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Sunshine Observation Deck

JulianB
Protege
This is my fan tribute to the solar observation deck concept and set depicted in the 2007 movie Sunshine, directed by Danny Boyle. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0448134/

I claim no ownership over the intellectual property depicted in this demo. I just wanted to make it to spend some time looking at the sun. This is meant to be one of the more calm oculus experiences - seated or not[!]. This is my first Unity project and my first Oculus project so there's not a whole lot of interactivity at the moment. See below for a list of potential future enhancements.

sunDressedUp.jpg

There was also a redditor in /r/oculus or /r/elitedangerous who excited warp too close to the sun after a hard day at work and just sat there peacefully thinking while their cockpit eventually heated up, shattered and they perished. I can't remember who you were, but this is for you too :shock:

Here's a youtube clip showing a brief glimpse of the whole deck including the science lab:



This demo contains publicly available imagery and data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory: http://sdo.gsfc.nasa.gov/

I've used Sonic Ether's Natural Bloom and Dirty Lens from the Unity Asset Store :
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/17324

Also Proflares for corona and prominences + lateral halation : https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/12845

Links to builds:
This demo was built in OSX using Unity4.6Pro with the current 0.4.4beta SDK and Unity integration. I get 75fps with no issues on a GeForce680MX [2gb] and I've had users testing who reported solid framerates on a 660 also.

EDIT: Now available on Oculus Share:
https://share.oculus.com/app/sunshine-observation-deck

OSX:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ptsph0fkn0r3yob/AABQfls0b3SY2s92KeP9nFQma?dl=0

Win7/8: Note: This demo runs great in win7, I've not tested in win8 however.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s9gpcjt67phby5z/AACt8otcG3wwwxg2kFC1g5Rya?dl=0

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Keys and Controls:

Mac/OSX
The xbox360 controller integration is missing here so it's mouse and keyboard for you.

Win7/Win8 - Note: this build has not been tested on win8 Xbox360 controllers work fine here with the standard mapping in place. Mouse and keyboard also works.

Hotkeys:
'WASD' - Forward, Strafe Left, Backwards, Strafe Right.
'Q/R' - Comfort turn 45 degree increments left/right.
'F' - FPS and Oculus diagnostic display - does seem to open lateral portals to the next dimension though, so use with caution.
'G' - Oculus cube/grid diagnostic.
'C' - Reticule.
'Esc' - Quit.

'R' - Reset View [note: this is performed upon launch anyway but if your DK2 camera is in a non-standard location or you find yourself staring into the floor, press this to reset].
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VFX switches - I've left these active so interested parties can see the difference they make to the demo appearance.

'L' - Toggle tone-mapping on/off [this will make the scene a little brighter, but lose highlight detail in the sun etc].
'O' - Toggle bloom on/off.
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Possible future additions:

- player avatar so you can sit on the couch and have legs!
- swap the demo couch guest for someone a little better dressed for space travel.
- solar viewport magnification controls
- solar viewport exposure controls
- player-triggerable Mercury transition

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You can read on my blog about some things I learnt and discovered on my trip into realtime rendering, alpha transparencys, reflection mapping, PBR shading etc: http://blog.julianbutler.com

Questions/comments are very welcome, and thank you! Please go and spend some time looking at the sun 😉

-julian

Julian Butler
-j www.julianbutler.com Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.
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JulianB
Protege
Heh, yeah Alien Isolation scares the junk outta me! It's soo good. I had to put dust-motes into the observation deck after seeing how well it was done in AI.

Thanks! My hope is that this demo is one of those people can use for first-timers who are a little more susceptible to simulator sickness. I always get a kick out of showing new people VR, especially that moment when you remind them that they can freely look around.

-julian
-j www.julianbutler.com Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

Anonymous
Not applicable
Pretty cool with some nice little details. Never seen the movie.

I especially liked going up against the glass and leaning way out to see the white surface of the vessel.

MajorLag
Honored Guest
Really cool, great idea for a VR scene.

JulianB
Protege
Ronczarnik - That's the heat shield from the front of the ship. There's some excellent CG moments in the movie, of this disc reflecting the sun's heat. It's a blast to look down when you're right up there huh.

MajorLag - thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.

-j
-j www.julianbutler.com Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

kdeluxe
Honored Guest
wow, awesome!

roulito
Honored Guest
Very nice work.
would like to see the girl's eyes move a bit.
she 's absolutely not animated, but I kinda feel her presence, this is so weird 🙂
The details are great.
maybe you could add some bips or fan noises in the lab...
but the audio atmosphere is already well treated.

Is this your full time job?

JulianB
Protege
Thanks Roulito, no this is definitely a spare time thing for me right now. Glad you enjoyed it and yeah there could be better noises in the lab I agree. I'll add it to the list. I just tried coffee without words last night and it was stunning. I'd love to be able to animate the lady on the couch like that, it would add even more presence than what you felt.

-j
-j www.julianbutler.com Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.

thekeesh1
Honored Guest
Just tried it after seeing it on the WEARVR Top 10 (I did a double take when I saw the name, I love this movie) and I am so grateful you took the time to make this! Your Sun animations are beautiful, and the floating particles are a great touch. As you mentioned in the original post, including the transit of Mercury would be a pretty awe-inspiring reminder of scale. Regardless, great work, this demo made my day!

Anonymous
Not applicable
Hi Julian

I think this work is extremely beautiful and it is very commendable that you have spent so many of your personal hours on this, for me it was very much worth it.

My last VR help note was to get spaceengineer 75$ towards him getting a Dk2, here I would like to say I have contacted the author of coffee with out words and asked that he come into the thread or at least ping you to provide a help note on the movement of eyes.

Tore will you be able to come into the thread or provide some detail on the excellent eye tracking aspects, as stated if you require any thing let me know.

thanks Julian, happy user here with this experience hopefully you and tore can get to talk and be friends.

Facebook are wise to have purchased Oculus, I would love to share this kind of view with a real online friends with the strong ambiance, very emotive, life is definitely about having and sharing heart felt feelings.


thanks
Bud

panmaster
Expert Protege
2 things:) 1. Could you scale the model of a women up a bit. or make the player smaller
2. Could you add sound at music appogeum of screeming gohan turning ssj2?

screem of gohan here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZVJq_6_aP4&spfreload=1