Hack.VR: A Programming Game in Virtual Reality

Abstract

Figure 1: Existing environments for programming in VR: A) Block-based programming (Cubely), B) Multiple-choice code snippet selection (Imikode), C) Block-based programming (VR-OCKS), D) World-building (NeosVR), E) Code visualization (Primitive), F) Visual programming (Glitchspace). All figures reproduced with permission.

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