Social VR Experience Design

Social VR is the backbone of the metaverse vision — virtual spaces where people connect, communicate, and collaborate as embodied avatars. This skill covers designing social VR experiences that foster genuine human connection, managing the unique challenges of shared virtual spaces (moderation, personal space, voice chat), and building the technical infrastructure for multi-user presence.

## Key Points

1. Voice communication   — Hearing someone's real voice is the
2. Body language          — Head movement, hand gestures, posture
3. Eye contact            — Gaze direction and mutual gaze
4. Spatial audio          — Voice comes from avatar's location
5. Facial expressions     — Lip sync, emotion, micro-expressions
6. Shared activities      — Doing something together
7. Personal space respect — Avatars maintaining natural distances
8. Environmental fidelity — Shared context that feels real
9. Consistent identity    — Recognizable, persistent avatars
10. Responsiveness        — Low latency between action and result
1. Capture audio from microphone
2. Voice Activity Detection (VAD) — distinguish speech from silence