This 2 hour class will take place in VRChat and will navigate to several worlds that are educational in nature and will demonstrate the principles of immersive storytelling in either very good — or very bad — ways!

Note: This class assumes that you already have fluency in navigating VRChat and VR in general. If you would like to learn VR Fluency, please consider taking our Intro to VRChat Fluency --> In VR! ‍class instead!

Accessibility: This class does not require a VR headset, but it will be the most effective way to experience the immersive principles we discuss. Feel free to attend class via 2D on PC or phone/tablet app. We will not visit any PC VR only worlds, so Meta Quest or Pico should be fine. If you have any accessibility needs, please get in touch with classes@empressvr.com . And here at EmpressVR we believe that everyone should have full control over their reasonable adjustments. Please do what’s right for you! We’re here to support that in any way we can.

Syllabus & Schedule:

• Introductions & 3D Design Basics → 15 minutes

• Tour of Immersive Storytelling World → 30 minutes

  • Lighting and Visual Cues

  • Object Affordances

  • Interactions

  • Terrain & Audio

  • Emissive Objects & Particle Effects

  • Colliders & Triggers

  • Use of heights, single-sided normals, & falling to respawn!

• Break →10 minutes

• World 1 Visit → 30 minutes

  • Best Practices, Easter Eggs, Games

• World 2 Visit → 30 minutes

  • Flying - Good, bad, ugly

  • Human Nature & Multiplayer

• Wrap-up → 5 Minutes

Disclaimer: Although this tour is designed using data and research into Motion Sickness, we cannot guarantee that sickness will be fully avoided. Please respect your own body <3 Studies have shown that VR motion sickness can be overcome but that won’t be possible if you do not respect the limits of your own body. You have full permission to take off the headset at any time, take a breather, and come back to the class if and when you feel better. If you miss the second half of class due to simulation sickness, you are more that welcome to attend another class in the future. Our commitment is to your growing ability to navigate VR comfortably. Reach out if you have questions or concerns. C

This 1 hour class will take place in VRChat and will navigate to several worlds that are educational in nature and is specifically designed to allow you to acclimate to virtual reality gradually which will give your nervous system time to adjust while limiting the risk of motion sickness and allowing you to enjoy your time exploring virtual worlds fearlessly!

Accessibility: This class does require a VR headset. We will not visit any PC VR only worlds, so Meta Quest or Pico should be fine. If you have any accessibility needs, please get in touch with classes@empressvr.com And here at EmpressVR we believe that everyone should have full control over their reasonable adjustments. Please do what’s right for you! We’re here to support that in any way we can.

Syllabus & Schedule:

• Introductions & Motion Sickness Tips → 10 minutes

• Menu Basics → 15 minutes

  • Comfort Settings

  • Adding friends

  • Avatars

• Break →10 minutes

• World Visit → 15 minutes

  • World Settings

  • Complexity of World Physics

  • Conversations & VR Etiquette

• Wrap-up → 10 Minutes

Disclaimer: Although this tour is designed using data and research into Motion Sickness, we cannot guarantee that sickness will be fully avoided. Please respect your own body <3 Studies have shown that VR motion sickness can be overcome but that won’t be possible if you do not respect the limits of your own body. You have full permission to take off the headset at any time, take a breather, and come back to the class if and when you feel better. If you miss the second half of class due to simulation sickness, you are more that welcome to attend another class in the future. Our commitment is to your growing ability to navigate VR comfortably. Reach out if you have questions or concerns.

This is a 6 Week Bootcamp-style course with low-to-no coding designed for Creatives and Artists who want to fast-track their ability to prototype immersive VR applications and test ideas in pre-production.

This class is perfect for you if:

• You have no previous knowledge of the Unity game engine, but are enthusiastic about learning creative technology

• You are an artist or creative and would like to begin exploring prototyping in VR to express your creative concepts

• You would like to begin your journey into VR Development and game design, but from a creative perspective

• You have a prototype idea that you would like to take from concept to first iteration during the 6 weeks of this course

Tech Requirements: Download the Equipment and Technical Requirement List Here

Syllabus and Homework:

Week 0:

• Prepare for class: Download Unity following the step-by-step PDF provided

• 1:1 Call with Instructor if support is needed

Week 1

• Class Topic: Unity Tour, Asset Manipulation, coding concepts

• Homework: Download Meta Quest Developer Hub

• Optional HW: Unity Create with Code Lesson 1 and apply this to your own project

Week 2

• Class Topic: Meta Quest Developer: Setting up the MQ Software Development Kits and running play mode in your headset

• Homework: Step-by-step PDF provided to get into Play Mode on your own system, plus install Meta Interaction SDK

• Optional HW: Unity Creative Core: Shaders & Materials and apply this to your own project

Week 3

• Class Topic: Interaction SDK Tour: What you can do, how you can do it!

• Homework: Interaction SDK tutorials

• Optional HW: Apply interactions to your own project

Week 4

• Class Topic: Locomotion → Movement in VR

• Homework: Locomotion Settings tutorials

• Optional HW: Apply locomotion to your own project

Week 5

• Class Topic: Worldbuilding Prototyping in Gravity Sketch Collab

• Homework: Work on your own project, apply concepts learned

Week 6

• Class Topic: Multiplayer App Theory

• Homework: None