Wednesday, June 26
Today I’m writing from outside again. It’s not so humid out today and there’s a breeze, so it actually feels good to sit in the sun.
This morning we met in our deeper dive groups. We had to finish watching the last bit of a tutorial on how to connect the VR headset to Unity and establish basic controls. The hardest parts were getting locomotion, and setting up the trigger controls so that we can pick items up in the VR environment. The video failed us for the trigger control part though because we spent maybe an hour outside of the video trying to get it to work properly. Regardless, I’m enjoying the class and the problem solving aspect of it so far. After class, we laid out the tasks that we need to get done for our nature environment. I think it’s doable and I feel better now that we have a more solid understanding of how unity works in conjunction with the VR headset.
At 2, we’ll have another 2 hour class for our deeper dives. My task is to add the flowers and plants to the scene and write code to have text pop up with information when the user selects the flower or plant.
Later tonight, some of us are going to the rec pool to swim for a little bit, and then maybe hanging out later tonight or just chill.
If you’re doing locomotion in VR, be sure to check out the Locomotion Vault: https://locomotionvault.github.io