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My name is Matthew Weiss,

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and I'm here today to talk to you about

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a workshop I'll be conducting on how to create your own virtual worlds.

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This is something that I have a lot of experience in.

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I've worked at MIT,

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also at Harmonix,

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the makers of Guitar Hero Rock Band and Dance Central.

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I've worked for Disney,

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I've worked for Warner Brothers,

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Microsoft, and Red Bull,

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all doing some digital interactive immersive worlds.

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So, this course will be about Unity, which is one of the most popular tools for creating immersive worlds today.

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We'll learn a bit about the best practices of how to create your own virtual world,

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how to use the lessons that other people have taught us over the years of how to create effective immersive spaces.

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We'll learn how to create our own space, first of all, populated with an avatar that the player can play a role through to interact with the world,

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how to add your own objects to the world, how to import objects from the Unity Asset Store,

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how to add effective lighting to your world so that it is both functional and dramatic,

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how to add sound to your world so that it is sonically immersive for the player,

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and then of course finally how to export it so that it can be played by anyone that you wish.

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So if this all sounds interesting to you, please join me for what should be a

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fun and informative exploration of one of the state-of-the-art tools

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in this medium for creating immersive environments for whatever purpose you see fit,

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whether it be education, entertainment, training, etc. Thank you.