AR/VR/XR & Unity Development

At the beginning of 2020 I was preparing to make a shift away from fine-art and murals back toward my information technology roots. Augmented, virtual, and mixed reality is the perfect combination of right and left brain energy that I was looking for. I’m fascinated by AR/VR/XR. In that vein, I researched the tools of the trade and focused on learning Unity 3D, achieving a certificate as a Unity 3D Associate Game Developer in August of 2020. Like so many, COVID changed my immeadiate plans. However, I will continue to build the portfolio below with tutorials and personal experimentation with the ultimate goal of working for a company to use these skills.

AR/VR/XR & Unity Development - Skye Lucking
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Toward the end of 2019, I set my sites on AR/VR/XR as a career path option. The pandemic slowed me down a bit, but I purchased Unity's Certification Training class and then successfully got a Unity Game Developer Certification!

This badge was issued to Skye Lucking on 22 August 2020. Expires on 22 August 2023

Earners of the Unity Certified Associate: Game Developer badge possess a solid understanding of end-to-end game production using Unity, spanning key concepts in both technical art and programming. These earners have the core skills required to be confident iterating with prototypes, debugging, and solving programming challenges for successful game design and coding.


AR/VR/XR & Unity Development - Skye Lucking
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The founder of the Phoenix Mural Project approached me about videographer work for a grant she was hoping to get for an Augmented Reality app focused on the murals of Phoenix. She was familiar with my YouTube channel, Courageous Creatives, and thought my interview skills with creatives would help.

When she mentioned the AR component - I said I wanted to work with that as well! Unfortunately, they did not receive the grant and the project did not move forward. However, to help her create the pitch video for the grant I recorded an interview with her and an artist with a green screen background, edited the video, and did a small proof-of-concept with me ‘popping’ in front of my own mural using an app called Artivive


AR/VR/XR & Unity Development - Skye Lucking
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Augmented Reality is such a large topic, it was hard at first to get started. As an artist I was hoping to incorporate AR into my own work. I was thrilled to find Artivive, my first blush with producing AR content.

Artivive is an AR tool that allows artists to create new dimensions of art by linking classical with digital art. The digital layer opens doors to a whole new world of possibilities. Artists can take visitors on a journey through time, explain what lies underneath, enhance the art with animations, or show how the artworks were made.

Here are a few of my first experiments with art and AR. More to come!


Phoenix Mural Project - Augmented Reality (AR) Tour
Artivive - The Little Man
Artivive - Animated Geometric Sunshine
Artivive - Man in Shirt with Man on Shirt
Artivive - Prismagic Coloring Page