Last month I completed my first Udacity Teamworks Challenge. It was a fantastic experience. I worked with people from around the world, and we produced a fun little app. The Team: Team Crunch Pedram Haghzaban- Network Engineer, Purchase Coordinator in Houston, Texas, USA Julie Stubbs- Distance Learning Specialist, Burlington, North Carolina, USA Alina Kadlubsky- Art Director,…
It’s official! I have completed my capstone project and the Udacity VR Developer Nanodegree! Overall, I am pleased with the results. I feel like I have learned a great deal. The project did not live up to my internal vision. This is not surprising. As my husband says, I always want to start with a “master crafted” project. In this case I had hoped to be able to create a more beautiful environment with good bloom effects and really evoke a sense of peaceful serenity. What I got instead were graphics reminiscent of MMORPGs several iterations back. Some of this is due to limitations of the VR system. Having to maintain 90 frames per second, puts quite a bit of pressure on computation and Unity’s built-in terrain and vegetation system is not as light as it could be.
Before finishing up this as a finished game, I’d like to see if I can optimize the resources some in order to create a richer visual environment.
The major development work for my Udacity VR Developer Nanodegree capstone was in developing a walk-in-place mechanic for the HTC Vive. I have previously tried out an arm swing mechanic that I did not care for, and induced nausea in my husband. To begin I did one of the things I do best: collect data!…
For my capstone project I wanted to create an immersive experience and experiment with Unity’s terrain building features. The emotional theme for this game is “serenity”. I settled on a simple step counting game where users could explore an environment and by “spending” accumulated steps, they can add features to the environment. Features and Dependencies:…
For my capstone project I wanted to create an immersive experience and experiment with Unity’s terrain building features. The emotional theme for this game is “serenity”. I settled on a simple step counting game where users could explore an environment and by “spending” accumulated steps, they can add features to the environment. Features and Dependencies:…
For my capstone project I wanted to create an immersive experience and experiment with Unity’s terrain building features. One of my major complaints with VR experiences is the teleport mechanic which, unless there is a good in-game reason for it, breaks immersion. There are three potential solutions for this: Operate at room scale. This solution…
I recently completed the second course in Udacity’s Virtual Reality Developer nanodegree program. Our final project was to create a gallery-style environment where viewers could learn about the potential impacts of VR/AR on an industry or company. Since I work in higher education, I chose to focus on that. Full versions of the videos linked in the experience can be found here:
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Click and drag inside this one to view it in 360 degrees.
Development of the Puzzler VR app Puzzler is a Virtual Reality minigame, produced for mobile devices using the Unity engine, and meant to introduce users to the fundamentals of a VR experience using a simple “Simon Says”-style game. Process Set Outcomes When users have played through this minigame they should feel comfortable using the gaze…