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Start your journey as a VR creator!In just 3 short days you'll learn how to build a VR experience from scratch using the Unity game engine. You'll get to work directly with instructors, hear from two industry experts, and 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 & Oculus Rifts for Project Testing Access to Work with Instructors one-on-one One Week Pass to Upload SF or Upload LA Discounts on Unity VR Software Healthy Lunch & Refrshments
 
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<H2> Friday, March 3rd (6pm-9pm)</H2>
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6:00pm: Dinner, drinks and play VR games in our Holodeck Rooms (dinner catered by Chewse)
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6:30pm: VR Weekend Talk with Guest Speaker: Shamir Allibhai 
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7:00pm: 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 and hanging out then we're done for the night! Get some rest for a big day tomorrow! 
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Saturday, March 4th (10am-7pm)

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10:00am: Meet and greet and play VR games in our holodeck rooms
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10:30am-1:00: Learn to make your first VR game, SKI BALL 
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<LI>12:30pm: VR Weekend Talk with Guest Speaker: Diana Ford </LI>
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1:00pm: Lunch
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1:30pm-6:00pm: Finish making your VR SKI BALL Game
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6:00pm-7:00pm: Stick around, test your game and play around in VR 
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<H2>Sunday, March 5th (10am-7pm)</H2>
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10:00am: Doors open
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10:30am: Go over your SKI BALL game, address concerns and work through blocks
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12:00pm-1:00pm: Learn about the Unity Asset Store and prep for your 2nd VR experience!
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1:00pm: Lunch
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1:30 - 5:30pm: Finish building your second project
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<LI>5:30 - 7:00pm: End of class celebration and drinks, game testing and playing with VR</LI>
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<A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/skynite" REL="nofollow">Sky Nite</A>
Best selling author of Virtual Reality Insider, CEO of Dimension VR, Instructor @ Upload Edu
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<A HREF="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyestewart" REL="nofollow">Amy Stewart</A>
Amy is the Head of Narrative Design at Construct Studio, a company devoted to creating interactive story-driven content for Virtual Reality.

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<A HREF="http://we.unveiled.it/about/" REL="nofollow">Shamir Allibhai</A>
Shamir founded Unveiled Labs when he moved to San Francisco in 2015. Prior to that, he was Head of Digital for the Doha Film Institute, which originated as a partnership between Robert de Niro's Tribeca Film Festival and Qatar, where he oversaw digital marketing and product development across all the e-commerce platforms (web, mobile, social). He is a graduate of Harvard University (2009) and the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario (2002).
Entrepreneurship = Activism.

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Diana Ford
Diana Ford is the Global Lead VR Researcher in Education at Unity, her current focus is on designing learning experiences for virtual reality and storytelling in VR. Diana is driving the efforts for creating and running the game engineering program in CS at UCLA, her courses include virtual and augmented reality games, and AI playing games. She is the co-founder and director of the Real-time Lab at UCLA.

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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 STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="https://mva.microsoft.com/en-US/training-courses/c-fundamentals-for-absolute-beginners-16169?l=Lvld4EQIC_2706218949" REL="nofollow">Microsoft Virtual Academy</A> or <A STYLE="text-decoration: none;" HREF="http://www.learncs.org/" REL="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 and 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