This had me stumped for some time. The problem was that my player character could change animations in respond to user input, when in the Unity editor, but NOT in a standalone build. The issue turned out to be that the player character parent had an Animator script attached, but also one of the children…
Synchronising VR input over the wire (Unity/Mirror)
When you do networked VR, the problem is that a remote object, must represent the headset rotation, along with any extra rotation/translation from the parent object. (Read more about this setup in Thoughts on virtual reality) In this example, we’ll be using Mirror for Unity.Mirror is a re-implementation and improvement og the deprecated Unity networking…
Testing steam P2P networking on one PC!
So, while working on my new multiplayer VR game, using the steam platform for lobby and P2P networking, I ran into a rather large issue. After some research, I came up with the following solution: I could not test with just my own steam account, and you’re not allowed to login with two different accounts….
Thoughts on Virtual Reality
So I’ve been having an Oculus Rift for a few months now, and I’ve been playing and working on my own VR games during that time. Some random thoughts and findings are: Smooth rotation can make you seasick. Turing in incremental steps is better, although it appears jerky. But still better than getting sick 😉…
First render in Blender
I finished the Blender donut tutorial! I could have spent more time on it, but I’m happy with the result 😀 I’m more interested in modeling low poly graphics anyway 😉