VRClassroom

Hackathon project - Virtual Reality Classroom

Thought

• This is a classroom for students with physical disabilities who find it hard to go to classes
• They can enter a virtual classroom from their homes, where the teachers and other students are present, just like a normal classroom

API

Using the samsung gear vr api

Getting Started

Follow these steps to create projects for GearVR framework

1. Make a copy of this repo
2. Rename your project by changine the folder name
3. Rename your Android App by updating app_name field of app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
4. Update the applicationID in app/build.gradle to avoid conflict between other GearVR Framework apps.

Build and Run

Gear VR

The default setup for template project is for Gear VR, so you don't need to change any project file

Just need to copy your Oculus signature file to app/src/main/assets folder.

Screenshot

DayDream

Perform the following steps to enable DayDream Mode

1. remove following line in app/build.gradle

compile "org.gearvrf:backend_oculus:$gearvrfVersion"

2. comment out following line in AndroidManifest.xml

<meta-data android:name="com.samsung.android.vr.application.mode" android:value="vr_only"/>

Some updates

• Quickstart for Google Cardboard for Android NDK - https://developers.google.com/cardboard/develop/c/quickstart
• The Daydream View VR headset is no longer available for purchase. However, you can continue to use the existing Google VR SDK to update and distribute your apps to the Google Play Store, and make them available to users in the Daydream app.
• There is a lot more stuff out there for VR in android, unity remains my best bet though

Helpful links

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XDpJAK3wjw
• https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-make-an-android-vr-app-878248/
• https://codelabs.developers.google.com/codelabs/vr_view_app_101/index.html?index=..%2F..index#0
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46163869/how-to-install-google-vr-sdk-in-android-studio
• https://arvr.google.com/daydream/smartphonevr/