Zero to Start Podcast: VR development for beginners - SPOTLIGHT: Kathryn Hicks AR/VR Designer on new work and inspiration, open source creation tools

SPOTLIGHT: Kathryn Hicks AR/VR Designer on new work and inspiration, open source creation tools

10/13/20 • 27 min

Zero to Start Podcast: VR development for beginners

Stepping into the spotlight Kathryn Hicks, AR/VR Designer at the Danse shares how the Savannah College of Art and Design led her to virtual reality, igniting the creation of her first animated 360 film, Tall Tales of the Aerona Temple.

Kathryn fills us in on her latest project working alongside Memphis developer Justin Palmer on Mend, a cross-platform puzzle game and 2019 Oculus Launch Pad scholarship winner.

Plus Kathryn shares her recommendations for open source 3D tools that emerging designers and artists should explore as they dive into immersive asset creation.
We have fun talking about her fascination with the classic horror genre and sasquatch.

Follow Kathryn on Twitter @gokatcreate
Follow her latest VR project @MendTheGame
Share, like and subscribe to Zero to Start on your favorite podcast platform.

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FEATURED LINKS

Meet the 2019 Oculus Launch Pad Scholarship Recipients - Oculus Blog
Oculus Start Developer Program
Quill - VR illustration and animation

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OPEN SOURCE ART TOOLS

Blender - 3D modeling and animation
Medium - 3D modeling by Adobe
Gimp - image editor
Krita - painting and illustration
Fire Alpaca - painting
Scribus - desktop publishing
Inkscape - vector graphics editor
DJV - video player

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TUTORIALS

Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR - Unity Learn
Unity Roll-a-Ball Tutorial - updated for 2020!

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KATHRYN'S QUARANTINE PLAYLIST

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Kathryn fills us in on her latest project working alongside Memphis developer Justin Palmer on Mend, a cross-platform puzzle game and 2019 Oculus Launch Pad scholarship winner.

Follow Kathryn on Twitter @gokatcreate
Follow her latest VR project @MendTheGame
Share, like and subscribe to Zero to Start on your favorite podcast platform.

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FEATURED LINKS

Meet the 2019 Oculus Launch Pad Scholarship Recipients - Oculus Blog
Oculus Start Developer Program
Quill - VR illustration and animation

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OPEN SOURCE ART TOOLS

Blender - 3D modeling and animation
Medium - 3D modeling by Adobe
Gimp - image editor
Krita - painting and illustration
Fire Alpaca - painting
Scribus - desktop publishing
Inkscape - vector graphics editor
DJV - video player

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TUTORIALS

Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR - Unity Learn
Unity Roll-a-Ball Tutorial - updated for 2020!

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KATHRYN'S QUARANTINE PLAYLIST

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Previous Episode

SPOTLIGHT: Clorama Dorvilias, Product Manager at Oculus on new product releases and achieving success in VR

Stepping into the spotlight Clorama Dorvilias, Product Manager at Oculus shares her first ah-ha moment in VR, her previous experience building VR training solutions to reduce bias in education, new Oculus product releases, tips for aspiring VR product managers and her quarantine playlist. Happy installing!

Follow Clorama on Twitter @CreativeClo
Subscribe to Clorama's YouTube Channel
Share, like and subscribe to Zero to Start on your favorite podcast platform.

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FEATURED LINKS

Facebook Connect September 16th
Oculus introduces new ways to play together - Oculus Blog
Teacher's Lens by Debias VR - Oculus Store
Meet the 2017 Oculus Launch Pad Scholarship Recipients - Oculus Blog
Oculus Start Developer Program

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TUTORIALS

Design, Develop, and Deploy for VR - Unity Learn
Unity Roll-a-Ball Tutorial - updated for 2020!

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READING LIST

Cracking the PM Interview - Gayle Laackmann McDowell and Jackie Bavaro
Decode and Conquer - Lewis C. Lin

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QUARANTINE PLAYLIST

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Next Episode

SPOTLIGHT: Richard Duck, Store Operations Manager at Oculus on preparing your VR title for submission to the Oculus Store

Stepping into the spotlight is Richard Duck, Store Operations Manager at Oculus.

On this episode of Zero to Start Richard talks about how his team helps guide developers as they prepare for publishing their titles on the Oculus Store.

Richard highlights the importance of testing all aspects of your VR title and how testing helps create community around your work.

We talk about the magic of VR, film and theatrical influences on VR, spatial audio and how studying the history of games can help inspire creators as they develop experiences for the radical new era of spatial computing.