Together, Tacit

Created as a part of a Spring 2022 Penn State Capstone project.

https://sites.psu.edu/lfshowcasesp22/2022/04/28/together-tacit-vr-glove/

Description

The Together, Tacit project is a program designed to allow low-vision or blind invididuals to collaborate with sighted individuals on works of art. It uses an Oculus Quest to create a virtual work environment, utilizing haptic feedback and custom VR controllers to locate and manipulate a virtual sculpture.

Getting Started

Dependencies

• A VR-compatable computer (with Bluetooth compatability)
• Oculus Quest 2 (with compatable Oculus Link Cable)
• Windows 10
• At least 1 USB Type-C port and/or 1 USB Type-B port for Oculus Link
• At least 2 USB Type-B ports for custom VR controllers

Installing

• The program can be run on any Windows 10 computer set up with Oculus Link, and does not require the custom controllers to function.
• For use with custom haptic controllers, see the details laid out inside the Software Instruction Manual.

Authors

Noah Black - contact at [email protected]

Version History

Beta 0.3v

• Added a rectangular starting block, with more fine detail 0.1v
• Added a reset button
• Began work on haptic feedback from scuplture
• Began work on enabling/disabling sculpting using Oculus controllers

Beta 0.2v

• New Plugin: Ardity
  • Used to make communication between Arduino software and Unity possible

Beta 0.1v

• Initialized project files based the "VR-Button" public files (see Acknowledgements below)
• Added a simple block of removable cubes

Release 1.0v

• Full release of the Together, Tacit project, including the following options:
  • Virtual sculpting environment (2m x 2m x 2m)
  • Smooth sculpting, rendered in real time
  • Tools to carve, add, and interact with virtual sculptures
  • Options and customizations for play
  • .fbx file export for any sculptures made

Acknowledgments

• dwilches, for their work on the Ardity plugin
• C-Through, for their online references on the XR plugin and the initial template.
• KellanHiggins, for their work on the UnityFBXExporter plugin.
• Scrawk, for their work on a version of Marching Cubes in Unity (used within this project).