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Quarantine Quest As project manager for a 6 person from around the world team, I led the prototyping of a virtual escape room for the 2020 VR Hackackathon for handtracking interactions. Download and play the experience from  SideQuest  Stats 📖 Skills Upgrades:         Hand tracking, VR app prototying, cross-cultural proj mgmt, UX design 💻 Platforms Used:         Unity, Figma, Zoom, Mural, SideQuest, Discord, Google Slides ⏰ Est.Time Req.:           21-42 hours (7 days of Hackathon, 12hr shift, 25-50% time per day) Background Quick! Get out with healthy hands Quarantine Quest is a prototype app that won 2nd place in the VR Hackathon 2020 from Sept 10-Sept 16. Sponsors were Northern Ireland Screen, Future Screens NI, SideQuestVR, XR Bootcamp, and Digital Catapult’s Immersive Labs.  The Hackathon was a completely virtual event hosted from Europe, with participants from all around the world. The main theme of the Hackathon was "touch-free solutions for a post-pandemic world", l

Code with Unity Over 8 weeks, I learned Unity fundamentals such as how to navigate the Unity interface, develop gameplay mechanics, and understand UI and sound design. Prepared me for developing VR worlds and learning advanced Unity. Stats 📖 Skills Upgrades:        Unity interface, C# scripting, gameplay mechanics, UI and sound design 💻 Platforms Used:         Unity 2018.4 ⏰ Est.Time Req.:              70 hrs Background Took an Intro to Unity course through Universe  by Nicolas Barone and his team. The course utilized Unity's Creating with Code online course content that empowers beginners to build and program their own applications using C#. We met weekly in AltspaceVR to reinforce concepts through discussion and quizzes. Projects Unit 5: User Interface Skills : UI, reset buttons, mouse interaction, scoring Crate Exploder Whack a food Unit 4: Gameplay Mechanics Skills : Powerups, enemy difficulty over time, forces King of the Platform Soccer Goalie Unit 3: Sound and Effects Ski