A3 - Ways of travelling

Locomotion in VR

Goals

• Snap Turn and Teleporting
• Continuous Movement
• Character Controller
• Custom Movements

Solution

Here you can find the solution app. Download the .apk file and test it in the Quest for reference.

Additional Material

• Sound Pack

Point List (max 5 points)

• Teleport and Snap Turn with Left Hand (0.5 point)
• Continuous Movement and Turn with Right Hand (0.5 point)
• Teleport to Ceiling (0.5 point)
• Cannot move through walls, but can crouch underneath (0.5 point)
• Arm Swinging movement with both trigger buttons (0.5 point)
• Add sound design (0.5 point)
• Custom Movement (2 points)

Instructions

Setup VR

• Setup XR Interaction Toolkit
• Add XR-Rig (Device-based)
• Add floor plane

Create App

Snap Turns

• Add XR -> Device-based -> Locomotion System
• Go to Locomotion System -> Snap Turn Provider -> Controllers: Set to size to 2
• Drag in LeftHandController to Element 0 and 1.
• Test snap turn with thumb stick.

Teleportation

• Add Teleportation Area component to floor
• Test teleportation with grip button

Walking on the ceiling

• Add a flying platform to the scene. Flip the platform such that y is down.
• Add a teleportation area/anchor. Set Teleportation Configuration -> Match Orientation to Target Up.

Continuous Movement

• Add Continuous Move Provider to Locomotion System. Configure Controller.
• Add Continuous Turn Provider to Locomotion System. Configure Controller.
• Disable Strafe on Continuous Move.

Crouching Movement

• Make a wall with some space underneath (e.g., 50 cm)
• Add Character Controller. Now you cannot walk through walls anymore
• Add Character Controller Driver to Locomotion System. Now you can crouch underneath the wall.

Arm Swinging Movement

• Copy DeviceBasedContinuousMoveProvider to ArmSwingMoveProvider
• Get Device Velocity
• Get Device Trigger
• Flip movement direction
• Add Forward Source (instead of the main camera)
• Test also walking up a slope by adding a tilted plane

Add Sound Design

• Add teleportation sound to Teleportation area
• Play sound on Select Exited
• Add background ambient soundscape
• Add WalkingSounds Object in XR Rig. Add Audio Source. Add new script “PlayWalkingSounds”.
• Add multiple walking clips to script.
• Get CharacterContoller. Play walking sound when CharacterController velocity is positive.
• Wait some time between playing clips.

Extra Task

• Add Custom Recticle in Teleportation Area and change appearance XR Ray Interactor (0.5 points),
• Add vignette to continuous movement (0.5 point)
• Make world grabbing movement with inertia (0.5 point)
• Jumping Movement including jumping between platforms (1 point)
• Create Terrain/Level and test whether you can walk up gentle hills (1 points)

Extra Hard Task

• Ghost Mode, where you can temporarily dash through walls (1 point)
• Make climbing movement (1 point)
• Make Paddling, or flapping movement (1 point)
• Invent another custom movement (up to 2 points)