Workshops

Abstract

Virtual reality has great potential for immersive experiences that are not available in the other mediums. Because of the isolation from the real world, being a different “entity” inside the virtual world, and mostly limitless interaction methods in virtual reality, can be the most compelling experience in the future. Nonetheless, creating these well-designed immersive experiences can be extremely complicated.
To well-designed games and experiences for virtual reality, it is essential to understand what is virtual reality and what is game design. Virtual reality takes the user and puts them in a new virtual world; in this world, everything should be designed to be easily perceivable by the user. Thus human perception must be comprehended. How visual, auditory, touch, and vestibular sensory are affecting the experience are the central questions of this workshop. Virtual reality offers an interactive experience that allows the user to affect the world. Like in traditional video games, users (players) can interact and navigate in the virtual world. This workshop also shed light upon how interaction and navigation methods should be created in virtual reality games.

Curriculum Vitae

Server Zafer Masalcı is an architect holding a Master's degree in game design from Bahcesehir University. His master's thesis, titled "A Guideline Study for Designing Virtual Reality Games," offers comprehensive insights into virtual reality and provides guidelines for the design of virtual reality games. With years of industry experience in architecture, architectural visualization, animation, and virtual reality experience design, he currently serves as a lecturer at Bahcesehir University. In this role, he imparts knowledge on various topics such as game development using UE blueprint, level design, in-game lighting design, virtual reality game development, modeling, and animation for games. His research focus encompasses virtual reality, level design, game development, and modeling.