Before you begin creating, building, sharing and viewing your VR/360° projects, below is a summary of an end-to-end process when creating a VRTY project from the beginning. Depending on whether you need to create your own content or use existing content, the process may be slightly different.

Phase 1: Ideation

• Come up with an idea that will be suitable for VR or 360º viewing
• Start to write a story flow: where does your experience start, where does it finish, and what things would you like to have happen in each scene along the viewing journey
• Think about who your viewing audience will be
• Set some learning outcomes or experience goals for them
• Create your draft storyboard in the VRTY platform

Phase 2: Planning

• Plan and research your storyboard elements
• List the different scenes and content requirements
• Determine which requirements need to be created, produced, designed, or sourced
• Plan how you will achieve this

Phase 3: Content Creation

• If you are filming 360º scenes, then head out to shoot your required scenes
• If you are using 3D generated scenes, then start creating them in your desired software
• Create your content markers, content and information
• Design an graphic elements that will appear in the project
• Record an video or audio that will be used in the project
• Complete any post-production editing requirements on the content
• Collect and label ready for upload into the VRTY platform to build your project

Phase 4: Building in VRTY

• Login into your VRTY account
• Upload your scenes, assets and content into the media library
• Choose your scenes, based on your storyboard, and upload the desired files
• Add your content markers and interactive content to bring-to-life your experience within each scene
• Preview your project flow and test your interactions

Phase 5: Sharing Your Project

• Publish your project through the VRTY platform
• Copy and share the unique project URL with your audience

Phase 6: Viewing Your Project

• Open up your unique project URL in an internet browser
• View in 360º touchscreen mode on a computer, tablet or smartphone
• View in 360º magic window mode on a tablet or smartphone
• View in VR mode on a smartphone with VR headset
• Interact with the content and scenes by touching the screen or using a gaze-based trigger tool

Phase 7: Analyse Your Project

• Review your project’s viewing and interaction statistics to understand your audience’s behaviour
• Adjust your project to improve your results