Your learning experience

SAE has implemented a remote flexible learning option for current and future students. The range of tools developed by SAE will not only allow students to collaborate online but also gain experience in remote working practices widely used within the creative industries.

From day one you'll start creating on the latest software and equipment, under the guidance of expert lectures. 

• Study in a collaborative, studio-based environment
• Use industry-standard middleware and development packages such as Unreal Engine and Unity
• Learn as part of a small class
• Learn from lecturers with extensive game experience and industry connections
• Apply industry-standard project management methodologies throughout your studies.

DIPLOMA OF AUGMENTED AND VIRTUAL REALITY

The Diploma of Augmented and Virtual Reality has a strong practical focus, underpinned by key theoretical components. The course content is informed by our strong links to industry and our 40-year history in designing and teaching creative media courses.

Key areas of content covered within the program include: 

• Augmented reality (AR) technology use
• Virtual reality (VR) technology use
• Mixed reality (MR) technology use
• Haptic technologies
• Human-computer interaction (HCI)
• Rapid prototyping
• Scripting
• Creative problem solving
• Critical reflection.

To complement your technical skills, you will graduate with skills across:

• Employability skills specific to creative media
• Communication, including how to communicate specialist technical and creative ideas and perspectives in the graphic design discipline to others
• Introductory project management and different project management methodologies
• Teamwork and collaboration in the context of creative media
• Scholarly techniques for higher education.

Upon completion you will be eligible for up to 80 credit points towards either the Bachelor of Games Development (Game Design).

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YOU WILL LEARN

Graduates of the Diploma of Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality will:

• have specialised knowledge within augmented and virtual reality technologies
• have knowledge of collaborative workflows and strategies within the augmented and virtual reality discipline groups
• identify, analyse, synthesise and act on information from a range of augmented and virtual reality sources
• analyse, plan, design and evaluate appropriate and innovative options to solve problems and/or meet management requirements in the augmented and virtual reality disciplines
• formally and informally communicate specialist technical and creative ideas and perspectives in the computer mediated reality discipline to others
• apply knowledge and skills with depth in an area of augmented and virtual reality, in both familiar and unfamiliar contexts
• transfer and apply theoretical concepts and/or technical and/or creative skills in a range of augmented and virtual reality situations
• perform complex technical operations with initiative, judgement and autonomy, taking into account personal and group responsibilities in relation to broad discipline-specific parameters for quantity and quality.