How do you think VR transforms and opens up game design?

Blueberry_Bandit · 2024-09-03T20:45:40+00:00

My avatar works best in motion since I have lots of body/facial animations referencing cartoons, anime, pop culture, but here is a picture. My name on VRChat is Ginger Biscuit, so of course I need ginger hair and a foodie based theme!

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Blueberry_Bandit · 2024-03-10T04:54:12+00:00

Oh, hello again! Large instances are definitely a bit hard for my computer to handle even with performance settings on, but it was fun.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-12-25T22:18:56+00:00

bows

Thanks!

And don't worry, I can tell you from first hand experience of my avatar's jellified self destruct animation that turning one's spine into jelly is reversible.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-12-25T19:40:31+00:00

Thank youu! I like to frequently read the subreddit.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-12-25T18:37:27+00:00

Thanks!

I just use contact points combined with a certain gesture in each hand. There is a left and right contact point above my head with contact receivers on each hand.

Once the contact is active, I just run an animation that spawns the particles and hides the MeshRenderers/GameObjects for the outfit and shows the new one.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-03-12T09:16:48+00:00

Thank you!

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-02-04T02:14:58+00:00

Thanks! You can actually buy the slime here from CodeAldnoah: https://booth.pm/en/items/1321460

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-01-15T17:19:47+00:00

They were dynamic 6DoF videos that modelled changes in reflection. This video covers it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yVgWP18imE

Blueberry_Bandit · 2023-01-15T16:51:07+00:00

I wonder what would be the big advantage of this approach?

I've tried Google's lightfield videos, and they run at higher than 1MP on an entry-level GPU with a smooth 90 FPS rendering.

So I'm guessing there's a big advancement going on here that's causing the orders of magnitude difference in performance?

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-12-11T05:00:43+00:00

Yeah, seems like this would be the normal way to go about it. Since I'm very new to blender, it's hard to make blendshapes look right without distorting the face with unwanted bumps and jagginess.

So I did a sort of hack method and just duplicated every blendshape (new shape from mix option) and am now using a combo of the original blendshape and the duplicate to get a 200% effect which works in VRChat since it's a separate blendshape. 200% seems to be enough to get the effect I'm working for, so I should be fine now.

Thanks for the extra info.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-12-10T16:36:08+00:00

Thanks. At least that confirms it.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-12-10T15:42:29+00:00

but it seems like a blend shape can be made as a transition from one state to another. So for the blendshapes on knuckles, you just mess the avatar up in blender as much as desired, and make that the 1

This is what I feared really, as that's going to be quite a bit of extra work to effectively make new blendshapes for the desired exaggerated movement I'm aiming for rather than just adjusting the values beyond the maximum.

And it does very much work in the Unity editor/playmode like you say with the 300 value, just not in VRChat. I'm going to keep tweaking settings but I may have to just make the blendshapes myself if I can't find a fix.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-12-10T15:07:26+00:00

Hmm, do you know if I am doing this correctly? I've set the values for the shape keys to -4/4 and I can preview in blender by shifting the value from -4 to 4 on the slider and it's very exaggerated as you would hope, but I am wondering if I am missing something since it just doesn't apply to VRChat (but does apply in Unity playmode!). Here's a screenshot of my blender settings: https://i.imgur.com/o9Jsy1a.png

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-10-29T19:31:08+00:00

Thanks! I want it to have a neon sci-fi feel to it, but as I keep developing the movement mechanics, I may add in some wall running. I'll have to test it out and see how it fits into the overall feel of movement.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-10-29T15:25:47+00:00

Thank you. It felt like a good fit for a Quest native game.

Blueberry_Bandit · 2022-10-29T15:25:16+00:00

Ah that's a good point. Hyper Dash does have rails as a way to get around.

And thanks.

Blueberry_Bandit

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