Unreal Engine Metaverse Foundations
VR World Building for Industry Collaboration
No Prerequisites - Strong 3d navigation skills are very helpful.
$2400
In Person Course
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Dates
Unreal Engine Metaverse Foundations
New classes coming in 2026
Topics
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What are game engines and where are they used
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Game creation overview
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Introduction to the industrial online collaborative concept
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Unreal Engine in games, movies, and the manufacturing Industry
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Overview of Unreal Engine features
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Basic video game functionality
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Asset acquisition
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Creating your own environments
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Modular building design
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Landscape sculpting
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Creating realistic textures
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Understanding "Normal Maps"
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Importing and optimizing assets in Unreal Engine
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Lighting and atmosphere systems
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Lumen and Nanite
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Designing Interactive environments
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Introduction to UE Blueprints
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Working with Virtual Reality
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Moving freely in your own VR environment
COURSE OVERVIEW
Metaverse - An immersive digital space that allows for remote collaboration and innovation in diverse industries by simulating physical and often persistent environments.
Nvidia Omniverse Create - Yes, this is digital as well as a playable game demo
Unreal Engine Metaverse Foundations has been created to help those in industry to develop the skills needed to create immersive virtual environments that can be used for contextual reference and global collaboration.
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Throughout this course, participants will engage in many hands-on projects to create various virtual worlds. While there will be many types of exercises, our focus is on the aerospace and automotive application of this technology.
The Unreal Engine editor is key to designing realistic environments.
You'll learn to create landscapes, structures, manipulate lighting, and add textures,
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Unreal Engine Interface
From the Unreal Engine 5 Tech Demo
To help your learning and proficiency with the various tools, additional projects are also available outside of class to reinforce skills and explore concepts at your own pace.
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Learn about ArchViz (Architectural Visualization) and how other software like Twinmotion that allows architects and designers to create real-time 3D renderings of their projects.
Twinmotion Interface
Model from our Blender Industrial Design Course
Learn how Blender 3D design software can be used to create and texture assets that can then be used inside the environments you design in Unreal Engine.
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This, and other software are all a part of a fairly complex workflow or pipeline that you'll learn about as you work through the course projects.
All these software tools enable faster and more detailed design of your virtual environments.
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Using these as collaborative elements, designers, architects, and other professionals can showcase their ideas and concepts with ease.
Omniverse Create Interface
Meta Quest 3 - This or similar used in class
With advancements in 3D design software, virtual and augmented reality technologies, the opportunities in the metaverse concept will continue to expand, providing new prospects for work, study, socialization, entertainment, and commerce.
And of course Artificial Intelligence is playing a part in this workflow. We'll use AI generated images in class as reference imagery for models or entire scenes.
AI generated design created just now for this page
VR Megahit Half-life Alyx
As these technologies continue to advance at staggering pace, the future achievements of even the next year seem incomprehensible.
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Our fundamental goal is to help focus individuals that are interested in being a part of this emerging digital landscape.
Valve Index
Unreal Engine 5 - Is it Ready to Build the Metaverse?
This is a practical introduction to the concept of "Metaverses" and their development in Unreal Engine. It is a couple years old but all the points are valid.
Course Dates
Unreal Engine Metaverse Foundations
New classes coming in 2026
Click here to get notified of upcoming classes
Registration
The Pre-Registration List
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To help ease the college registration for our CTECH students we've created a spreadsheet to hold students' place in class while they wait for classes to be scheduled, vouchers to be received, voucher access (I believe it's a month before class), or any other complication in the process. We can add you to the spreadsheet before you get a CTCLink ID, but you will need to have one eventually.
We'll reach out to you as we get closer to the class start date.
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If you see a class you'd like to get in, you can contact us to be added to this spreadsheet.
You can also simply email me and I can add you as well.
Damian Cianci
dcianci@edmonds.edu
The Registration Process
Register by phone between 9am and 4pm PDT (This is the easiest way)
425-640-1840
Important - You will need a CTCLink ID number in order for us to help you over the phone or in person. You can follow the steps below to get one.
Fill out an application to Edmonds College:
https://apply.ctc.edu/user
* This can take 1-5 business days to get your ID
A few notes for your application:
Enroll as: "First Year"
Program: "Professional Technical"
Term: "_____" (Season plus year, such as: Spring 2023)
Degree or Certificate: "Undecided - Professional Technical"
Once you have received your CTC Link ID number please let us know and we can get you registered for your class.
Register Online (This is the most complicated way)
Washington State colleges are now using CTCLink for all student services.
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Follow the link below - login in or create an account
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Go to "Student Homepage"
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Choose "Manage Classes"
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"Class Search and Enroll"
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Choose Edmonds College and the quater (Control + F to search page)
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Search for class name or number (Class Number will get you to where you want faster)
Online Registration Login Page - CTCLInk
NOTE - All our classes fall under "Special Topics: Manufacturing".