VR project created by Bettina Avila
Class Acts: Five Innovative, Popular Animation & VFX Courses to Consider
Animation Magazine picked Professor Phil McNagny's course in VR, as one of the most popular and orginal classes offered at the top animiation schools in the United States and Canada.
The Tisch animation program requires students to expand on the fundamentals they learn with special topics, exploring such new frontiers as VR with the Unreal Engine, which was first taught at the school in 2015.
Taught by associate professor Phil McNagny, the program started with a donation of 13 VR headsets from one of the field’s top tech companies, Oculus, which was especially interested to see what students could do with the new medium.
“I don’t want to say it’s uncharted territory, because obviously there are a lot of practitioners out there by now. But what I always appreciate about Oculus is that, back when they made this donation, they made it clear that they’d love to see the student work just because they’re sort of feeling their way through this as well,” says McNagny.