Mobile VR - Getting Started Guide
Having access to a VR device is easier than you think, you just need a mobile phone and in some cases, an affordable Mobile headset. These are some options we recommend, whatever option you choose, just make sure that they are able to fit your phone. You won't need extra controllers or fancy additional gadgets.
Inspiration
Below you will find a list of online resources that you can test for inspiration, we hope you enjoy them and hopefully they will help you getting started.
Mozilla Mixreality Website
You won't need a mobile headset and you can use a computer but a mobile phone will be ideal to create and explore the rooms. click here to visit
Sketchfab Website
This is an online community for 3D model creators, all models have an option to view in VR found in the bottom right corner of each 3D model window. click here to visit
WEB VR Experiments - Google
This is a very cool website where you can experience different types of content using your mobile phone click here to visit
Youtube VR
This is the official youtube channel for VR content, you will find lots of immersive videos from creators around the world. You might have to install the youtube app on your mobile device. click here to visit
Software
A-Frame
This is a fun to use online tool that will require you to do some basic coding, they have very cool and ready to test projects on their webpage. This is a list of useful links if you want to start exploring it.
Unity 3D
This is a very popular opensource Game Engine, this is the kind of tool professional VR Developers use to create content, it will require more effort to learn how to use it but it will allow you to take things to the next level, it is also worth mentioning that we do have lots of experience supporting students, bellow you will find a list of useful links to get you started.
Headset options
Amazon US
ETVR 3D VR Headset
Amazon UK
KINGA VR Glasses
Aliexpress
Box Movie 3D Goggles
There are many different tools you can use to create VR content, some will allow you to create simple content fairly easyli and some will help allow you to create very robust interactive applications but will require more effort, here we provide a list of different tools along with a description.