What is in this mission?

Explore the sample scene

Set up the scanner

Code the scanning functionality

Balloon Inflator

Escape Room project overview

Number pad

Keycard reader

Sliding Door

Mission 4 Quiz - Custom VR Development

Project 3: Clone with a twist! 

Submit your final project

Clone with a twist!

Learn to write scripts for advanced interactions in VR applications, and create your own unique VR project.

In the previous missions, you used pre-made interaction scripts provided to you as part of the Create with VR project. This mission will teach you to write scripts specifically for VR applications. You’ll write these scripts from scratch in the context of three separate projects.

In project 1, the XRI example scene created by the XR Interaction Toolkit team, you'll reference existing code and documentation to program some more advanced, customized interactables.

In project 2, you’ll follow guidelines from a project brief to create part of a VR escape room. Rather than following step-by-step instructions here, you’ll only receive hints.

In project 3, which you’ll submit to receive your pathway badge, you’ll create your own unique VR project. The challenge here is to create a clone with a twist: a version of an established VR experience, but with a unique alteration.

, you should already have a good foundational knowledge of scripting in the Unity engine to make the most out of this learning content.

If you don’t already have a foundational understanding of scripting, now is an excellent time to learn. We recommend you complete the 

If you feel almost ready but want to brush up on a few skills without doing the entire Junior Programmer pathway, why not check out the 

Custom VR Development

Unity VR Development

Dive into the world of virtual reality with Unity's VR Development Pathway. Learn to design immersive experiences, build VR games, and master Unity's VR tools. Start creating in VR today!

VR Development Pathway - Learn Unity VR Game Development | Unity Learn

 or have the equivalent experience, before starting Unity VR Development.

In addition, basic coding experience is recommended before starting the Custom VR Development mission, which can be obtained via the 

Ready to develop for VR? This guided learning Pathway will prepare you for a job in the VR industry!

Welcome to VR Development! This learning pathway is designed for anyone interested in learning to create experiences for VR. This pathway assumes a basic knowledge of Unity and basic knowledge of programming.

VR Development

Welcome to the VR Pathway

VR Software Setup

1.1 - VR Project Setup

1.2 - VR Locomotion

1.3 - Grabbable Objects

1.4 - Sockets

Challenge 1 - Architecture Review

The VR software landscape

Lab 1 - VR Personal Project Basics

Submission 1 - Share your Work

Mission 1 Quiz - VR Basics 

VR Software Setup 

Mission 1 Quiz 1 - VR Basics

Learn the basics of setting up a VR project and implementing simple interactivity like locomotion and grabbing objects.

In this mission, you will learn the basics of setting up a VR project and implementing simple interactivity.

In these tutorials, you will do the following:

Set up a VR-ready project with the room of your choice

Implement locomotion so that users can move around the scene

Add grabbable objects users can pick up and throw around

Set up sockets that objects can snap into

In the Challenge for this mission, you will apply your skills in an architectural review prototype. Then, in the Lab, you'll fill out a design document to lay out a concept for your own project, and then begin working on it. Finally, in the Quiz, you will test your new knowledge.

VR Basics

2.1 - Audio and Haptics

2.2 - Activation Events

2.3 - Direct and Ray Interactors

2.4 - User Interface

Challenge 2 - 3D Painting

The XR hardware landscape

Lab 2 - Personal Project Events & Interactions

Submission 2 - Share your Work

Mission 2 Quiz - VR Events & Interactions

Learn how to implement more complex interactions in VR to make the experience more immersive, such as audio, haptics, and user interfaces.

In this mission, you will implement more complex interactions in VR to make the experience more immersive.

Apply new functionality to specific objects

Allow the user to toggle between multiple types of interactors

In the Challenge for this mission, you will apply your skills in a 3D painting prototype. Then, in the Lab, you'll implement the core functionality of your personal project. Finally, in the Quiz, you will test your new knowledge.

Events and Interactions

3.1 - Comfort and Accessibility

3.2 - Optimization

3.3 - Lighting

3.4 - Building and Sharing

Challenge 3 - Training Simulation

Keeping up with XR technology

Lab 3 - Personal Project Ergonomics & Optimization

Submission 3 - Share your Work

Mission 3 Quiz - VR Ergonomics & Optimization

Explore ergonomics and optimization for VR for making apps as accessible and comfortable as possible.

