UX Design for Virtual Reality

Course Closed Re-opens in a few weeks
100 % booked
Intermediate
Google Logo 5 Stars Trustpilot Logo
5 Stars

In This Course, You'll

  • Get excited when you learn how to create Virtual Reality (VR) experiences people love. The global VR market will grow to $227 billion by 2029! Whether you want to create VR games or interactive business solutions, this course will help you bring your big ideas to life. VR opens up a new dimension for your creativity, literally! Virtual reality lets people step into digital worlds for a deeper emotional connection. It leads to higher retention, engagement, and loyalty in gaming, education, and corporate training.

  • Make yourself invaluable with specialized knowledge and in-demand skills that open doors to exciting career paths! You'll master timeless human-centered design skills that ensure VR experiences are meaningful, ethical, and genuinely resonant: Skills that keep you in demand as technology evolves. Does UX design for virtual reality sound complicated? It can be, but we've made it easy for you! With step-by-step guidance, you'll master it faster than you think, no matter your background. The UX Design for VR course shows you how to create VR products that make a real impact in any industry. You'll explore social VR and the Metaverse and master the secret to achieving comfort, safety, and inclusivity in VR. You'll be able to design for presence and immersion with VR elements like storytelling, sound design, spatial audio, and emotion design.

  • Gain confidence and credibility as you conceptualize, create, and refine VR prototypes for your portfolio. You can choose to create a complete VR portfolio project, from storyboarding to 3D prototyping, and walk away with a polished portfolio that puts you in demand. Download ready-to-use templates, like the 3D wireframe checklist and USE scorecard for VR, to fast-track your success in one of the most sought-after areas of UX design.

It's Easy to Fast-Track Your Career with the World's Best Experts

Master complex skills effortlessly with proven best practices and toolkits directly from the world's top design experts. Meet your experts for this course:

  • Frank Spillers: Service Designer and Founder and CEO of Experience Dynamics.

  • Mel Slater: Distinguished Investigator at the University of Barcelona in the Department of Clinical Psychology, active member of the Institute of Neurosciences, and Co-Director of Event Lab (Experimental Virtual Environments for Neuroscience and Technology).

Get an Industry-Recognized IxDF Course Certificate

Increase your credibility, salary potential and job opportunities by showing credible evidence of your skills.

IxDF Course Certificates set the industry gold standard. Add them to your LinkedIn profile, resumé, and job applications.

Course Certificate Example

Be in distinguished company, alongside industry leaders who train their teams with the IxDF and trust IxDF Course Certificates.

Our clients: IBM, HP, Adobe, GE, Accenture, Allianz, Phillips, Deezer, Capgemin, Mcafee, SAP, Telenor, Cigna, British Parliament, State of New York

Is This Course Right for You?

  • You want to land a job in design – or get a promotion.
  • You want to learn real-world design skills that are valuable in any job and any industry.
  • You want timeless human-centered skills AI cannot replace and turn AI into your superpower.
  • You're tired of wasting time on influencers and want to learn from real experts.
  • You want actual career outcomes, like increasing your salary potential and job opportunities.
Explore Course Content

Loved by People Around the World

Your New Life. Starts Now

  1. Take IxDF Online Courses by Industry Experts

    Design a life and career you love. Industry leaders from Adobe, Google, and NASA guide you step-by-step. Design skills help you grow in any job, any industry.

  2. Turn AI Into Your Superpower

    IxDF teaches you the human-centric skills AI cannot replace and how to turn AI into your superpower.

  3. Increase Your Career Opportunities

    Salaries for people who learn design surpass $200K in cities like San Francisco, with 45% projected job growth globally.

  4. Get Industry-Trusted Certificates to Stand Out

    Add IxDF Course Certificates to your LinkedIn profile and resumé: show hiring managers you belong to an elite group.

Without IxDF With IxDF

Course Overview:

  • Each week, one lesson becomes available.
  • Study flexibly. Take as much time as you want.
  • 14h, 33m over 4 weeks (est.).

Lesson 0: Welcome and Introduction

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 1 hour, 43 mins.

