E27 | Migrating from Traditional ELearning Development to VR | John Blackmon

In this episode, Marcelo chats with co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Trivantis Corporation, the maker of CenarioVR, John Blackmon, about the necessary skills traditional Elearning developers need to have before migrating to VR.

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QUESTIONS ASKED:
- Tell us a bit about your background. Have you done eLearning development yourself?
- When you first tried VR, what was that like? Do you remember your first VR experience you tried?
- What skills that you already had as a traditional eLearning Developer helped you in VR development?
- What skills that you already had as a traditional eLearning Developer hurt you when you became a VR developer?
- Any tips on working with 360-degree video?
- How do traditional eCourses and assessments translate over to VR?
- How do animations translate into VR?
- Do you think in the future you’ll be able to utilize 3D animation within eLearning experiences?
- Do eLearning VR apps support scripting?
- Are there differences during the instructional design phase when working in VR?
- How different is it working with an SME in a VR project?
- What are your thoughts on VR and assessments?
- What other tools should ELDs look into for creating VR experiences?
- What are your thoughts on xAPI and VR?
- What is the number one skill a migrating developer needs?
- How is script writing different in VR?
- How important is storyboarding?
- Do we need to know how to create VR experiences to remain competitive as an eLearning developer?
- Describe what you would like VR to be like 10 years from now.

VR EXPERIENCES:
- https://nextvr.com/

LINKS:
- https://cenariovr.com/
- [email protected]
- https://howtocreatevr.com/
- https://howtocreatevr.com/itunes
- https://howtocreatevr.com/soundcloud
- https://howtocreatevr.com/youtube
- https://howtocreatevr.com/meetup