This project is part of Udacity's VR Developer Nanodegree Program and concludes the second term which focused on VR design, platforms, applications and industries.

The objective was to research VR companies, applications, and industries that could be impacted by VR. The findings are showcased with information booths placed inside a virtual museum space. A more detailed description of the project and design process is available at https://wessendorf.org/night-at-the-museum/.

I used Unity 3D to build this experience for Android with Google Cardboard. This involved the following tasks:

1. Setup and customization of museum building based on a 3rd-party prefab (listed below).

2. Creating information booths consisting of text/image and video panels and a button.

3. Script that allows to move from one panel to another, updating the button text depending on the type of the next panel.

4. Script to play a specified YouTube video with a pause/resume function as the user moves from one panel to another.

5. Creating category banners to help guiding the user through the museum.

6. Creating a welcome screen with short introduction.

7. Adding ambient museum sound.

8. Adding click sounds for additional feedback.

I tested this project successfully on a Google Pixel 2XL with Android 8.1.0.

• Unity 2017.2.0f3 (64-bit Windows)

• GVR Unity SDK v1.70.0

• FPS Museum - VR tournament map v1.0 by Mixaill

• Youtube Video Player + Youtube API V3 by Light Shaft

• Stereo Field Recording inside Frankfurt's Staedel Museum, free download from freesound.org, Creative Commons 3.0

• Click 03_Minimal UI Sounds, free download from freesound.org, Creative Commons 0

• Image of HTC Vive: https://www.vive.com/us/product/vive-pro/

• Image of Oculus Go: https://www.oculus.com/go/

• Image of Oculus Rift: https://www.oculus.com/rift/

• Image of Google Cardboard: https://store.google.com/product/google_cardboard

• Image of Google Daydream: https://vr.google.com/daydream/

• Image of Microsoft Hololens: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/hololens

• Image of Meta 2: http://www.metavision.com/

• Image of Udacity Cardboard: https://dribbble.com/shots/3092262-Udacity-Cardboard

• Video "NextVR: Live Events in Virtual Reality" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ3ymZqsG7U

• Video "VR Coaster Showreel 2017" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibCQd6jGDFA

• Video "Maryland partners with Newseum to give patrons a virtual trip back in time: LiveBIG 2017-18" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSz18BJInOo

• Video "Buzz Aldrin: Cycling Pathways To Mars" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM24lBPwKMs

• Video "Scope AR Merged function" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6yDrFZIjVY

• Video "Dell, Nike, Meta and Ultrahaptics Vision for Future of Design" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noutzo3xT8k

• Video "Augment - Increase online sales with augmented reality" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9BnnCiIYdM

• Video "24 Heures Patients train using MindMotion GO at the Valens Rehabilitation Center" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCalKcEipQY

• Video "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esgZ8vBkV0U" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esgZ8vBkV0U