  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 0.1 An Introduction to Courses from IxDF (33 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 0.2 Get Help, Career Advice, and Job Opportunities (6 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 0.3 How to Get Your Course Certificate (19 mins)
  • Community-based learning and networking. 0.4 Grow Your Global Network and Build Your Brand (12 mins)

Lesson 1: Journey into UX for VR

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 3 hours, 11 mins.

  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 1.1 Welcome to UX Design for Virtual Reality (14 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 1.2 The Past, Present and Future of Virtual Reality (25 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 1.3 UX Design Fundamentals in the World of VR (17 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 1.4 The Journey of the UX Design Process in VR (38 mins)

Lesson 2: VR User Research Essentials: From Analysis to Action

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 2 hours, 17 mins.

  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 2.1 Welcome and Introduction (2 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 2.2 How to Understand User Needs in Virtual Reality (30 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 2.3 How to Understand Your VR Users: Techniques for Insights (1 hour, 4 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 2.4 How to Design for All: Inclusivity in Virtual Reality (22 mins)

Lesson 3: How to Design for Immersion and Presence in VR

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 3 hours, 41 mins.

  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 3.1 Welcome and Introduction (9 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 3.2 How to Design Virtual Worlds: Strategies for Immersion and Presence (21 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 3.3 How to Use Narrative as a Design Tool (37 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 3.4 Three Skills for 3D: Storytelling, Improv and Imagineering (53 mins)

Lesson 4: How to Design Interactions and Interfaces for Immersive VR

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 2 hours, 23 mins.

  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 4.1 Welcome and Introduction (2 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 4.2 How to Navigate Virtual Worlds: VR Interface Design (46 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 4.3 VR Interaction Design: How to Build Virtual Worlds Through User Engagement (18 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 4.4 Inside Virtual Worlds: Key VR Interaction Concepts (14 mins)

Lesson 5: From Idea to Interaction: VR Prototyping and Testing

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 3 hours, 0 mins.

  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 5.1 Welcome and Introduction (2 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 5.2 Prototyping for VR: From Concept to Creation (40 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 5.3 How to Optimize VR: Best Practices for Designers (13 mins)
  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 5.4 How to Implement VR Experiences (20 mins)

Lesson 6: IxDF Course Certificate and Course Wrap-up

To be scheduled. Estimated time to complete: 12 mins.

  • In-depth video lesson with experts, animations and templates. 6.1 How to Add Your IxDF Certificate to LinkedIn (6 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 6.2 Help Us Help You: Course Evaluation (4 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 6.3 Six Steps to Your Career Success (3 mins)
  • Multimedia lesson: E.g. templates, animations, illustrations, graphs, and text. 6.4 Get Your IxDF Course Certificate (2 mins)

Preview the Course Quality

Imagine how fast you can grow your skills and reach your goals.

Transcript
Copyright
Transcript
Transcript
Transcript
Transcript
Transcript
Transcript

Start Today

  • Get unlimited access to all 40 self-paced courses, at no extra cost.
  • Learn human-centric skills AI cannot replace and how to turn AI into your superpower.
  • Build your salary potential with industry-recognized certificates.
  • 1,146,258 enrollments and counting.
Start Growing Now - $22/Mo
Privacy Settings
By using this site, you accept our Cookie Policy and Terms of Use.
Customize
Accept all
Dean Lodes
Dean Lodes
Student

The course was well-designed and taught. The knowledge base is very high and well-shared.

Nilay Gomkale
Nilay Gomkale
UX Designer

The instructor showed clear experience and insight that they shared through the course, conveyed along with excellent examples.

Dr Marco Gilardi
Dr Marco Gilardi
Lecturer

The course covers a great deal of material in an accessible way, providing a good overview on UX for VR

Lisa Westhoff
Lisa Westhoff
Student

This is one of the best instructors I've had on the IxDF courses so far. He is energetic and engaging. He also strikes a nice balance between examples and technical details.

Juliana Martins de Oliveira
Juliana Martins de Oliveira
Professor

I enjoyed experience that the instructor provides by giving examples and making some comparisons between 2D and 3D methodologies.

Clifton Simmons
Clifton Simmons
Associate Content Design Director

I appreciated learning about the immersive elements to take into consideration.