Digital Society Online (DSO)
VR Collaboration Platform
Overview
Digital Society Online (DSO) is a virtual reality application developed during COVID to enable social meetups, creative collaboration, and remote meetings when physical gatherings were not possible.
The goal was to create a VR space that supports real interaction without turning meetings into a game.
Challenge
The core challenge was balancing professional collaboration tools with engaging interaction:
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Designing systems that support meetings similar to real life.
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Introducing interactive activities without over-gamifying the experience.
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Implementing shared, multiplayer object interaction in VR.
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Ensuring objects could be manipulated naturally and persist correctly in a shared space.
Approach
As Developer and Project Lead, I focused on interactive collaboration systems:
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Built a VR whiteboard system with marker interaction.
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Implemented a dynamic post-it note system with surface attachment and re-grabbable behaviour.
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Developed a multiplayer bow-and-arrow mini-game with high score tracking.
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Structured object interaction logic allowing users to manipulate shared objects naturally.
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Designed spaces that support both structured meetings and informal collaboration.
Results
The whiteboard and post-it systems enabled shared object interaction within a multiplayer VR environment while maintaining spatial consistency.
The vending mini-game and interaction tools operated within the synchronized environment without destabilizing object ownership logic.
Collaboration tools functioned reliably under typical VR session conditions.
