This unit introduces students to the origins, leading platforms, and real-world entry points of the metaverse, including VR hardware, virtual economies, and platform differences. Students will learn and practice safety and privacy fundamentals, basic financial transactions (including creating a crypto wallet), and hands-on onboarding for gaming, entertainment, and business use to prepare for deeper design and development work in subsequent units.
Learning Objectives
- Analyze the origins and evolution of the metaverse and compare features, user experiences, and business models across at least three metaverse platforms or frontrunners
- Evaluate metaverse safety, security, and privacy risks and apply best-practice account and device settings to create a documented personal or business safety plan
- Apply metaverse economic concepts by explaining virtual currencies and marketplaces, creating a basic crypto wallet account, and simulating an in-metaverse purchase transaction
- Demonstrate platform onboarding and hardware setup by selecting and physically setting up a VR headset, joining a metaverse platform, and completing introductory activities for gaming, entertainment, or business scenarios
Curriculum
- 1 Section
- 25 Lessons
- 30 hours
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- Unit 1 — Metaverse Foundations and Onboarding25
- 1.1Getting How the Metaverse Started20 mins
- 1.2Differentiating between Metaverse Platforms20 mins
- 1.3Setting Up for Metaverse Safety20 mins
- 1.4Understanding How Money Works on the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.5Envisioning a Metaverse for Gamers20 mins
- 1.6Experiencing Virtual Reality in the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.7First Things First: Preparing to Start Gaming in the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.8Choosing Your Own Experience with Metaverse Entertainment Channels20 mins
- 1.9Enhancing Hobbies with Metaverse Connectivity20 mins
- 1.10Seeing How the Metaverse Can Benefit Business20 mins
- 1.11Marketing Your Brand in the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.12Making Work More Effective with the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.13Extending Employee Training to the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.14Teaching in the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.15Metaverse in the Medical Field20 mins
- 1.16Bringing the Metaverse to Events20 mins
- 1.17Bringing the Metaverse to Gaming and Sports20 mins
- 1.18Gaining First-Mover Advantage20 mins
- 1.19Microsoft20 mins
- 1.20Anticipating What’s Ahead for the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.21Horizon Worlds20 mins
- 1.22Staying Safe in the Metaverse20 mins
- 1.23Creating a Crypto Wallet Account20 mins
- 1.24Identifying the Frontrunners in Metaverse Development20 mins
- 1.25Buying Your First VR Headset20 mins
Instructor
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