Introduction à Unity FR
Comprendre le moteur, lire l’éditeur et assembler des composants avant le TP d’initiation.
Learning resources
Teaching
Explore the course materials, then put the concepts into practice with the labs. Within each topic, labs follow a suggested learning order.
- 12 courses
- 11 labs
- 2 guides
3D development and rendering
Build interactive scenes and understand how images are rendered.
Courses 2
Introduction to 3D rendering
Understand the rendering pipeline, materials, lighting and image formation.
Practical labs 2
Unity 3D basics
Build a first interactive scene with objects, physics, scripts and a standalone build.
3D rendering: stylized diorama
Compose a Unity diorama and work on materials, lighting and rendering with URP.
Virtual reality and 3D interaction
From a first immersive application to manipulation, navigation and software engineering.
Courses 8
1. Introduction to virtual reality
An interactive world, a moving body, a perceptual experience
2. History of virtual reality
The ideas behind immersive and interactive environments
3. Applications of virtual reality
Design, train, care, explore, meet
4. Perception and theoretical foundations
The mechanisms behind immersive experience
5. Building a VR system
Motion capture and sensory output
6. 3D interaction
Selection, manipulation and application control
7. 3D navigation
Locomotion, orientation and changes of scale
8. Human factors in virtual reality
Immersion, presence, embodiment and comfort
Practical labs 4
First virtual reality application
Turn a Unity scene into a VR workshop: headset tracking, controllers, teleportation, object manipulation and event-driven interactions with OpenXR and XR Interaction Toolkit.
3D interaction: manipulation techniques
Direct grabbing, virtual rays, Near Far and two-handed manipulation: design and compare interaction techniques in virtual reality.
3D navigation in virtual reality
Compare continuous movement, teleportation, multi-scale navigation and Grabbing-the-Air in a virtual city and maze.
Virtual reality engineering and debugging
Develop a structured, instrumented VR application that is easy to debug, applying Unity/XR engineering best practices.
Augmented reality and computer vision
Track the real world and augment it on a smartphone or through projection.
Courses 1
Tracking in mixed reality
From camera images and feature detection to robust tracking in mixed reality.
Practical labs 3
Marker tracking with OpenCV
Detect and track a planar marker in a video stream using feature points and a homography.
Projective augmented reality
Hands-on tutorial on projective augmented reality using camera-projector calibration and OpenCV.
Smartphone augmented reality
Hands-on lab on smartphone augmented reality using ARCore.
Human factors and immersive experiences
Study comfort, avatars and embodiment in virtual reality.
Courses 1
8. Human factors in virtual reality
Immersion, presence, embodiment and comfort
Practical labs 2
Cybersickness and comfort in virtual reality
Compare the effects of design choices on virtual reality comfort through an experimental study.
Avatars and embodiment in virtual reality
Explore how avatars and embodiment influence the virtual reality experience.
Scientific methods and statistics
Design studies, analyse data and interpret results.
Courses 1
Analyse statistique et méthodologie scientifique FR
Concevoir une étude, choisir les tests statistiques et interpréter les résultats.
Practical guides
Prepare your workstation and present your work clearly.
Practical guides 2
Unity setup — Brest campus PCs
Prepare Unity and the C# editor on school workstations before the labs.
Lab report — expectations and outline
A short, illustrated report presenting your progress, implementation choices and final result.