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I’ve been working on conceptualizing some of my ideas for additional levels for vrTANKS. Nothing too fancy – just experimenting with colors and shapes.  The current demo is a simplified version of the first scene.  Adding obstacles to the levels will certainly make the gameplay more interesting (though it will require a rewrite to the enemy tank AI!). It’s rather fun to design landscapes knowing tha

I just recently finished my submission for the Intel Perceptual Computing Challenge. I was selected to participate in the “Open Innovation” category after I submitted a proposal to build something that combined the gesture recognition capabilities of the Creative Interactive Gesture camera with the virtual reality capability of the Oculus Rift.  They sent me a fancy new camera and after poking around for

This is the basic game demo I recently submitted to the official Oculus VR Game Jam Great Scott, Asteroids!  is a simple space shooter.  You sit in the gunner seat of a large spaceship, and you are tasked with clearing an asteroid field to avoid damage to your ship. Controls are simple – use your head tracking turret to aim and fire shots.  (xbox controller trigger, or spacebar on keyboard) I was hoping to take this

It’s been a crazy several weeks! In a nutshell: – I released an early build of a Unity game I have been working on for the Oculus Rift (vrTANKS) about a week before SIGGRAPH. The response has been incredible – it’s great to see so many people enjoying my game.  I even got a mention in PCmag!  I’ve gotten a lot of great feedback, so hopefully I can carve out some time to work on a few of the more popular s

I’d like to share an early build of a game/demo for the Oculus Rift that I’ve been working on for the past couple weeks. vrTANKS is an arcade-style tank simulator. Your goal is to destroy as many enemy tanks as you can before being destroyed yourself.  Pilot your tank using an Xbox controller or keyboard – tank weapons fire in the direction you are looking. vrTANKS was built from the ground up specifically for the Ri

I’m about 4 weeks in with the Oculus Rift, so I thought this may be a good time for an update. On Motion Sickness In my ‘First Impressions’ post, I voiced my concerns about motions sickness in the Rift.  My first experience wearing the Rift was awesome, but also very nauseating, so I had some real concerns about the technology moving forward.   I’m very happy to report that I’m doing much better now, and I can handle

Next week is the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.  A friend was able to secure some passes, so we’ll be popping in for a bit on Wednesday.   I’ve never been to GDC before, so I’m really looking forward to it.   I’m hoping to catch the Oculus guys at the exhibit hall (I somehow I managed to miss them last year at SIGGRAPH) to get a preview of the developer kit I have coming sometime next