Converting a Photo into a VR Set in 3ds Max
Offered By: Pluralsight
Course Description
Overview
With millions of VR-ready phones in the marketplace, the need for content is huge. This course will help you produce an immersive 3D VR app using a single 2D image, Photoshop, 3ds Max, and Unity 3D. Software Required: Unity 3D, 3ds Max, Photoshop.
Learn how to recreate a historic moment in virtual reality. In this course, Converting a Photo into a VR Set in 3ds Max, you'll learn how to take a single image and convert it into a 3D scene to experience it in VR. First, you'll take a photo from the NASA library and break it into layers. Then, you'll map those layers onto simple 3D geometry and send the scene out to a game engine, where you'll add sound and particles. Finally, you'll produce an app that will play back your VR scene on an Android phone. By the end of this course, you'll be able to take any photo and experience it in immersive VR. Software Required: Unity 3D, 3ds Max, Photoshop.
Learn how to recreate a historic moment in virtual reality. In this course, Converting a Photo into a VR Set in 3ds Max, you'll learn how to take a single image and convert it into a 3D scene to experience it in VR. First, you'll take a photo from the NASA library and break it into layers. Then, you'll map those layers onto simple 3D geometry and send the scene out to a game engine, where you'll add sound and particles. Finally, you'll produce an app that will play back your VR scene on an Android phone. By the end of this course, you'll be able to take any photo and experience it in immersive VR. Software Required: Unity 3D, 3ds Max, Photoshop.
Syllabus
- Course Overview 1min
- Introduction and Project Overview 4mins
- Breaking Image into Layers 30mins
- Modeling from Image Layers 45mins
- Modeling Detail and Export 19mins
- Unity: Setup, Production, and Output 26mins
Taught by
Rich Fiore
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