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 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 do employers look for in a portfolio?

Criteria

Come up with a concept

Work on your project

Next steps

VIDEO 8 - How important are portfolios for getting a job-_V3.mp4

VIDEO 9 - What do employers want to see in a portfolio-_V3.mp4

You have reached the final tutorial of this pathway. Congratulations!

As your final challenge, you’ll apply what you’ve learned throughout the pathway to create one final project. Your task is to recreate (or clone) a familiar VR interaction or experience and add your own personal twist to it. This challenge will serve as a perfect portfolio piece for you, should you wish to get a job in the VR development industry. 

In this tutorial, you will learn what is required for this project and hear our established creators discuss what makes for a great portfolio piece. 

You will have an opportunity to actually submit this project and earn your pathway badge in the pathway checkpoint that follows this tutorial.

Designed for post-secondary and K-12 educators at accredited academic institutions teaching Unity in the classroom, the Unity Educator plan provides you with free access to the same real-time 3D development tools used by professionals to support your students.

Included in this plan are Unity Pro, cloud-based collaboration, cloud build, free Unity assets, and much more!

VR Developer Pathway Facilitator Kit.zip

VR Developer Pathway Facilitator Kit (Google Drive)

Unity Educator Hub

The VR Developer Pathway Facilitator Kit includes everything you need to successfully bring this Pathway into your learning context including a syllabus, complete lesson plans, standards alignment, teacher preparation guide, and more.  

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Introduction to Project Three

You’re now close to the end of the VR Development pathway! 

As your final challenge, you’ll apply what you’ve learned throughout the pathway to create one final project. 

Your task is to recreate (or clone) a familiar VR interaction or experience and add your own personal twist to it. 

This will serve as a perfect portfolio piece since it will show that you are not only capable of programming polished, popular mechanics, but that you also enjoy having fun and tinkering with VR. 

You’ll go through all the criteria for this final project submission below. Once you finish the project, you can submit it at the checkpoint that follows this tutorial in order to receive your VR Development pathway badge and complete this learning journey. 

If you hope to get a job in VR development, it’s helpful to know what employers look for when they evaluate potential candidates. 

In this video, our established creators discuss what employers want to see in a portfolio:

Your portfolio project should be something that meets your own needs as a creator, but it is also the capstone challenge for the VR Development pathway as a whole. 

This step outlines high-level success criteria for the challenge.

Your final project should meet the following criteria:

It should be a clone of (or something similar to) an existing popular VR experience – or even a small portion of an experience – but with a unique twist.

It should showcase custom programming and interactions that are beyond any out-of-the-box XRI interactions. For example, it cannot just include teleportation, grabbable objects, and sockets – these are too generic.

It should feel like a polished experience. A lot of job applicants will submit projects that feel very amateurish. How can you elevate yours through user experience or art in a way that makes it feel polished?

It should run effectively and smoothly on VR headsets, free from errors and bugs.

It should be hosted and shareable from a version control service like Github or PlasticSCM. Most job applications require links to your projects. 

It should include any relevant documentation and Readme’s. Included documentation should highlight what you contributed to the project. You could also keep a devlog, which documents your development process, and post it to a site like itch.io. 

As you consider your options for a concept, try to come up with something that’s exciting but that’s also within scope. 

To help keep the project in scope, consider the following options:

You could try to clone a single gameplay mechanic, scene, or slice of a larger experience, rather than trying to recreate an entire application. 

You could build on a project or interaction you’ve already worked on.

You could pair up with an artist and work as a team.

You could enter a game jam and use that as an opportunity to jump-start your development.

Here are some example project ideas that fit the clone with a twist theme:

Tilt Rush: It’s like Tilt Brush, but there is a time limit to try and recreate a particular shape in a limited period of time.

SuperCold: It’s like SuperHot, where time only moves when you do, but you are just sitting by a fire and are super cold, so you need to keep moving to keep the fire going.

Cob Simulator: It’s like Job Simulator, but instead of participating in comical approximations of real-world jobs, it’s a corn cooking simulator.

Gorilla Swag: It’s like Gorilla Tag, but instead of playing tag as a gorilla, you just put on different pieces of Unity swag and then run around as a gorilla wearing it.

Phoneworks: It’s like Boneworks, but instead of using physical weapons and tools, you operate a full-physics phone board.

Now that you understand the requirements for your project, you are ready to get to work! There’s no time limit on this submission, so take as much time as you need to create something you’re happy with. 

To produce something small in scope that still feels polished, you should expect to spend at least ten hours on this challenge. 

When you finish this project, you should definitely consider adding it to your portfolio. Listen to our established creators discuss the importance of portfolios in this field:

The next page will take you to the pathway checkpoint. There, you will be able to submit this final project, earn your VR Development badge, and conclude this learning journey. 

Project 3: Clone with a twist!

Overview Video

1. Overview

2. What do employers look for in a portfolio?

3. Criteria

4. Come up with a concept

5. Work on your project

6. Next steps

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