build-an-appartment-vr-udacity-nanodegree's Introduction

Appartment in VR

Second application created in VR using Unity engine provided by Udacity

Time taken: 4 Hours and 45 minutes

How to test

To test it on your android smartphone device, download the "VRProject1.apk" located inside the "Build" folder.

To test it inside your unity editor, download the "Assets" and the "ProjectSettings" folders. Also get Google VR SDK and place it inside your project.

Things I learned:

Adding 3D models to a scene
Moving, scaling, and rotating 3D models
Deploying to your Cardboard Viewer
Creating materials and assigning textures
Creating animations and triggering them
Creating lights and baking them
Optimizing a scene for top performance

Likes: The final result was satisfying made me almost cry

Chanllenges: There were a lot of challeneges that I encountered:

First of all, the VR functionalities. I tried following the instructions creating 2 cameras with LSD but there was an error asking me to add GRViewerMain. After adding the prefab, there were 4 cameras in the scene and to resolve it, I went to the first project to understand what's going on
Second challenge was the "Globe" because all the cameras disappeared when i tried to run when i had 4 cameras in the scene but was later resolved when I looked at the first project.
Third one was the trying to build a beautiful scene with minimal props. Also, some object's pivot such as the microwave was a bit off which it more challenging.
Last thing was adding a background city music like.

More information about the course at: https://classroom.udacity.com/nanodegrees/nd017