Topic outline

  • Resources

    Literature

    • Bucher, J. (2018). Storytelling for Virtual Reality, Methods and Principles for Crafting Immersive Narratives, New York and London: Routledge.
    • Chalmers, D. J. (2022). Reality+: Virtual worlds and the problems of philosophy. Penguin UK.
    • Haynes, P. (2001). How We Became Posthuman: Virtual Bodies in Cybernetics, Literature and Informatics by N. Katherine Hayles. Body & Society, 7(4), 105-108.
    • Jerald, J. (2015). The VR book: Human-centered design for virtual reality. Morgan & Claypool.
    • Salter, C. (2011). Entangled: Technology and the transformation of performance, Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.
    • Slater, M., Wilbur, S. (1997). "A framework for immersive virtual environments five: Speculations on the role of presence in virtual environments", Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, Volume 6, Issue 6, December 1997 pp. 603–616, https://doi.org/10.1162/pres.1997.6.6.603 


    Podcasts


    Steam VR experiences (available in the VR Hub)

    • Museum of Other Realities: Alex’s Sci
    • Dreams of Dali
    • The Isle of the Dead
    • The Dawn of Art 
    • Notes on Blindness


    Mozilla Hubs experiences


    Other

    Monika Bielskyte’s talks related to futurism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixg7e1fWdM0&ab_channel=GoogleDesign


    Tutorials

    • Setting up the Oculus Quest for use: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVkivmMKikU&ab_channel=VirtualRealityOasis
    • Introduction to Mozilla Hubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QnOsyyebEQ&t=847s&ab_channel=MozillaHubs 
    • Building for Oculus Quest using Unity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWBc0y95obc&ab_channel=CircuitStream 
    • How to create Hubs scenes (virtual worlds) using Mozilla Spoke: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUECN5fEN-o&t=637s&ab_channel=BenKreimer 
    • Basics of using Google Blocks in VR: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2KByucQ7zk&ab_channel=Annadreambrush
    • Using blender to convert fbx or obj to glb for Mozilla Hubs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpDbcxtxxpM&ab_channel=ExpandedMedia 

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