Archived content. This 2024 course was originally hosted at https://aaltovirtualworlds.xyz

Week 6

The learning goals for Week 6 are:

Solidify what you’ve learned about Unity
Build understanding of a simple multiplayer implementation
Build understanding of syncronizing data across networks
(Make a multiplayer escape room experience)

Inspiration

Dumpy is a classic example for a playful extension to humanoid avatars in VR.

Here, VR pioneer Jaron Lanier talks about the early days of commercial VR at their initial experiments with avatars. He later coins the term Homuncular Flexibility.

Week 6

The learning goals for Week 6 are:

Solidify what you’ve learned about Unity
Build understanding of a simple multiplayer implementation
Build understanding of syncronizing data across networks
(Make a multiplayer escape room experience)

Inspiration

Dumpy is a classic example for a playful extension to humanoid avatars in VR.

Here, VR pioneer Jaron Lanier talks about the early days of commercial VR at their initial experiments with avatars. He later coins the term Homuncular Flexibility.

Archived content. This 2024 course was originally hosted at https://aaltovirtualworlds.xyz