Can we get a better Unity tutorial?
The tutorial listed under "Tutorial: Build a Simple VR Unity Game" has some problems. There are 3 things I consider "errors" in the current tutorial.
Also, I think this tutorial would be a good opportunity to teach the user how to make UI elements. Taking the things taught in the blog article "Unity’s UI System in VR" to teach the user how to make a gaze locked "You Win" message and how to make the score a non gaze locked floating text.
The tutorial should also mention OVRPlatformMenu for GearVR users to get things like back button functionality working.
Lastly, not directly related to the tutorial, but in the "Utilities for Unity 5.x Developer Guide" section "Best Practices: Mobile" it says
- Pre step 1 it should tell you to import "OculusUtilities.unitypackage"
- In Step 2 references OVRCameraRig but we never were told to replace the camera with a OVRCameraRig, that likely should be pre step 1 too.
- In Step 3 it says
Select Player in the Hierarchy view and change the Speed value in the Player Controller (Script) tab of the Inspector view from 500 to 800.
In the tutorial the speed value is 10 not 500. Also, honestly leaving it at 10 was a good speed for the ball (I was using a Steel Series XL controller on android).
Also, I think this tutorial would be a good opportunity to teach the user how to make UI elements. Taking the things taught in the blog article "Unity’s UI System in VR" to teach the user how to make a gaze locked "You Win" message and how to make the score a non gaze locked floating text.
The tutorial should also mention OVRPlatformMenu for GearVR users to get things like back button functionality working.
Lastly, not directly related to the tutorial, but in the "Utilities for Unity 5.x Developer Guide" section "Best Practices: Mobile" it says
Note: The Unity Profiler is not available for Unity Free.This is not true, in Unity 5 the profiler is included in the free "Personal Edition".