Healthcare VR Mastery: Building Medical Simulations in Unity is a beginner-friendly course designed to introduce students, educators, and medical professionals to the world of Virtual Reality (VR) development for healthcare applications. Over six months, participants will gain hands-on experience using Unity to build immersive VR environments that simulated medical procedures, anatomy exploration, patient interactions, and training scenarios.

Through structured weekly lessons and practical mini-projects, learners will develop both technical skills in Unity and a deep understanding of how VR can enhance medical education and simulation. By the end of the course, students will have created a fully interactive VR medical simulation, ready to demonstrate as a portfolio piece or educational tool.

Duration: 6 Months (Approx. 5–6 hours/week)

Target Audience: Beginners, students (high school or above), healthcare educators/developers

Month 1: Unity & C# Fundamentals

Goal: Build comfort with Unity Editor and basic scripting in C#.

Learning Topics.

• Unity interface, Scenes, Game Objects.

• Transforms, Prefabs, Materials.

• Basic C# (variables, functions, conditionals).

• Simple interactions (move, rotate, scale).

Resources.

• Unity Learn – Unity Essentials Pathway.

• YouTube – Brackeys: Unity Beginner Tutorials.

• Book (optional): Learning C# by Developing Games with Unity.

Project

• Mini Project: Build a 3D medical office with interactable objects (e.g., a stethoscope, chair).

Month 2: VR Development Basics

Goal: Understand how to build and run a basic VR scene.

Learning Topics

• Installing XR Plugin Management (OpenXR)

• Setting up Oculus or similar headset with Unity

• XR Rig setup (camera, hands/controllers)

• Locomotion (teleportation, continuous movement)

• UI in VR (canvas, world-space buttons)

Project

• VR Lab Scene: Create a room where users can pick up and inspect simple objects in VR.

Month 3: Medical-Themed Interaction

Goal: Begin integrating medical concepts into interaction.

Learning Topics

• Anatomy models (importing and interacting).

• Object highlighting, labeling, scaling.

• Sound effects and UI feedback.

• Basic interaction logic (e.g., “touch organ to get info”).

0Resources

• Unity Asset Store (anatomy models).

• Sketchfab (human organs, skeletons).

• Unity UI Toolkit or TextMeshPro.

Project

• Anatomy Viewer: Interactive 3D heart, lungs, or brain with educational labels and zoom features.

Month 4: Procedure Simulations

Goal: Simulate a simplified medical procedure or checklist.

Learning Topics

• Step-by-step process logic (e.g., using FSM or enums).

• Timers and user guidance.

• Animation basics (for tools or patient response).

• Trigger zones and condition checking.

Resources

• Unity Learn – Medical Simulation Use Cases.

• YouTube – VR MedTech or Unity Procedural Sim Demos.

Project

• Surgical Prep Simulation: User completes glove-wearing,

sanitation, and scalpel-picking steps.

Month 5: Advanced Interaction & UX

Goal: Improve realism and feedback using XR features.

Learning Topics

• VR hand presence and animations.

• Haptic feedback (if hardware supports it).

• Voice-over or audio guidance.

• Gaze-based interaction (for accessibility).

• Hand tracking or MRTK (optional).

Resources

• MRTK (for Hololens or hand-tracked UI).

• Final IK or Oculus Interaction SDK (for advanced hand behavior).

Project

• Patient Intake Simulation: Use voice + controller interaction to fill in a patient chart and monitor vitals.

Month 6: Final Capstone Project

Goal: Create a complete, educational medical VR simulation.

Steps

• Define learning goal (e.g., anatomy, emergency response).

• Script storyboard and procedure.

• Build, test, and present simulation.

• Include instructions and usability tips for new users.

Project Ideas

• Emergency Room Trainer: Guide user through CPR steps or triage simulation.

• Anatomy Lab Tour: Interactive tour of a 3D virtual anatomy lab with quizzes.