If you are looking for…
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Experience life as a real college student |
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Preparation for the higher education of art, design, and research. |
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Engagement in artistic and research disciplines |
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Practical and conceptual introduction to 3D design, including 3D modeling, 3D scanning, animation, and game design in Unity |
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Integration of computing, scientific visualization, and artistic inquiry |
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Exploration in producing and publishing work using video game engines, via the web, console PC, Augmented Reality, and Virtual Reality experiences |
You will experience…
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Guided by renowned scholar, Joshua Tonies, who comes from a top 30 college in the states |
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Along with 6 -12 classmates and 1 professional teaching assistant |
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Conducted 40 in-class contact hours |
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Spread over 15 days |
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Go on field trips |
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Gain all these 3 practical skills:
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Create your 1-of-a-kind 3D project |
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1 big can’t-miss summer camp in Taiwan if you are aiming for Art or Technology major! |
You will achieve
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A series of 3D models with one featured project that synthesizes 3D scanning, modeling, sculpting, lighting, and texturing methods |
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Fluency in 3D modeling and scanning best practices |
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A foundational understanding of rigging and animation and virtual and augmented reality publishing |
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A personalized letter of recommendation might be offered by the professor |
Who will lead you to the success
Prof. Joshua Tonies
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a Visual Arts Professor at UC San Diego where he teaches courses in film, video art, animation, and studio arts. |
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exhibited his work most recently at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montréal, The Center for Fiction in NYC, Comfort Station in Chicago Illinois, and the San Diego Museum of Art. |
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His primary focus is on drawing and the moving image, and his works center around temporary ecological studies that take form as animation, drawing, works on paper and book arts. |
Required Technology
| Windows or Mac operating personal computers with dedicated graphics processors. | |
Processor Type:Intel:
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Further details
| Start Date |
July 3-July 21, 2023 |
| Duration |
3 weeks, 40 hours, 1 project |
| Suitable Grade |
G9 – G12 |
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Week I |
7/3 |
– Introduction to the course – Blender practicum: Creating a 3D Scene, workflow with objects, lighting, camera, materials + rendering – Approaches to 3D modeling, sculpting tools, hard modeling, procedural modeling – Developing iterative models, using references, managing meshes, and topology. |
Students visit fabrication studios, and explore the professional context of 3D modeling and prototyping |
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Week II |
7/10 |
– Introduction to photogrammetry, in-class exercise on creating photogrammetry using special tools – Students begin to capture objects and explore photogrammetry individually. – Students capture their subjects using a photogrammetry process, and refine/develop 3D models in Blender |
Students visit location determined by the professor (on/near campus) and photograph sites /scan environments in order to create virtual scenes |
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Week III |
7/17 |
– Develop game engine-ready assets, visualize their 3D models and explore real-time environments – Exploring visualization of 3D objects in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality – Testing and refining assets for using debugging mode – Publishing work, documentation of work, presentation of projects – Students upload presentation materials to the web for exhibition and prepare media for course film |
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| Now Accepting Application | 2023/1/2 |
| Application Deadline | 2023/6/1 |
| Interview Sessions | 2023/3/1 – 5/1 |
| Summer Camp Date | 2023/7/3 – 7/21 |