This free hands-on workshop introduces artists, designers, and creative practitioners to the fundamentals of mixed reality (MR) development using Unity and Meta Quest 3 headsets.
You’ll explore how digital content can blend seamlessly with the real world — creating interactive, immersive, and engaging experience. Participants will be introduced to the Unity Game Development engine and will learn how to build spatial scenes, add interaction and think creatively about storytelling and expression in mixed reality environments.
No coding experience is required, just your curiosity and imagination. Whether you’re a visual artist, performance maker, designer or creative technologist, this session will give you the tools and confidence to begin bringing your ideas to life in mixed reality.
Limited places. Please apply using the ticket link above as soon as possible before 12 noon on 14 November. Successful applicants will be informed on 14 November.
Lunch and refreshements provided.
Dr. Brian Vaughan is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Media at Technological University Dublin and the Founder and Director of the Virtual Interaction Research Lab (VIRaL): a leading centre for innovation in virtual, augmented, and mixed reality. His work focuses on developing immersive technologies to enhance learning, collaboration, and real-world performance. With over a decade of experience in XR development, user interaction design, and human-computer interaction, Brian has led major applied research projects with industry partners including Intel and BioPharmaChem, creating next-generation VR and MR training environments for technical and high-reliability sectors. His research explores how presence, embodiment, and interactivity can improve engagement and skill acquisition in complex domains. At TU Dublin, Brian teaches and supervises across postgraduate and undergraduate programmes in mixed reality development, immersive media, and interaction design. Through VIRaL, he continues to advance Ireland’s immersive technology ecosystem, translating cutting-edge research into impactful applications.
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