late-breaking-news: We did add video to it! See the links below.

Links

• object1.zip -- this is the Unity project I did over the summer when thinking about this class (and other things). I started a series tentatively called "objects of contemplation", and this was the first one. It is slightly different than the re-creation we did in class, but the basics are the same.
  
  
  particle systems
  
  
• Unity particle system live training (video) -- another 'live' recording from Unity. This was the tutorial I used to learn about particle systems; it's quite good (video)
  
  
• Introduction to Particle Systems (Ray Wenderlich) -- a good text-based (and searchable) tutorial
  
  
• another good one -- this one gets a bit more involved, not too long though (video)
  
  
• Unity Particle Systems manual pages -- the reference for particle systems use, both in the editor and scripting (so you can control the ps within a script). Use the button at the top to switch between the two.
  
  
  adding photos and videos to a scene
  
  
• Playing Video in Unity -- the Unity tutorial on setting up and controlling videos in a scene. Quite good.
  
  
• previous class (Spring 2021, week6) -- this has some useful links and a basic video/image project that might be instructive, including:
  
  
• video of the class -- a video showing how we worked up a scene with vids and photos. The first part talks about localization (we'll cover it in a couple of weeks), and the 'importing vids' part starts about 22 minutes into the recording.

Class Downloads

• g6610-fall2021-week5-maxmsp-patches.zip -- the drone sounds (plus interaction) and 'rainy' noise sounds we made for the Unity project in class.
  
  
• g6610-fall2021-week5-pd-patches.zip -- the pd versions of the patches we did in class.
  
  
• week5-unity.zip -- the Unity project we did in class. It's a Blender-made rock that floats in a star-studded space (we made the skybox dark), and the sound alters as you get closer to it. On the right-hand side is a trigger for a 'rainy' sound if you get close enough. We added a few lights to make it look snazzier.
  
  
• week5-watervideo-unity.zip -- the version of the Unity project with video mapped onto the object.
  
  
• object1.blend.zip -- the simple Blender project file with the bumpy rock-thing. Note that we didn't delete the Blender-supplied camera and light, so we had to turn them off in Unity.