DC Virtual Reality in VA – Building VR Games for Oculus Quest

Tetherless VR devices have finally come to their own. Now, we want to write our own apps & games. This month we have John Nelson of Computation, Inc who will lead us through the joys of Oculus Game Development.

Join us for the November DCVR NoVA chapter meeting for a special Oculus Quest development presentation from longtime software developer John Nelson as he breaks down the process of game development for the new Oculus Quest 6DOF Virtual Reality headset using the Unity 3D engine. John will highlight the differences between 3DOF and 6DOF VR headsets and the ease of construction using Unity. Guests will have the opportunity to play with the Oculus headset to get a feel for the 6DOF style of navigation.

Learn more about the Oculus Quest:
https://www.oculus.com/quest/

Learn more about Unity 3D:
https://unity.com/

John “Tiger” Nelson is a computer scientist with over 39 years of professional experience. He is President and Senior Consultant at Computation.com Inc., a small IT consulting company based in Northern Virginia and a frequent speaker at local meetup, developer and special interest groups.

John’s current projects include applications In machine learning and AI, virtual reality, game design, and macOS and iOS development. John is a long-time gamer, photographer and media hobbyist. He uses Swift, Unity, Unreal Engine, SceneKit and ARKit among other tools.

Mr. Nelson wants to build worlds when he grows up.

Remember, there is plenty of free parking! Everyone is welcome to come early and have a tour of the facility. Tours of Nova Labs will also be available newcomers!

AGENDA:
6:30 pm – Informal gathering/tours of Nova Labs
7:00 – 7:15 pm – Intro with Steve Sheets
7:15 pm – 8:30 pm – Presentation & Questions by John Nelson
8:30 pm – 9:00 pm – Wrap Up

Before and after the meeting, there will be an Open Discussion. Please feel encouraged to bring any of your own devices that would help the topics.

Join us at DCVR in VA. We will meet once a month in a variety of rotating locations. Contact Steve Sheets (magesteve@mac.com) or Joseph Cathey (jcathey@capitol-interactive.com) if you have suggestions for topics, or are interested in presenting.