Lynchburg College senior creates virtual reality game – WSET

by Elizabeth Tyree & Priscilla Kaiser

Emma Elliott created her own virtual reality complete with sound effects (Photo: Priscilla Kaiser)

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) -- It's one thing to learn how to master a virtual reality game and another to build one, but that's the project one senior at Lynchburg College decided to take on as her final project.

Emma Elliott created her own virtual reality complete with sound effects.

"I told the game to do that. I wrote the code to do that," she said. "Most of it I was learning on my own, it was kind of uncharted territory," Elliott said.

As a senior at Lynchburg College she decided to create the virtual reality video game for her final computer science project.

Elliott said she used software to help her create the space station scene she had hoped for that she calls "Puzzles in Space."

"You have to explore the maze to find three different buttons and that opens the door to get out and go to the next level," she said.

Elliott's professor, Doctor Joe Meehean said she's the one who took the project to the next level.

"Every computer science student does a year-long project, but not every student puts in the time and dedication that Emma does," said Dr. Meehean.

And, it took her every bit of time to master the program and bring her vision to reality.

"I'm a bit surprised, I think we're a both bit surprised at how well it had turned out," Dr. Meehean said. "She got an A, yeah, she got an A."

Also interested in the arts, especially theater, Elliott believes those skills has helped set her game apart.

"I find video games as well as virtual reality just another platform to tell a story on," she said.

Elliott says she plans to look for jobs in Engineering or Gaming when she graduates next month, and she said she wasn't sure she'd enjoy coding and building a game as much as she did.

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