{"id":9729,"date":"2021-01-18T13:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T17:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/?p=9729"},"modified":"2026-03-16T14:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T18:39:35","slug":"creating-a-virtual-environment-in-blender-and-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/tudsc\/2021\/01\/18\/creating-a-virtual-environment-in-blender-and-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Virtual Environment in Blender and Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Posted on January 18, 2021<\/a> by Evgeny Kukshinov<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As I promised in my previous blog<\/a> post, I will explain how I created a virtual environment (VE) in Blender and Unity for my study. It is a virtual replica<\/a> of the VR studio at the Scholars Studio<\/a> which can be used as a transitional space to other VEs, ensuring a more immersive virtual experience.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blender<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Because I needed to make a  specific room, i.e. with specific measurements, I had to model it separately. One of the ways to do this is via Blender<\/a>, an open-access 3d-modeling software. Although Blender is not the most precise tool for 3d modeling, it is useful to know how it works because it is quite multifunctional. In general, all transformations are based on moving, scaling, and rotating, not just the object itself, but  its elements (or a combination of them), i.e. vertices, edges, and faces. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Image taken from Blender.org<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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One of the ways to recreate a room in Blender is to use blueprints or some version of it (also you will need to add a one m^2 reference square, as the red one seen below). Before you start modeling, you need to change the dimensions of the initial cube (it appears in every new project), which sides are two meters long, to make them one meter long. Pressing the [N] button (in the \u2018object\u2019 mode, which can be changed by [Tab]), the dimensions should be put down to 1x1x1 (not scaling). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After that, you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n