Tools to create Virtual Reality experiences

To create a virtual reality experience, it is important to go through all workflow stages. The workflow consists of five stages, each to be expanded in the following. These are:

• (a) creative storming;

• (b) conceptualisation;

• (c) specification of technical aspects;

• (d) prototyping;

• (e) user testing.

Working in a multidisciplinary team shows things from different angles and directions. Everyone is unique and can provide a different perspective to look at the problem. Open communication is vital for team problem solving. Especially in telling stories in virtual reality a lot of technical questions, related to audio, interaction, immersion,… arise. To solve this a team needs to develop different prototypes, which is a quick and rough solution of an idea, and test it with users to validate.

During each workflow stage, the team observes, takes actions and receives positive or negative feedback. Observations are the input with a scientific or philosophic base of each discipline on a certain idea.