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Virtually conventional
Virtually Conventional - A LAN simulation like no other
Originally created from Quakecon 2020's Alpha Homebrew game jam, this was called BYOC@Home as a 'find the home computer' minigame. It otherwise simulated the feeling of exploring North America's largest LAN during the pandemic in a digital replication. It has since been worked on to replicate LANFest Dallas (LANAllNight) while also volunteering to help run the charity event in-person and higher fidelity PC builds.
Instanced rendering and custom fan shader
A custom LODgroup builder, custom fan shader for different colors, patterns, and styles with a Texture3D lookup for unique textures per screen at maximum performance to help replicate large scale events.
Experimental web browser streaming on monitors
To give that lo-fi feel like you're really there
Recreating an event while there; in VR!
Only did this in under an day while at the event, but was still a fun experiment to see how it could work
Multiplayer Test
Utilizing voice chat and running around the scene with some fun added
Hermetic
Hermetic - A psychological horror wrapped into itself
The premise of this was to recreate locations I had worked at in past life as a non-euclidean, procedurally generated experience in both VR and non-VR. This proved to be a huge challenge that I'm still trying to sort through. This first video demonstrates a 'Deferred Swap' of the object palette in runtime.
Custom culling, object lighting layers, and procedural building generation
Shown here are the first person and overhead editor views of the scene for the first building. Basic raycasts are done in a sweeping motion to adjust culling based on visibility, not just frustrum cone. Toward the end of the video you can see me regenerating the building layout.
Custom door and ladder implementations
Everything is custom in my interaction system. VR grabs and throws, doors, ladders, and more. It was a ton of work, and still needs more refinement!
Determining procedural generation
I created a procedural building 'language', with conditionals and escapes primarily processed through Scriptable Objects for ease of testing. A future pass on this would utilize node graphs to help better visualize the flow of building creation. Different instructions iterate over sets of 2D (or even 3D floors) map tiles for the building's layout, working on Hallways and Rooms separately from the Building itself, and using Rules on these instructions to create limits.
Interaction System for VR, keyboard and mouse, and gamepad all in one
Taking in any VR SDK or input system and linking them to actions allows my interaction system to be used on a variety of objects, with optional 'poses' for the player to hold them. Seamless immersion was the goal here.