diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 59e4f318..d8ab7f4e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 __pycache__/
 *.pyc
 *.log
+.venv/
+venv/
+.pytest_cache/
 .env
 uv.lock
 *.egg-info/
diff --git a/.vscode/extensions.json b/.vscode/extensions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94705ed5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/extensions.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "recommendations": [
+        "meta.meta-vr-dev"
+    ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file