Centre for Digital Media (CDM) Summer Bootcamps are 2-week intensive summer camps designed for high school students ages 15-18 with artistic or technical interests who want to explore educational and career opportunities in the video game design and immersive technologies industries.
Students will work in teams in a fun and interactive environment, and can choose from two different streams which will either teach them how to build a video game from scratch or how to create a VR prototype to solve a real-world problem.
This course is part of the UBC Future Global Leaders On-Campus Pre-University Program for high school students ages 15-18, and is offered at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver. While the TMDM program will take place at the Centre for Digital Media Campus, please direct any questions about registration to UBC Extended Learning.
Center for Digital Media Game Design Bootcamp: July 31 – August 11, 2023
Tomorrow’s Master of Digital Media (TMDM) Game Design is a fun, hands-on – but intensive – bootcamp in which you develop a working video game from scratch.
In TMDM Game Design, you work on a team to build a unique playable game. You’ll discover how a video game is developed, from ideation to prototype, and learn skills like:
- game design and critique
- storytelling
- choosing team partners and working in groups
- improvisation and role play
- rapid iteration, prototyping and design essentials
Daily Schedule (9 am - 3 pm, Monday to Friday)
Each day starts out with fun, active exercises focused on effective communication, collaboration, listening and building trust.
These are followed by lessons on brainstorming, problem solving and project management that will help you explore and develop ideas, collaborate as a team, and understand how to scope a project.
In the afternoons, you’ll have a chance to try different software applications to develop your skills to create digital art, iterate designs and code game prototypes.
Your Instructor
How to Register
Please note, registration for this session takes place through UBC Extended Learning.
Centre for Digital Media Virtual Reality Bootcamp: July 31 – August 11, 2023
Tomorrow’s Master of Digital Media (TMDM) Virtual Reality introduces you to new immersive technologies that will inspire you to create and experience new worlds.
Come away from TMDM Virtual Reality with an understanding of Virtual Reality (VR) concepts, and why we keep developing it for our real world.
Schedule (9 am - 3 pm, Monday to Friday)
In week one, you’ll focus on the 3D immersive design process and take part in fun group activities to learn:
- problem-solving
- ideation
- rapid prototyping
- team collaboration
- Unity game engine to create VR games and experiences
In week two, you’ll take on the unique design challenges of building for Virtual Reality. Together with a team, you’ll brainstorm and work together to create a rapid prototype to solve a real-world problem.
At the end of course, you and your team will present your VR prototype, and come away with an exciting project for your portfolio.
*An Oculus Quest 2 VR headset is recommended for this bootcamp, but not required. You can buy a headset from Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg or your local retailer.
Your Instructor
How to Register
Please note, registration for this session takes place through UBC Extended Learning.
Centre for Digital Media 3D Asset Creation Bootcamp: July 31 – August 11, 2023
Centre for Digital Media (CDM) 3D Asset Creation Bootcamp introduces you to the tools you will need to create 3D assets for the metaverse. Come away from this bootcamp with a basic understanding of how 3D assets are made, manipulated, and captured. Find out how these skills are being applied in building virtual worlds for various industries, including games, animation and e-commerce.
In TMDM 3D Asset Creation hands-on bootcamp, explore some virtual spaces to study existing models, and see how primitives and other techniques were used to create them. Learn how 3D objects are created, and get some practice building a model of your own in Blender. Get experience with photogrammetry – the process of scanning an object, cleaning up the data from this process, and optimizing the object for various platforms. Put all your 3D models on an online platform to show off your work.
In the two weeks, learn skills like:
- Making your own 3D models using Blender
- Adding texture and materials to your object to make it more realistic
- Analyzing and repurposing existing models for various use-cases
- Photogrammetry and cleaning up scanned objects
- Optimizing and exporting your model to display
*A camera is recommended for this bootcamp, but not required. (A phone camera is fine.)
Your Instructor
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How to Register
Please note, registration for this session takes place through UBC Extended Learning.
Questions?
Contact UBC Extended Learning.