PLUGIN: Pull v1 (Patreon)

What is this

Oculus Home has a nice functionality that I always wanted in VAM: pushing and pulling objects towards the controller. Now that I figured out how some of the Unity stuff works I added this feature to VAM as a very quick and simple plugin. 

What this means for Aeternum

This was a quick experiment for me to see what's up with Unity object positions and altering them. It's simpler than I thought and this will help with some stuff I have in mind for Aeternum. The main thing that comes in mind is the boxing/fighting module that will look sort of like mortal kombal. The only piece that I wasn't sure how to do was the movement of the fighters, how to move towards and away from the other fighter. Now having done this, doing that is straight-forward. I have lots of other use cases in mind but i'll keep it brief.

How the plugin works

- The plugin can be added as a scene plugin or a session plugin. In my demo scene I have it as a scene plugin.
- For desktop&VR: CTRL-W pushes the selected object away. CTRL-S pulls it towards the camera. the rotation and the Y position (height) of the object are preserved. I figured that on desktop messing up the Y position would not be very helpful. The idea is that if the object is on the ground to keep it on the ground

- For VR - Oculus - Right thumbstick up/down will pull/push the object similar to Oculus Home. I added a deadzone to prevent accidental movement. In VR he object will pull directly to the hand (Y axis no longer preserved like on desktop). This works best with the default VAM settings with height adjustments turned off, otherwise that thumbstick will also adjust the height in the game

- For VR - other devices - might work for most in theory but I haven't tested it, I only have oculus devices. The right hand controller thumbstick/pad up-down axis should do the trick.  If it doesn't, let me know and I'll figure it out.

video on desktop: https://vimeo.com/674552741

REMOVED FILE, SEE v2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/62603040