"DreamDraw" is a android VR app created by ustwo for the purpose of exploring the Pixel Phone, the Google Daydream VR platform and the Daydream controller. It allows multiple people to draw on PostIt notes in a shared virtual environment as well as use speech to text to generate notes for ideation.
Disclaimer!
This is a very quick prototype project and the code is therby to be concidred to be quite "hacky", uncommented and overall messy. This code does not by any means follow ustwo coding guidlines or any coding general best practices at all for that matter.
As this is purely an experiment, a lot of issues are not resolved and there was very little user testing done on this prototype.
When you launch the app, it will handle all the networking automatically. You can create a new posted note by swiping your thumb towards yourself(down). Once a new posted not is created, it will fly close to you and enter "edit mode". While the note is close to you, you can draw on it with one of the pen tools or add text to it using the microphone tool. All tools (pens and mic) are used by pushing down on the touch pad which we call the "use" button.
Once you are done editing a note, you can "commit" it to the wall by swiping away from yourselves (up) and the not will fly back to the wall. At any time you can edit the note again by pointing at it and swiping down or create a new note by pointing at empty space and swiping down.
To switch between tools, simply tilt your head down as if you wanted to look at your belt line. This action turns the menu on, to select an item of the menu point at it and push down on the "use" button.
Note: It is possible for up to 6 people to be in the same virtual space (untested). The 7th would end up in a new room. (untested)
- Go to your security settings on your Pixel phone and enable "unknown sources"
- Download the apk from the demo_build folder directly from your Pixel Phone.
- Use Astro or another File Management software to locate the apk in the downloads folder and click to install it.
- There is currently no room selection option which means that you will connect with anyone around the world who happens to be using the app at the same time.
Requirements for use of app:
- Google Pixel Phone
- Daydream headset and controller
- Working internet Connection
If you have an comments or feedback, please email onchez@ustwo.com or harper@ustwo.com
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