The Reception Outdoor scene is the first scene that the player will experience after launching the VR4VET Blue Sector application. The scene is a semi open world area that serves as a central hub between the application's work place scenarios, and a place where the player can experiment with and become familiar with the controls.

The reception building

There is a big building in the scene in which the player will spawn when the application has started. There are three different areas in the building:

• The tutorial area.
• The reception.
• The slideshow presentation area (coming at a later time).

The tutorial area

The player will spawn here once the application has started. Here, they will learn how to traverse the environment and to manipulate or interact with objects. The learning programme teaches how to:

• Traverse by teleporting.
• Pick up an object.
• Place an object.
• Interact with UI (user interface) elements.
• Pressing physical buttons.

The reception

In the middle of the room, there is a reception desk manned by an NPC (non-playable character) receptionist, "Receptionist Rachel". She gives a short introduction of what the application is about, and informs the player about how to travel to the different work place scenarios.

The slide show presentation area

In this area, NPCs will hold slideshow presentations about relevant industry and/or education. More information will be available when this is implemented.

The laboratory

The laboratory is placed on the other side of the road next to the reception building. In there, the player can perform analyses to determine the health of Salmon and the waters. Read more about the laboratory scene here.

The dock

The dock is manned by an NPC character, "Boat operator Brandon", who can be found in most scenes utilizing speedboats as means of transportation to other work place scenarios not present in the reception outdoor scene.