Authentic Communication in VR
Building a Dialogue System to Allow Users to Build Communication Skills
Business Challenge:
The dialogue systems used in VR products often involve excessive text, often do not offer users options, and fail to represent an authentic conversation.
Hypothesis:
Allowing users to express the appropriate sentiment and physically speak the words will better represent the processing that takes place in a conversation and will allow users to physically practice speaking skills.
Design Approaches:
⦾ The users should submit answers via speech input
⦾ The experience must operate fully offline
⦾ The user should be empowered to make choices and be able to express different emotions
⦾ The dialogue should be responsive, but continue to progress the storyline in a similar manner
Competitor Research for Soft Skills Training
Compiled information on related competitor products for soft skill and employability training
Rapid Storyboard Solutions
Rapid one-to-three panel storyboards for potential dialogue solutions and features
Complete Visual Outline of User Experience
Flowchart of events, interactions, and dialogue for communication soft skill training prototype tutorial and experience
Yarn Spinner Code for Dialogue and Logic
Segment of Yarn Spinner code written to allow proper flow and navigation of dialogue for experience; also contains logic for conditional responses
Playthrough of Second Iteration of Experience
Playthrough of the second iteration experience in Meta Quest 2 headset
Segment of User Test Interview
Interview segment following the first user test session of first prototype iteration