Workshop - Fall 2024

Learn the basics of simulation/game development with Unity, including a brief look at the history and context of the practice. Attendees will get to meet other polymaths and receive a comprehensive demonstration with key lessons about how to create your own interactive projects.

As more fields, including film/television, archaeology, architecture, and education, begin to use game development technologies, tools like the Unity Engine are quickly becoming interdisciplinary powerhouses. As a free-to-use program that supports desktop, mobile, and XR platforms, Unity is a particularly popular option for students and beginners.

Join us at the Ahmanson Lab for a lesson on simulation development that will welcome students of all backgrounds.

Learn the basics of User Experience Design (UX) and Testing, including a brief look at the history and context of the practice. Attendees will get to meet other polymaths and receive a comprehensive demonstration with key lessons on UX practices, including how to structure professional user testing sessions.

User Experience Design is an all-encompassing methodology where research, data gathering, and test results guide decisions, instead of guesses and opinions. Particularly useful for students who will create user-facing products, this workshop will introduce essential ideas and demonstrate universal practices for UX design as it is used in the software development, video game, and product design industries.

Join us at the Ahmanson Lab for a lesson on User Experience Design and Testing that will welcome students of all backgrounds.