Locomotion in VR

Locomotion Overview

When we move from one place to the next it's called locomotion, and while room-scale games do allow us to walk around a bit, we can't go very far. We'll learn some techniques, like teleportation, that will allow players to traverse larger distances and expand the gameplay area. 3 steps

• Project Overview 3:24
• Locomotion Techniques 3:57
• Locomotion Overview 5 questions
• Extra Credit There's no right answer to locomotion in VR, as it's still experimental. Try and come up with your own form of locomotion in VR, and then spend some time thinking about its pros and cons.

Raycasting and Line Rendering

In order to teleport, we need to turn the motion controllers into a pointing device so that the player can point where they want to go.First, we need to create an imaginary line called a "ray" to detect collisions, and then we need to draw that line so the player can see it using a Line Renderer component. 7 steps

• Preparing for Raycasting 9:11
• Detecting a Raycast Hit 4:17
• Raycasting 5 questions
• Adding a Line Renderer 4:13
• Setting Line Renderer Positions 10:29
• Creating a Teleportation Area 6:45
• The Line Renderer Component 5 questions
• Extra Credit In these lessons, we're adding teleportation to the ControllerInteraction script. However, it could be argued that creating a separate teleportation component might be better. Create a copy of your existing project folder, open it in Unity, and try creating a version of the game that converts the teleportation functionality into its own reusable component.

Teleporting

Projecting lines from the controller is only the first step. Next, we need to perform the teleportation itself by moving the tracking volume. 4 steps

• Teleportation Variables 6:41
• Moving the Tracking Volume 7:56
• Resetting the Basketball Position 3:38
• Teleporting 5 questions
• Extra Credit Now that you're able to teleport around the scene, try implementing some of the other techniques we discussed, like fading the view briefly between teleportation events, or quickly sliding the player instead of teleporting instantly.