What is XR Design?

What is Virtual Reality?

Virtual Reality is a new form of technology that immerses you in a 3-dimensional environment that seems real taking away the limitations of the real world and allowing you to go wherever you want to and see whatever interests you. It is a simulated experience used in multiple industries like the gaming industry, entertainment industry, educational industry, etc. Virtual Reality allows you to fully immerse yourself in a digital simulated environment using a Virtual Reality Headset by blocking out the real world. You can lose yourself in video games or you can find a very serene place for meditation or yoga....

What is UI Design?

UI design or User Interface design is the process of creating visual interfaces for any website, application, or piece of software. User interface is referred to all the visual or graphic elements a user interacts with in a platform. There are lots of businesses where a designer will play both parts, but there are also a lot of designers who specialize in UI design. UI designers help users to navigate an interface by using visual cues....

What is UX Design?

UX design or User Experience design is the process of creating the experiences or the interactions that a user has with a product, website, application or piece of software. User experience refers to the overall experience of a customer or a user using a product, platform or service. The basic principle of UX design is to keep the needs of the user prior and improve the interaction of the user and the product keeping this in mind....

What is XR?

XR stands for Extended Reality, it is an umbrella term that is used for various technologies that immerses you in a virtual world partially for completely using various XR tools. In simpler terms, XR blends the real world with the virtual world....

What is XR Design?

XR design or Extended Reality design is the process of designing the user experience for XR products and services. In XR design, we design user interfaces, interactions and experiences for products and services in the Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) field....

Responsibilities of an XR Designer

An XR designer is responsible for the following roles and responsibilities:...

UI/UX’s Role in Virtual Reality

Now that we know why do we need UI/UX design in Virtual Reality, to extend those points, here are some points on UI/UX’s Role in Virtual Reality:...

Why Learn UI/UX Design in VR Technologies?

Actually we should call it XR design, but for addressing beginners in the field let’s call it UI/UX design for a while. Here are some of the reasons why learning UI/UX design in VR technologies can be beneficial for you....

U/UX Best Practices for VR

Here is a list of best UI/UX practices for Virtual Reality applications, These are not just limited to virtual reality, but are also useful for all the extended reality technologies like augmented reality, and mixed reality....

Conclusion

Like we discussed in the intro to the article, Virtual Reality is no more a future’s thing, today virtual reality is increasingly used for commercial applications, gaming applications, casual applications, etc. it is slowing becoming a part of lives of many people. and UI/UX plays a very crucial role in success of Virtual Reality products since the success of the VR products or services depends on how immersive the experience is, UI/UX design becomes even more important. UI/UX designing for VR is a growing field with immense potential and a very important role to shape the future of XR (Extended reality)....