In this post I will be sharing some techniques for looking after and protecting your Oculus Rift DK2 with a focus on lens protection. These are techniques I have applied to my own unit and seem to work. Feel free to recommend some variations and other tips that I can add to this post. [...]
After several months of waiting I have finally received my Oculus Rift DK2. I've now had it setup at home for much of the weekend, playing any demo I can get my hands on. I thought it would be a good time to share my (limited) experiences with the DK2 (firmware version 2.11) and some of [...]
Inheritance is an Object Oriented Programming concept (OOP) used to access and reuse the properties or methods of one class from another. The class being inherited from is known as the 'base' class, where the one inheriting from the base class is known as the 'derived' class. Let's think of it like this: John (derived class), is [...]
In this tutorial I will be explaining how to manage 2D animation states for characters in Unity3D using the new 2D tools that shipped with version 4.3. This process will include importing and slicing a Sprite Sheet (Ken from Street Fighter), assigning animation states with the new animation controller, and scripting simple keyboard controls to change [...]
In the post I will be covering a few rotation concepts used in Unity3D, these apply to development in 3D or 2D and I will be using C# as the language. Lets start with something simple: Object Rotation The following snippet will change an objects rotation to a specific degree. The scripts should be attached to [...]
Hours out from the Mochi website closure, I started feeling nostalgic and a little sad. I began reflecting on what Mochi meant to me, and the impact it had on my career. I reminisced back to 2005 when I was first introduced to Flash. It was a great discovery for me at the time, and [...]
A few months ago I started learning 3D WebGL using javascript, through my learning I banged together a mini game called Super Hero City. The game was made using Mr doobs Procedural City script, which I built upon to make some what of a game. The project available on my git. If you havn't yet [...]
Firstly let me start by showcasing a little game I made using the Kinect sensor and Adobe AIR. If you would like to make a game using Skeletal Tracking and full body interaction, read on! In this tutorial series I will be explaining how to get the Microsoft Kinect sensor installed on your desktop PC and [...]
I have decided to start the new year by taking a closer look at 3D programming for the web via Canvas and WebGL. For those that don’t know, I am trained as a 3D modeler and animator, although I turned from those paths to focus on development. I now feel accomplished enough as a developer to turn [...]
Unity3D allows developers to create 2D and 3D interfaces. In this tutorial I will be explaining how to set up a simple GUI (graphical user interface) or HUD (heads up display), which shows the lives/score of a player. There are currently several 3rd party UI building solutions for Unity, such as Autodesk’s ScaleForm or UniSWF. Both [...]
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