CABEI Rollercoaster

Virtual Reality • Simulation

Available in: Meta Quest

Project Overview

  • Role(s): Programmer
  • Team Size: 32 programmers, 1 producer
  • Organization: Realidad Virtual Honduras
  • Engine: Unity
  • Status: Delivered

Links

CABEI'S Official Site

🧠 Technical Contributions

🛠️ What I Built

  • VR Camera and Integration: Implemented the VR camera and ensured its smooth integration within the rollercoaster cart, guaranteeing an immersive and comfortable user experience throughout the ride.

  • Rollercoaster Track Creation: Designed and constructed the rollercoaster track to provide a seamless and thrilling ride prioritizing user comfort.

  • Cart Controller: Developed a cart controller that ensures smooth stops at each station, allowing ample time for users to appreciate the dioramas and read project data. Additionally, I implemented logic to meet the designated time limit for the entire VR experience.

  • Building Blockout: Created a comprehensive blockout of the CABEI building's interior in order to help the 3D modeler, ensuring that the VR environment aligns with the real-world structure.

🤝 How I Contributed

  • Worked closely with the 3D modeling team to ensure the VR environment matched the real-world structure of the CABEI building.
  • Collaborated with the project manager and designers to ensure the VR experience was comfortable, immersive, and met the required time limits for the ride.
  • Helped integrate the cart controller functionality into the overall VR experience, ensuring smooth transitions at each station while maintaining user engagement.

🧩 Challenges & Solutions

🛠️ Challenge: Maintaining Comfort in VR

Ensuring a comfortable VR experience during a rollercoaster ride, without causing motion sickness, was a challenge in terms of smoothness and speed.

✔ Solution: Carefully tuned the rollercoaster speed and implemented smooth camera transitions, balancing the thrill of the ride with user comfort.

⚙️ Challenge: Synchronizing the Cart with Diorama Stops

Ensuring that the cart stopped precisely at each station for users to view dioramas and read project data was complex and required accurate timing.

✔ Solution: Developed and fine-tuned the cart controller logic, ensuring that stops were timed perfectly, and the users had enough time to enjoy the dioramas before continuing the ride.

🌟 Standout Features

🎢 Rollercoaster Track Design

A thrilling yet smooth rollercoaster track design that maximizes user comfort while providing an exciting and immersive experience.

🏗️ Building Blockout

A carefully designed blockout of the CABEI building's interior, helping to ensure that the VR environment matched the real-world structure in both design and scale.

🏰 Key Features of the VR Experience

  • Immersive VR Camera: A carefully integrated VR camera that offers an immersive experience inside the rollercoaster cart, maintaining comfort and enhancing the thrill.

  • Seamless Rollercoaster Ride: A well-designed rollercoaster track that guarantees a thrilling experience while prioritizing user comfort throughout the ride.

  • Precise Cart Control: A cart controller system that ensures smooth stops at each station, allowing users enough time to appreciate the dioramas and read the project data.

  • Realistic Building Blockout: A blockout of the CABEI building’s interior, enabling the 3D modelers to match the VR environment to the actual structure.