6th December: Degree Project Progress

Currently, I am adding VR functionality to my degree project. I have my basic layout of the scene and am working on adding my interactable objects. I have also been developing a system on how I will navigate around the environments in a VR setting. While I have a VR starting template, many of the elements I need are not included, such as the ability to move around the scene using the thumbsticks of the VR controllers. Because of this, I have had to make most of the VR functionality from scratch, which has involved me looking at many unreal engine tutorials online. This has taken a significant amount of time, due to the complexity of the software and the amount of steps needed to achieve the desired result. These were the tutorials I used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUlpXN9jzNI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YTy3ziLWqY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30G-WJ5aMpA

I am following the correct steps, however, I have experienced difficulty in testing them due to the trouble I had getting access to the VR Headsets. There is also software on the computers which I do not have access to because of lack of permission. Towards the end of last year we had set up the necessary software but because the computers are wiped at the end of each year, those permissions are now gone and we are trying to find ways of establishing them again. I suspect I will need to book ahead and get the headset over the Christmas break, where I can access the software from home.