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ejrd

ELI5: What should I ask college student programmers if I want them to be able to design VR simulations for my research team?

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Posted Aug 1, 2016, 9:49 PM UTC

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skirlaug•

Do you have an actual computer science department at your university? I'd give the project description to a professor in that department and ask them to advertise. (This happens at my school... but my school is a small college, not a university, so maybe these kinds of interactions are more appropriate.) If what you want is simple enough, you could even ask them to make a single example and see who does what you need the best to make the rest?

That said, this isn't really an ELI5 question. I'm just answering because I didn't want you to feel lost if I could help it. You can try one of the computer science/programming reddits for a more specific answer, too.

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ejrdOP•

I am a college professor who will be looking to hire a couple of students at my university to program virtual reality scenarios for a research project that I recently received funding for. The problem is that I am a psychologist and not a programmer. I don't really have much of an idea about what kinds of questions I should be asking applicants in order to make sure that they can do what I'll need them to do. I will need them to construct relatively simplistic scenarios that are compatible with HTC Vive headsets. By "relatively simplistic" I mean 4-6 single areas/rooms with relatively basic graphical demands (we are not making a blockbuster game--or even a game at all). What skill set should I look for? What should I ask students in order to make sure that I get a qualified bunch?

Thanks for the response and for the suggestion to ask in a different subreddit. Much appreciated!

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