What Is Virtual Reality?

Course: 20 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Describing Virtual Reality
• Defining the Types of Virtual Reality
• Describing the History of Virtual Reality
• Identifying Where Virtual Reality Can Be Applied
• Defining Immersion in Virtual Reality

VR Hardware

Course: 11 Minutes

• Describing Virtual Reality Hardware
• Comparing Virtual Reality Headgear

Developing VR Applications

Course: 10 Minutes

• Describing the Development Tools for Virtual Reality
• Distinguishing Development Based on C++ vs. C#
• Identifying Hardware and Software Requirements

Practice: Development for VR

Course: 2 Minutes

• Exercise: Using VR in Development

VR Sickness

Course: 21 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Defining VR Sickness
• Defining How VR Causes Nausea
• Preventing Nausea
• Recognizing and Preventing Vection

Manipulating the Environment

Course: 10 Minutes

• Detecting and Using Gaze
• Defining the use of a Reticle
• Working with the Render Scale

Physical Interactions

Course: 6 Minutes

• Managing Rotation and Position
• Using a Touchpad or Keyboard

Practice: Environment Manipulation in VR

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Manipulate the VR Environment

Unity VR Project

Course: 8 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Installing Unity
• Creating a Unity Virtual Reality Project

Unity VR Scripts

Course: 27 Minutes

• Importing Unity Virtual Reality Scripts
• Using VREyeRaycaster
• Using VRInput
• Creating a VRInteractiveItem
• Responding to VRInteractiveItem Events

Interacting with the Environment

Course: 23 Minutes

• Rendering a Reticle
• Using SelectionRadial
• Using SelectionSlider
• Using Colliders
• Using Asynchronous Loading

Practice: Virtual Reality in Unity

Course: 5 Minutes

• Exercise: Use the VR Features of Unity

User Interfaces

Course: 11 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Working with UI Interactions in a VR Environment
• Using Anti-aliasing with Fonts
• Using 3D Text

Types of User Interfaces

Course: 19 Minutes

• Creating a Nondiegetic UI
• Working with a Spatial UI
• Using a Diegetic UI
• Setting Up a Blink Transition

Menus in Unity VR Apps

Course: 12 Minutes

• Creating a Simple Context Menu for a VR App
• Creating a Curved 3D Menu for a VR App

Practice: Menus in VR

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Use Menus in a VR Environment

Profiling and Optimization

Course: 9 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• The Role of Optimization in VR Apps
• Using the Unity Profiler
• Using the Frame Debugger

Techniques for Optimizing

Course: 13 Minutes

• Working with Geometry
• Working with Overdraw
• Working with Occlusion
• Using Draw Call Batching

Visual Optimization

Course: 15 Minutes

• Configuring Lightmapping
• Using Shaders
• Managing the View Quality
• Adjusting the Level of Detail Setting

Practice: Optimization for Unity VR

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Optimizing VR for Unity

Development Environment

Course: 7 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Getting Google VR SDK For Unity
• Setting up a Google VR Scene

Building an Environment

Course: 23 Minutes

• Using the Google VR Pointer System
• Responding to Google VR Pointer System Events
• Creating a Google VR Menu
• Showing and Hiding Menus
• Moving a Menu with the VR Camera

Deployment

Course: 5 Minutes

• Running on an Android Device
• Running on an iOS Device

Practice: Cardboard for Unity

Course: 3 Minutes

• Exercise: Use Cardboard with Unity

Steam and Unreal

Course: 10 Minutes

• Course Introduction
• Installing Unreal Engine
• Setting Up Unreal for Android Development
• Creating a New Project in Unreal

Building a VR App

Course: 24 Minutes

• Configuring Unreal Project Settings for GoogleVR
• Creating a Blueprint-based Pawn
• Setting Up a Line Trace
• Implementing Hit Testing
• Debugging a Line Trace

Deployment

Course: 8 Minutes

• Configuring Build Settings for Android
• Deploying to Android

Practice: Unreal and SteamVR

Course: 4 Minutes

• Exercise: Use Google VR and Unreal