This is an introductory course to creating virtual worlds with the help of Unity 3D and Oculus Quest head-mounted displays. The lectures are given by Lecturer Emil Lindfors.

To get a flavour of the course; here, is the showreel of the course projects in 2023.

And in 2020.

Course Content

What this course is about

• Introduction to Unity 3D and Meta Quest
• Introduction to XR Interaction Toolkit
• Coding for virtual reality applications
• Basics of interaction in virtual reality

What this course in NOT about

• No other game engines or APIs, e.g., Unreal, Godot, WebXR, …
• No other HMDs, e.g., Vive, Index, Varjo, …
• No other VR frameworks, e.g., VRTK, OpenVR, AR framework …
• Basics of VR technology, history and usage (see Introduction to VR)
• Storytelling, VR Design, … see (see Designing and Creating Virtual Worlds)
• 3D Modeling and Animation (see Animation for Games and VR D, links to old course)
• Spatial Sound (see Immersive Sound D, links to old course)
• HCI principles (see Human-Computer Interaction)
• Bigger VR projects (see Independent Study in VR, links to old course)

Course Structure

This course runs over six weeks and has five coding assignments. More details can be found on the MyCourses page 2024.