One Day Pass to Upload SF or Upload LA Healthy Lunch & Refreshments
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<H2>VR WEEKEND SCHEDULE</H2>
<H2>Friday, April 7th (6:30pm-9pm)</H2>
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6:30pm: Dinner, drinks & play VR games in our Holodeck Rooms (dinner catered by Chewse)
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7:00pm: VR Weekend Talk: Danny Bitman, Creative Producer, Upload
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7:20pm: Icebreaker
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7:30pm: Intro to the VR Industry: history, design contraints, how VR works 
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8:00pm: Intro to Unity | Building your first VR Experience & Selecting your project
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9:00pm: Light drinks & hanging out then we're done for the night! Get some rest for a big day tomorrow! 
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<H2>Saturday, April 8th (10am-6pm) </H2>
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10:00am: Meet & greet & play VR games in our Holodeck rooms
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10:30am-1:00: Learn to make your first VR game: Shooters Game, Debugging Methods
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12:30pm: VR Weekend Talk: Lisa Padilla, CEO & Founder, SpiritualVR
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1:00pm: Lunch
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2:00pm-6:00pm: Finish making your Shooters Game, Paper Prototyping, Create Challenges
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<H2>Sunday, April 9th (10am-6pm)</H2>
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10:00am: Doors open, Learning How to Learn on your own in Future
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11:00am: Continue building Shooters Game & add on Individual Challenges, Showcase Work
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1:00pm: Lunch
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2:00 - 4:30pm: Game Development Process, VR Design Principles Analysis, How to Get Started on Your Own
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4:30pm - 6:00pm : Continue building challenges, Share your work, Game testing & playing in VR 
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<H2>MEET THE INSTRUCTORS</H2>
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<H2>Sky Nite</H2>
Sky Nite is the author of Virtual Reality Insider, the bestselling VR book of 2015. After publishing late 2014, Sky started a VR game company to experiment with storytelling & problem solving education in VR. Sky joined Upload in early 2016 where he built & taught an expert level 2-month VR dev bootcamp, which resulted in a final project that was featured later that year during the Oculus Connect 2016 Keynote. He has also instructed a number of weekend workshops aimed at helping people get started with VR development.
 
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<H2>Janet Brown</H2>
Janet a developer & co-founder at Atakote Studios, an independent studio making unique VR & AR experiences in the heart of San Francisco. She is passionate about bringing experiences to VR that appeal to new & both gaming & non-gaming audiences. She also works with companies to build their innovation pipelines & bring compelling products to market, & has done so across Europe, Asia & the USA at McKinsey & Company, as well as key roles at consumer giants like Diageo & Mondalez. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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Danny Bitman, Creative Producer, Upload
Danny Bittman is a virtual reality artist & filmmaker. He paints explorable VR worlds & preforms as a live speed painter. Currently he's the Creative Producer at UploadVR, & is an artist in Google's residency program.
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Lisa Padilla, CEO & Founder, SpiritualVR
Lisa Padilla is CEO of SpiritualVR, a company focused on wellbeing & positive behavioral change using virtual reality. Lisa is an online marketingpioneer with over 20 years experience in the field. In theearly days of the internet, Padilla was a producer of AOL & has been building multimedia & experiences for many leading brands including Apple, Intuit, HP, & LEVIs.
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<H2>PREREQUISITES:</H2>
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A computer with Unity installed 
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Basic C# coding knowledge (if you've never programmed before then put a few hours in at <A HREF="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/c-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners-16169?l=Lvld4EQIC_2706218949" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">Microsoft Virtual Academy</A> or <A HREF="http://www.learncs.org/" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">LearnC#</A> - Either one will prepare you enough for this course). 
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<H2>About Upload</H2>
Upload is the leading news, coworking, events & education provider in the VR industry. For more info check out<A HREF="http://www.uploadvr.com" TARGET="_blank" REL="noopener noreferrer noopener nofollow noopener noreferrer nofollow nofollow noreferrer nofollow">www.uploadvr.com</A>.
Questions?
Please contact Mercedes Bent, mercedes@uploadvr.com