Content written by Prof. Stavros Didakis, Interactive Media Arts, NYU Shanghai.

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Course setup: Unity 6.5 · Editor 6000.5.8f1 · Universal Render Pipeline (URP). This workshop uses URP as the default render pipeline. Visual Effect Graph is a core Unity package tied to the Editor version. HDRP is mentioned only where a feature or workflow differs.

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• Inspiration
• Introduction to VFX Graph
• URP Project Setup — Unity 6.5 / 6000.5.8f1
• Create a VFX Graph Asset
• VFX Graph Window
• Systems, Contexts, Blocks & Operators
• VFX Example 1 — Particle Motion, Turbulence & Force Fields
• Break
• Properties & Operators
• Blackboard & Exposed Properties
• VFX Example 2 — Texture Sampling, Colour Logic & Exposed Controls
• URP Spatial Workflow — VFX Graph → Camera → Render Texture → Architecture
• Performance & Troubleshooting in URP
• Artists / Developers Working with VFX Graph
• References

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Workshop practice: create a VFX Graph variation that is visibly your own. Change the system's structure, movement, colour logic, scale, texture, or exposed controls—not only a single numeric parameter. Then test how the resulting real-time visual could operate on or within an architectural surface.

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