by Elizabeth Tyree & Priscilla Kaiser <\/p>\n
Emma Elliott created her own virtual reality complete with sound effects (Photo: Priscilla Kaiser) <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Emma Elliott created her own virtual reality complete with sound effects. <\/p>\n
\"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.<\/p>\n
As a senior at Lynchburg College she decided to create the virtual reality video game for her final computer science project. <\/p>\n
Elliott said she used software to help her create the space station scene she had hoped for that she calls \"Puzzles in Space.\"<\/p>\n
\"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.<\/p>\n
Elliott's professor, Doctor Joe Meehean said she's the one who took the project to the next level. <\/p>\n
\"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.<\/p>\n
And, it took her every bit of time to master the program and bring her vision to reality. <\/p>\n
\"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.\"<\/p>\n
Also interested in the arts, especially theater, Elliott believes those skills has helped set her game apart.<\/p>\n
\"I find video games as well as virtual reality just another platform to tell a story on,\" she said.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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