Completion: 2017
Studio: Bounding Box Games
Platforms: Gear VR
Engine and tools: Unity, Visual Studio, Jira, Perforce
Team size: 1
Project length: 3 months
Responsibilities: Design & Development
Summary of Contributions
VR Roller Coaster was a prototype for GearVR.
The scene was created using low-polygon assets, a spline as the track,
and a cart that is attached to the spline. The OVR camera is attached to the cart.
Features:
Low poly assets
Curve generator
Malbers Animations
Architecture
Spline generation
I used the Curvy Generator plugin.
Two splines are used: the first is the cart track, and the second is the cave tunnel.
I created a spline in the scene and defined the cross-section spline shape.
Using the node graph, I combined the spline path and shape to output the shape extrusion.
From the extrusion, the mesh was created.
Performance Enhancements
Scene Optimizations
Reduced the complexity of objects by choosing low-polygon assets. These low-poly assets don't require LODs.
Reduced the number of objects in the scene while still providing interest.
Created a cubemap from the lop-polygon asset packages for the skybox.
Physics Optimizations
Colliders - removed colliders on static objects that don't require physics or triggers.
Render Optimizations
Occlusion culling - not rendering objects that are hidden by other objects.
Cast Shadows - turned off cast shadows on meshes for objects that will not cast shadows.
Baked global illumination.
Scene
Art Assets
Low polygon asset in the scene.
Malber's Animation dragons and animals.
Skybox
The skybox is a cubemap I created from the same low poly asset package.
