Unity: Architectural Visualization Interactivity

3hIntermediate2020-10-02

Authors

Alan Thorn

Game Developer, Author, Educator

Course details

Do you want viewers of your architectural visualizations to be more than passive observers? In this course, discover how to enhance your visualizations by adding interactive elements in Unity. Instructor Alan Thorn provides a step-by-step workflow for configuring your architectural visualization scene and then adding a variety of interactive elements. Discover how to add doors users can open, teleportation points to expedite user travel, animated messages and notifications, camera controls, and more. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be able to offer your viewers a glimpse of different scenarios and settings within the world you've created.

Skills covered

Real-TimeGame DevelopmentUnityVisualization and Real-TimeAECProduct and ManufacturingSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Unity - Creating interactive elements in architectural visualizations
02 - How to use the exercise files

1. Configuring an Architectural Visualization Scene

03 - Opening and exploring an architectural scene
04 - Reviewing assets
05 - Configuring mesh colliders
06 - Adding first-person controls
07 - Importing and configuring Cinemachine
08 - Adding camera effects

2. Area-Based Interactions

09 - Preparing message triggers
10 - Animating a notification
11 - Creating an action trigger
12 - Completing triggers
13 - Creating teleportation prefabs
14 - Coding teleporters

3. Doors and Object Interactions

15 - Preparing interactive objects
16 - Object highlighting
17 - Script object interactions
18 - Configuring animation playback
19 - Reading player input and object focusing
20 - Completing object interactions

4. Camera Controls

21 - Creating a multi-choice camera fly-through
22 - Creating choice UI
23 - Supporting user choice and interaction
24 - Displaying travel paths
25 - Creating camera orbits

Conclusion

26 - Next steps