Game Design

The Art of Fun

Virtual Reality

What is VR All About?

• Immersion

Better Narrative Experiences

Huge for game design!

Game Design

+ Virtual Reality

New Dimensions

• God Games
• Horror
• Interactive Stories

Unreal Engine

Unreal Engine

• Big 3 Engines
• Made VR first-class
• Good documentation!

Motion Sickness

• Much less now!
• Make sure FPS is as high as possible!
• Reduce non-forward movement
• Keep Yaw down!
• Keep a reference frame if possible!

Rate of Frames

• Use the 'mobile' target
• Use 'scalable' graphics level
• No Post!
• No Dynamic Lights
• No Dynamic Shadows

Still Worth It.

Helpful Links

• Unreal GDC opening 2016:
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_veq6Q51Zlg
• Great Rift + UE Youtube tutorial series:
  • https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChvlNUgZKmEd-Gul_Tdv8Uw/videos
• VR in UE Best Practices
  • https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Platforms/VR/ContentSetup/index.html

Thanks!

• Thanks VR club, for having me!
• Make great games!
• UMD Game Dev Club Tomorrow!
  • Thursdays 6pm-7:30 CSIC 2120