What is Next Interactivity

 

🎓 Upstander in Research & Next Steps

• Research Use: Upstander has been integrated into international studies on bullying, empathy, and behavior change—demonstrating VR’s potential as a tool for education and social impact.

• Next Project – Beat Bully: Building on this foundation, Van is developing Beat Bully, an interactive VR experience designed to train bystander intervention. Participants practice adopting behaviors proven to reduce bullying, shifting from passive observers to active upstanders.

Together, these projects explore how immersive storytelling and interactivity can move beyond awareness to create measurable change in attitudes and actions.

Upstander work used for bullying research

Create Beat Bully, an interactive VR experience designed to train bystanders in intervention skills and promote behaviors that reduce bullying.

• Below is a vertical slice interactive experience for the BEAT BULLY prototype for an interactive experience.   We are currently speaking with both Unreal and Unity's full final completion.
• Vertical slice PDF
• Beat Bully Full Description
• Describe Beat Bully
• Beat Bully Vertical Slice
• Beat Bully Art
• Beat Bully Making off
• Beat Bully Team

The vertical slice submitted represents three levels of a seven-level experience.

Once we get funding, the Vertical Slice prototype will be created for the Oculus Rift S and made for all platforms and VR headsets. Please feel free to contact me and request the Beat Bully Prototype HERE.