Make Believe with Smash Hit Plunder

Make Believe+Shanee Nishry @Lunarsong

+Katie Goode @Katie_TriPixels

Make Believe+Shanee Nishry @Lunarsong

+Katie Goode @Katie_TriPixels

Virtual reality is coming

What is Virtual Reality

Stone Road Coming soon to Google Play trashgames.co.uk

A Game Jam product by Mirza Jašarević, Kieran Crimmins, Mark Bridges

Criterion Games

Radial-G Revolved & Radial-G Infinity Available on Steam and the Play Store

Cardboard: VRHow It Works

Cardboard: VRHow It Works

Cardboard: VRHow It Works

Virtual Reality: How It Works

Visual Immersion Tracking Input

Virtual Reality

Virtual Reality: How It Works

Visual Immersion Tracking Input

Virtual Reality

Accessibility

Cardboard G+ community

Virtual Reality viewers anyone can make

Works with Cardboard

Cardboard Devices

Virtual Reality: How It Works

Tracking Input

Virtual Reality

Visual Immersion

Visual Immersion

Visual Immersion

Focus Depth Perception Latency

Visual Immersion

Eyes

Visual Immersion

Eyes

Lenses

Visual Immersion

Screen

Eyes

Lenses

Visual Immersion

Screen

Eyes

Lenses

Visual Immersion

Screen

Eyes

Lenses

Visual Immersion

Screen

Eyes

Lenses

Visual Immersion

Screen

Eyes

Lenses

Eye Distance

Visual Immersion

Spaceships Criterion Games

Pincushion Distortion

Pincushion Distortion

Pincushion Distortion Barrel Distortion

Visual Immersion

Virtual Reality: How It Works

Input

Virtual Reality

Tracking

Tracking

Tracking Gyroscope Accelerometer

Tracking Gyroscope Accelerometer

Tracking Gyroscope Accelerometer

Phone orientation tracking

Visual Immersion

Virtual Reality: How It Works

Virtual Reality

Tracking Input

Input without controllers

Capacative Trigger

Capacative End

Button Press

Designing for Virtual RealityKatie Goode, Triangular Pixels

Designing for Virtual RealityKatie Goode, Triangular Pixels

Designing for Virtual RealityKatie Goode, Triangular Pixels

Lessons learnt

Virtual Reality is great for exploring spaces

Virtual Reality is great for empathy

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Take Advantage of the Hardware

On Interaction Duration Since Last Pressed Contextual

The Trigger

Design it for virtual reality

Core Pillars

Agency

Progression

Comfort

Tactile

Reward

Empowerment

Comfort

High FPS

No Screen Freeze

G Force only down

Only player movement

Positional References

Snap Turning

Blink Movement

Static Skybox

Forward only game

Large Cockpit

Hand for reference

Hand for reference

Player turning & snap turns

Hand for reference

Travelator FeetPlayer turning & snap turns

Hand for reference

Travelator Feet

Stablization cubes

Player turning & snap turns

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Have a real effect on the world

ImpactShutterstock, image ID: 69341491

Designing the environment

Get scale right

Bug free geometry

Coherent world

Reward exploring

Safe spaces

Player warning

Force them to turn around

Force them to turn around

Too visually interesting

Menus & UIMenus & UI

Photo source info here

That’s all for today, but there is still much more to learn…

What’s Next?Get started with Google Cardboardwww.google.com/cardboard/

Check out Smash Hit Plunderwww.triangularpixels.com

youtube.com/GoogleDevelopers

Give us your feedback

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+Shanee Nishry@Lunarsong

+Katie Goode@Katie_TriPixels

Thank You!

Mirza Jašarević

Kieran Crimmins

Mark Bridges

Criterion Games,EA Games

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