Welcome to the VR Pathway

VR Software Setup

1.1 - VR Project Setup

1.2 - VR Locomotion

1.3 - Grabbable GameObjects

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

Get an overview of the VR Development pathway and how it prepares you for real-world virtual reality projects and careers.

Set up Unity, export modules, and your VR headset so your computer and device are ready for VR development.

Set up a new Unity project and build a simple VR-ready room as a foundation for the Create with VR course.

Implement VR locomotion methods that let users teleport around a furnished room to view it from every angle.

Configure VR objects for basic grab and throw interactions so users can pick up and toss items in the scene.

Learn to configure VR sockets so objects snap into place, letting users hang hats on hooks and wear them in Create with VR.

Apply Create with VR skills to build an architecture review prototype with VR locomotion, grabbable objects, and sockets.

Survey common VR experiences to understand their strengths, limits, and principles of effective VR design.

Plan your VR concept in a design document and build a basic VR scene using primitives, locomotion, grabbable objects, and sockets.

Assess the VR basics knowledge and skills you developed in Mission 1 of the VR Development Pathway.

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

VR Pathway: Unity VR Development

Pathway Facilitator Kit

VR Development v6.2 Common Cartridge File

Looking to bring this pathway into your classroom? Download the facilitator kit for lesson plans, teacher tips, and a sample syllabus. Download the Common Cartridge file to import the pathway content into your Learning Management System (such as Canvas, Moodle, Blackboard, etc.). See instructions from your LMS provider for importing Common Cartridge files.

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.

2022.3

2021.3

VR Development

Add haptic, audio, and 3D spatial ambient sound feedback to make VR object interactions more immersive.

2.1 - Audio and Haptics

Learn to script VR object interactions so a picked-up remote can toggle a TV with a controller button.

2.2 - Activation events (Activation - Remote, Lightsource)

Implement Direct Interactors and ray-based interactors so users can grab objects or point with the same VR controller.

2.3 - Near-Far and Ray Interactors

This lesson shows you how to build world space UI in VR, including a welcome screen and a reset menu to reload the scene.

2.4 - User Interface

Apply VR interaction, audio, haptics, and UI skills to build a 3D painting experience in Unity.

Challenge 2 - 3D Painting

Get oriented in the VR hardware landscape, compare major XR devices, and review current trends in virtual reality headsets.

The XR hardware landscape

Use audio, haptics, interaction, and UI skills to give your Create with VR personal project most of its core functionality.

Lab 2 - Personal Project Events & Interactions

Submission 2 - Share your Work

This quiz checks your understanding of Mission 2 concepts on VR events and interactions in the VR Development Pathway.

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

Learn practical techniques to reduce simulator sickness in VR and make your application more comfortable and accessible.

3.1 - Comfort and Accessibility

Learn key VR performance metrics like fps, polycount, and draw calls, and how to optimize them in your app.

3.2 - Optimization

Use light modes, lightmapping, and light probes to create VR lighting that looks good and runs efficiently.

3.3 - Lighting

Apply VR best practices, then configure and build your application so it is ready to share with others.

3.4 - Building and Sharing

Apply your VR Room skills in an industrial training simulation that tests comfort, optimization, and lighting design.

Challenge 3 - Training Simulation

Explore why VR creators must stay current and learn practical strategies to track fast-changing VR technology and trends.

Keeping up with XR technology

Use comfort, optimization, lighting, and build techniques to finish a performant, visually rich VR project you can share.

Lab 3 - Personal Project Ergonomics & Optimization

Submission 3 - Share your Work

Check your understanding of Mission 3 concepts on VR lighting and optimization in this graded quiz.

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

Begin the mission by previewing its three VR projects and how you’ll apply your programming skills to custom interactions.

What is in this mission?

Download the XRI template scene and use the XR Interaction Toolkit documentation to explore advanced interaction patterns.

Explore the sample scene

Build a custom VR scanner interactable by extending XR Interaction Toolkit behavior and implementing custom logic in a script.

Set up the scanner

Practice raycasting with 3D vectors to detect scanned objects and follow VR development best practices using online documentation.

Code the scanning functionality

Use online documentation and code samples to script a custom VR balloon inflator that responds to precise trigger input.

Balloon Inflator

Get an overview of the escape room project, learn how to use the design hints, and set up the core Unity scene.

Escape Room project overview

Design and program a custom VR number pad interaction that meets a project brief using optional guidance.

Number pad

Build a custom VR keycard reader using 3D vector math and dot products to detect precise card positions and angles.

Keycard reader

Learn to code a heavy sliding door using vector math and dot products to create realistic VR interactions.

Sliding Door

Assess what you learned in Mission 4 on Custom VR Development with this quiz in the VR Development Pathway.

Mission 4 Quiz - Custom VR Development

Plan a portfolio-ready VR project by cloning a known interaction, adding your twist, and meeting pathway requirements.

Project 3: 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 