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Below please find links and support materials to help you succeed in this course and beyond. If you don’t find the resources you’re looking for, just ask!
Unity 3D Plugins/Assets/Packages [ALL FREE]
• VRChat
• WebXR
• VRTK
• Mapbox
• Photon Network
• Mesh And Object Deformers
• Blender
• 3D Beginner: Complete Project
• Mesh Baker
• AR Foundation
• AR Kit Face Tracking
• Shader graph
• HDRP (High Def Render Pipeline) Link1 (non VR), Link2 (for VR)
• Sketchup (free 30 days trial)
• Quill
• Microsoft Maquette
• Photopea
Note: This list will be constantly updated, please check again and feel free to contact me to suggest plugins or tools you’re interested in working with.
Other resources
• Unity Assets: VRTK, Oculus Integration, Oculus Avatar, NewtonVR, Unity Asset Store,
• Template Projects: PlayoVR (multiplayer VR template), NormCore (multiplayer VR template)
• Online info: XR Artists Collective, Facebook group VR Animation, XR Artists Toolkit,
• Random: Google, YouTube, Looking Glass, Magic Leap, SteamVR, Oculus,
• Apps: Unity3D, Blender, Ableton Live, Instant Meshes
• Converters/Video Capture: OBS, Miro Converter,
• 3D Art: Sketchfab, Poly, Quill, Medium, Gravity Sketch, Tilt Brush, AnimVR, Tvori,
• 3D Capture: Metashape, Mimesys, Rokoko
• Communication: Slack, Trello, Zoom
• Madefire (Comic books for Magic Leap device): MadeFire
News & Media Outlets
• Killscreen: https://killscreen.com/
• Kotaku: https://kotaku.com/
• Gamasutra: http://www.gamasutra.com/
• IndieCade: http://www.indiecade.com/
• Games for Change: http://www.gamesforchange.org/
• GDC: http://www.gdcvault.com/
• Road to VR: http://www.roadtovr.com
• UploadVR: http://uploadvr.com
• VRFocus: http://vrfocus.com/
• Wired: http://www.wired.com
• The Verge: http://www.theverge.com
• Motherboard: http://www.vice.com/en_us/section/tech
• The New York Times Business and Technology sections: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/ (you can sign up for free with school email)
• Engadget: http://engadget.com
• Twitter/Instagram hashtags #vr, #ar #oculusrift, #oculusquest #htcvive, People constantly share cool stuff there and via other hashtags.
• Facebook groups dedicated to VR/XR
