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The Chase Camera demo demonstrates a type of third-person locomotion in a VR
environment. The player can direct a character around the scene using the
pointer. For short distances, the camera will remain still. For longer
distances, the camera will follow behind the main character. Chase Camera also
uses tunneling for horizontal and rotational
movements to reduce motion sickness.
Getting started
Adding Chase Camera to your scene requires two things:
- Drag the
ChaseCamPlayer Prefab into your scene.
- Assign the Chase Character property to the main character.
Customization
Chase Camera is designed to be customized. You can adjust
the camera controls, the pointer and target visualization, and the main character
to meet your app's needs.
Camera controls
ChaseCamPlayer manages camera behavior and is configured with a default camera
configuration. It offers a number of settings you can customize to your use
case.
- Bounding Radius: Movement within the Bounding Radius will not cause the camera to move.
- Trailing Offset: The offset the camera will try to maintain from the chase
character. If the character moves outside the bounding radius,
the camera will animate with the character to maintain this offset position.
- Movement Speed: The speed of the camera when it respositions itself when the chase
character moves outside the bounding radius.
- Rotation: You can optionally disable rotation through a checkbox on the component.
It is controlled by 2 triggers (left and right rotate).
Pointer and target visualization
The Chase Camera demo comes with a pointer system for directing the main character
around the scene. This is optional can be customized
in ChaseCamPlayer/Pointer/Laser. You can adjust the Target Prefab property
to change the target at the end of the laser. You can also adjust the laser colors.
You can also create your own pointer system, as long as you call into
SetTargetPosition() on the BasePositionedCharacter. Calling this method
internally notifies the chase camera to follow the character.
Main character
The Chase Camera demo comes with its own character that can be further customized or even swapped out.
For characters that use CharacterController and move about on the ground, you
can can subclass GroundPositionCharacter. If your character doesn't use
CharacterController or you don't want them to be acted on by gravity, such a
flying character, you can subclass the more general BasePositionCharacter
class instead.
For an example you can look at FoxPositionCharacter, the class that controls
the provided fox character. Note that the only additional information this
subclass as over GroundPositionCharacter is the animations associated with the
fox.
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