Canalboat Simulator VR part 2

 I've refined the steering of the barge, as well as adding some more models to the scene.  The boat now controls pretty well, apart from the steering could be a little slower.

Video coming soon

VR Canalboat Simulator Demo

 This weekend I started making a VR canalboat simulator.  It's very rough, but the mechanics of the boat are kind of there, although it needs lots of refinement.  I'll hopefully post a video when there's a little bit more to show.

VR Training Scene

This short training scenario was made over the course of a weekend.  It's designed to train ground crew not to stray past the red line in an airport.

How it works: We use an invisible square cube as a trigger, which is fired if the user strays into its area.  From here, three events are triggered: a red ground plane becomes visible to show the restricted area, an audio alert is triggered, plus a transparent red cube rises from the ground, surrounding the zone to further show the restricted area.

Considerations: The audio is set to play all the way through, even if the player leaves the area (the red box will disappear as soon as they leave).  The audio will only play once, even if the player returns (I felt multiple playthroughs detracted from the message, though this could be refined).  The transparent red cube had to have a custom shader added, as by default Unity doesn't render the inside of a cube.

Further Refinements: With more time I'd have added more immersive audio, especially to show when the player was in the warning area (perhaps something like truck reversing sounds).  Particle effects within the translucent cube could also be effective.  Maybe a stretch/bounce effect for the bottom red plane.

Keeping the laptop cool while baking

Assets Used: 

3d Models Airport model by Squid
VR Interaction Toolkit
AI voice from elevenlabs.io

Magic Light Probes

Bakery / Bakery Realtime Preview

Previously I was using the built in Unity baker, but I thought my laptop might explode (see picture), so I switched to using Bakery (the realtime preview software saves so much time).

Game Over Screen For My 2D Platformer

 

Uconsole + ESP32 DSP with Mic input

 

I've started playing around with digital signal processing using the uConsole and an ESP32.

Development Synth

I recently put together a little Arduino synth that I could take with me to work on when I'm sat on the tram to work.  

It's powered by a single Arduino Nano, with the 5 push buttons sending internal MIDI messages.  Hopefully the new modules I create with this will go into the Helios Mk2.

New Audio DSP Books

Some new audio DSP books have arrived.  The Will Pirkle book was from a recommendation from an interesting blog post from Valhalla DSP.