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

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!

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 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

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

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

Clone with a twist!

Submit your final project

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 

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In this quiz, you will test the knowledge and skills you learned in Mission 1 related to VR Basics.

This quiz is part of the VR Development Pathway. 

Skill-L2-SysDes.VRd-1: Evaluate a proposed VR experience in order to suggest ways it could be improved

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-1.1: Describe the advantages and disadvantages of VR experiences, when compared with traditional screen-based experiences.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-1.2: Describe the design considerations specific to VR experiences, when compared with traditional screen-based experiences.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-1.3: Explain the importance of optimization and performance for VR experiences.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-1.4: Explain comfort and accessibility considerations specific to VR experiences.

Evaluate a proposed VR experience in order to suggest ways it could be improved. 

Skill-L2-SysDes.VRd-2: Decide which XR hardware to target, given the goals of a particular project.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-2.1: Explain the difference between VR and other types of XR (such as AR and MR), including suitable uses for each one.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-2.2: Explain the differences between the most widely used XR hardware systems.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-2.3: Explain at a high level the options for publishing or distributing VR apps.

o-L2-SysDes.VRd-2.4: Recall the latest hardware, software, and research trends in VR in order to inform recommendations.

Decide which XR hardware to target, given the goals of a particular project.

This quiz will assess skills learned in the following tutorials:

If you are targeting a mobile VR headset (as opposed to a tethered headset), which scriptable render pipeline (SRP) is most appropriate?

The High-Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP)

The Universal Render Pipeline (URP) is a prebuilt Scriptable Render Pipeline, made by Unity. URP provides artist-friendly workflows that let you quickly and easily create optimized graphics across a range of platforms, from mobile to high-end consoles and PCs. HDRP is not recommended for VR, since performance is so critical for user experience. Mobile and VR Render pipelines are not real. 

When a VR Device claims to support “6 Degrees of Freedom” (6 DOF), what is “6” referring to?

The degrees of freedom refer to the number of axes that are tracked for position and rotation. Older headsets were mostly 3DOF, since they would only track the rotation about the 3 axes, but not any of the position axis data.

Listed below are four types of locomotion that are possible in VR. 

Which two of these are least likely to induce simulator sickness?

Listed below are four types of locomotion that are possible in VR.  Which two of these are least likely to induce simulator sickness? Select the two correct answers.  

Continuous (Controller) movement - the user uses a thumbstick or D-pad to smoothly move through the scene.

Physical (Room-scale) movement - the user physically moves in the real world in order to move in VR.

Scripted movement - the user is automatically moved around the scene, controlled by a script.

Teleport movement - the user clicks and is instantly transported to a new location. 

Simulator sickness tends to occur when the visual field makes it appear as if the user is moving, but the user is not actually moving in the real world. This illusion is known as “vection”. Both Continuous and Scripted movement have this quality. 

You want to make a ball that the user can grab and throw around the scene. The ball should bounce off of the walls and floor. 

Which components and properties would the ball likely have?

You want to make a ball that the user can grab and throw around the scene. The ball should bounce off of the walls and floor.  Which components and properties would the ball likely have?  Select all correct answers.  

“Is Kinematic” enabled in the Rigidbody component.

“Use Gravity” enabled in the Rigidbody component.

A Physics Material assigned to the collider.

An XR Grab Interactable component with “Kinematic” movement type.

A Sphere Collider with “Is Trigger” enabled.

If you enable “Is Trigger” for the collider, the collider will no longer  be able to collide with other objects. 

If “Is Kinematic” is enabled, Forces (like gravity), collisions or joints will not affect the rigidbody anymore. The rigidbody will be under full control of animation or script control by changing transform.position.

You made a socket interactor for a phone charging dock in VR. However, the phone object is not snapping to the socket. 

What could possibly explain why this is happening?

You made a socket interactor for a phone charging dock in VR. However, the phone object is not snapping to the socket.  What could possibly explain why this is happening?  Select all correct answers.  

The collider is a box collider instead of a sphere collider.

The socket and the phone interactable only share one interaction layer.

The collider does not have “Is Trigger” enabled.

In order for a socket to detect another interactable object, its collider needs to have “Is Trigger” enabled. 

Otherwise, the collider will act like a solid object that cannot overlap with other objects.

Which of the following is true about mobile vs tethered headsets?

Which of the following is true about mobile vs tethered headsets?  Select all correct answers.  

A mobile headset can support higher-end graphics than tethered headsets.

A tethered headset gets its processing power from a gaming console or computer.

A tethered headset supports 6 degrees of freedom (6DOF), while mobile headsets do not.

Some mobile headsets can be plugged in and operate as tethered headsets.

A tethered headset is plugged into a more powerful computer or console, which provides all of the processing power. This allows tethered headsets to support higher-end graphics. 

The lines between these types of devices is sometimes blurred with devices that can act as mobile and tethered devices.

XR refers to any technology that blurs the line between real and digital worlds. The X is a placeholder letter for various types of these technologies, including VR (Virtual Reality), AR (Augmented Reality), and MR (Mixed Reality). There is debate over what the X stands for, some claiming the X stands for eXtended Reality.

Which of the following is true about VR experiences compared to traditional screen-based experiences? 

Which of the following is true about VR experiences compared to traditional screen-based experiences?  
Select one answer.  

VR experiences are more accessible than traditional screen-based experiences. 

VR experiences have been shown to be superior for certain job training applications than traditional screen-based experiences. 

VR has been shown to be more comfortable for reading long passages of text compared with traditional screen-based experiences.

VR experiences are more comfortable for people to do for long periods of time, compared with traditional screens.

Although VR is not necessarily as comfortable or accessible as traditional screen-based experiences, it has been shown to be extremely effective for training and learning. Since the human brain treats VR more like a real experience than a screen-based experience, users are more able to learn by doing, which is the most effective way for most people to learn new skills.

Which of the following is true about locomotion in VR? 

Which of the following is true about locomotion in VR?   Select all correct answers.  

Continuous turning is more comfortable for users than snap turning.

Vection is defined as the illusion of movement and can cause nausea in users. 

Roomscale (or real world) movement is the most comfortable, but it is limited by a user’s physical play area. 

Teleporting is more comfortable for users than continuous joystick-controlled movement.

Simulator sickness in VR tends to occur when a user’s eyes tell their brain that they’re moving but their body is not actually moving. Reducing this as much as possible through instantaneous teleportation and snap movements or through room-scale movement will increase comfort.

Within the XR landscape, there are virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) applications. Which of the below examples are accurately described as VR, AR, or MR? 

Within the XR landscape, there are virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) applications. Which of the below examples are accurately described as VR, AR, or MR?   Select all correct answers.  

Wearing a set of transparent goggles that allows you to visualize what you would look like in different clothes.

Example of AR:
When you look through the camera on your phone at the stars in the sky, the constellations are overlaid on top of them on the phone’s screen.

A virtual board game superimposed on your dining room table that you can play with your friends in real time, who all appear as virtual avatars.

A fishing application set in a virtual mountain stream where you use a controller as a fishing rod.

VR creates a digital environment that replaces the real world environment. 

AR overlays digitally created content into the user’s real world environment. 

MR seamlessly blends the user’s real world environment and digitally created content where both environments can coexist and interact with each other. 

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