Virtual Reality Foundations

Get an overview of virtual reality—what it is, where it's used, and what's in store for the future of VR—and learn the basic steps to create and publish VR content.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. What Is Virtual Reality (VR)?

• What is VR?
• VR: A brief history

2. VR Today: Where Are We Now?

• VR: Film vs. 3D
• Types of virtual reality
• Virtual reality: equipment

3. VR Applications

• Entertainment
• VR delivering business value
• Journalism and filmmaking
• Visualization
• Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) and manufacturing (MFG)

4. VR Development: Process Overview

• VR development considerations
• Content creation for VR
• VR and business considerations

5. VR Tomorrow: Where Are We Headed?

• The fourth tech wave?
• VR as a design tool
• VR standards

Conclusion

• Next steps