In this mission, you will focus on ergonomics and optimization for VR in order to make your app as accessible and comfortable as possible.In these tutorials, you will do the following:

In the Challenge for this mission, you will apply your skills in an industrial training simulation prototype. Then, in the Lab, you'll implement the core functionality of your personal project. Finally, in the Quiz, you will test your new knowledge.

Ergonomics and Optimization

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Overview

What is a project brief?

What is this project about?

How to use the hints

Set up your project and scene

Next steps

D.4.1.3_Fully-functional-escape-room_edited.mp4

VIDEO 11 - How do people use project briefs in this industry-_V4.mp4

This project is unlike any you’ve attempted up to this point. You will be given a project brief and a few hints, but then it is up to you to make it happen. Your goal is to implement the final few interactions in an escape room.

In this tutorial, you will get an overview of the project, learn how to use the provided hints properly, and then set up the basic project in Unity.

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VR-Pathway_Escape-Room_partial-project-brief.pdf

VR-Pathway_Escape-Room_Assets.zip

Introduction to Project Two

Project 2: Escape Room Project brief 

You now have some experience programming custom VR interactions using the XR Interaction Toolkit API. Next, you will apply what you learned to a new project brief, where you are tasked with coding the functionality for part of an escape room. 

As you develop this project, you will be provided with sets of hints, which will help you through some of the more challenging elements of the brief.

In this tutorial, you will get acquainted with the project brief, then get the basic scene set up in Unity. 

A Project Brief is a document that summarizes a project and outlines its core requirements. A project brief operates as a single source of truth for everyone working on a project; without one, you are almost certain to have misunderstandings, inefficiencies, and frustration during development.

When working in VR development, clients will either provide you with a project brief or work with you to develop one. Then it is up to you and your team to build what has been requested. 

This learning project is meant to simulate that type of typical client interaction.

In this video, our established creators discuss the role project briefs play in the industry:

For this project, you have been asked to implement the final interactions of an escape room. The user must be able to do the following:

1.  Enter a code on a number pad to receive a keycard 

When completed, it should look something like this:

Each of the following three tutorials is dedicated to one of the project's three core interactions: the number pad, the card reader, and the sliding door. More specific technical requirements for each interaction will be provided in those tutorials, as well as hints to help you along.

If you want to read ahead, download the project brief and skim through the requirements now. 

This is not an easy project. It demands that you program functionality you’ve never coded before. 

To help you approach these challenges, we will provide you with multiple sets of hints along the way. 

In each tutorial, there will be three sets of hints, where each set increases in helpfulness and specifics. Try to get started without using any hints. Then, if you get stuck, you can look at the first set of hints. If you’re still stuck after that, move on to the second set. If you still can’t figure it out, you can check out the last set.

Here’s what you can expect from each set of hints:

Hint set 1
These are broad, high-level hints to provide guidance on overall code architecture and programming logic.


Hint set 2
These hints will point you to specific methods, classes, or documentation that may be helpful in implementing a feature.


Hint set 3
These will include actual snippets of code that may be especially helpful for more difficult features.


If you were completing this project on a professional team, you'd have colleagues to give you guidance or help with brainstorming when you get stuck. Since you're probably working independently on this project, think of these hints as guidance from a helpful, experienced programmer on your team.

We highly recommend attempting to program each feature before moving on to the next set of hints. Trying to figure out these challenges on your own is the best way to learn.

If you are completely stuck and would like to reference the functional code, we will also provide the completed scripts at the end of each tutorial. 

Before you get started on the first feature within the project, get your scene set up and ready to go by completing the following steps:

1.  Create a new VR-ready project. 
You can use the instructions and template starter project from the Project setup tutorial to accomplish this. Remember to configure your plug-ins from the XR Plug-In Management panel.

2.  Download the Escape Room Assets and then import them into your new VR-ready project. 

3.  From the Scenes folder, open the VREscapeRoom_Start scene.


Your scene should look approximately like this:

Test your project in VR using either your headset or the XR Rig Simulator and make sure it runs successfully. 

None of the assets should be functional yet. That’s your job in the following tutorials!

Left: A large keypad, Centre: A sliding door covered by a lock, Right: A swipecard reader. 

In the following tutorial, you will implement the functionality for the first feature: the number pad.

Escape Room project overview

Overview Video

1. Overview

2. What is a project brief?

3. What is this project about?

4. How to use the hints

5. Set up your project and scene

6. Next steps

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