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5 Tips to Developing with Motion Controllers in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4

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Motion controllers are essential to virtual reality (VR). They allow you to communicate to the VR world in a simple and natural way. This easy form of communication enhances the VR experience such as making you feel more immersed.

Creating Interactive HUDs for Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 3

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A HUD (head-up display) offers a simple way to communicate and interact in a video game. UE4 (Unreal Engine 4) offers a way to create HUDs through their UMG (Unreal Motion Graphics) system. However, when it comes to Virtual Reality (VR), HUDs need to work differently for it to be […]

7 Tips to Optimizing for Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4

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Developing for Virtual Reality (VR) is a new and exciting challenge. Developers are faced with the challenges of the human biology, which was not too apparent in traditional games. A few dropped frames here and there might be forgiven, but not for VR. A few frame drops can make the […]

The Current State of Locomotion in Virtual Reality 1

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Locomotion in Virtual Reality (VR) is still an ongoing challenge that VR developers face. Many different forms of locomotion have been tested. Some of them are stationary based, while others are movement based.

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The Components That Makes up a Great Virtual Reality Experience

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If you tried your hands on developing for virtual reality (VR), you will notice that it is very different from developing a 2D or 3D game. Many of the practices and techniques do not carry over into VR. VR is still a new platform and developers out there are trying […]

Managing Time Sensitive Events in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 1

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One of the most challenging aspects of virtual reality (VR) development is meeting the spec requirements with our current level of hardware. VR is resource heavy and may affect the time driven events you are developing in your project. The reason for this is that there are three main ways […]

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Interaction Between Objects in Virtual Reality with Unreal Engine 4 1

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Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) is a powerful engine where many amazing games and virtual reality (VR) experiences and games have been developed. An area that differs between VR and traditional games is how interactions between objects are done. For example in VR, you might interact with your head movement and your […]