Introduction to Unreal Engine for Science (training course, online)

(Course no. 1672022 in the training programme 2022 of Forschungszentrum Jülich)

This course will take place as an online event on 4 successive Wednesdays. The link to the streaming platform will be provided to the registrants only.

Contents:

The Unreal Engine is one of the state-of-the-art 3D engines, which is mainly used for game development. In recent years, however, its use in industry and science has been steadily increasing, which is further supported by new features from the producer Epic Games. The course offered here gives a basic introduction to the major functions when using the Unreal Editor and Visual Studio, offers tips and tricks for scientific use and deepens the acquired knowledge by using and extending an example application. We will talk about the difference between Blueprints and C++ and when to use which one, but we will also focus on the use of third party tools and the different possibilities of code management.

Roadmap and speakers:

• Introduction to Unreal Engine (UE) - Dirk Helmrich, Jonathan Windgassen
• Programming with UE-Blueprints - Josef Azzam
• Programming with C++ in UE - Dirk Helmrich
• Scientific usecases - Dirk Helmrich

Prerequisites:

• General programming skills
• Computer with reasonable graphics hardware (Intel HD with a strong CPU would work, as would most GPUs)
• Installed and running version of Unreal Engine 4.27
• For further instructions regarding preparations for the course, please visit https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/hedgedoc/s/lFvlmhs7H#

Target audience:

Scientists who want to develop high-performance 3D or AR/VR applications

Language:

This course is given in English.

Duration:

4 half days

Dates:

Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Wednesday, 9 March 2022, 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-15:00

Venue:

online

Number of Participants:

minimum 5, maximum 30

Instructors:

Josef Azzam, Dirk Helmrich, Jonathan Windgassen, JSC

Contact:

Registration:

closed

For further instructions regarding preparations for the course, please visit https://gitlab.jsc.fz-juelich.de/hedgedoc/s/lFvlmhs7H#