Vive Interaction Design in Unity

Matt Summers - Pixel Farm

Matt will give an introduction of Vive development in Unity, with a focus on common room scale and hand tracking interactions, and making the most of the Vive controllers. The talk will cover:

• Physical and software setup tips for Vive dev/test in Unity
• Lighthouse mounting options
• Vive controller inputs and ergonomics
• Popular control mappings for common interactions (Pick up, Use, Teleport, etc.)
• Common ways to handle collisions, controller interpenetration, etc.
• Overview of SteamVR plugin for Unity
• Detecting and using different sized play spaces
• Comparison of 3 libraries: ViveGrip, NewtonVR, and SteamVR Unity Toolkit
• Tradeoffs with direct object movement vs physics joints/constraints