Game design for VR: Breaking Rules
summary
Argues that many VR "rules" get broken successfully and gives concrete examples: frame rate must stay locked or players feel ill; movement needs bespoke design (twin-stick FPS fails in VR); arm-tracking causes arm strain limiting session length to 20–30 minutes for many users; small camera tweaks like a subtle tilt the camera in a launch tube (EVE Valkyrie) increase presence; gaze-driven triggers and staged architecture replace film framing; cites Tumble VR, Thumper, Rush of Blood, Batman VR, Wipeout and Elite Dangerous as working approaches and tradeoffs.
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chapters (34)
- 0:00Start
- 0:24Gary Napper
- 1:44Who Am I
- 3:06The Unknown
- 3:36Terminology
- 4:05Presence
- 4:34Example Rules
- 5:09Audio
- 7:52Exit Syndrome
- 8:14Movement
- 11:42Physical Drained
- 13:25Play Times
- 14:33Designing for the Restrictions and the Advantages
- 17:08Framerate
- 17:44Motion Sickness
- 18:05Framing and Composition
- 18:45Stage Design
- 19:55101 Things I Learned in Architecture School
- 20:16Pacing
- 22:14Personal Space
- 23:28Eyes and Characters
- 25:19Body Language
- 30:00Tumble Vr
- 32:01Danger Ball
- 32:54Test the Game
- 33:40Camera Rules
- 34:36Cameras
- 35:23Changing the Camera Perspective
- 36:15Wipeout Vr
- 37:53Feeling of Sickness
- 41:26Questions
- 41:45Online Experiences of Vr
- 42:22Facebook Vr
- 45:57Vr Will Be the Future of Video Games
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