Floating Menu/inventory

So I'm trying to make an inventory for my VR game,
However, I'm having trouble placing this in my game.
I know I can attach it to my camera, and see it when I press a button, however, I would like for my inventory to stick to the place im instantaneously looking at when I press the button.

So I don't want the Inventory to change direction with me while I move the camera. Does anyone know how I could target this problem?

While writing this I'm thinking, maybe I can keep track of the current position my camera was pointing at and use this to instantiate the inventory screen? Is this do-able, or is there another easier way?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

I apologize for the the vague answer, but...
I would have 3d raycast coming off your headset set the transform.position of the Inventory asset. If you have used a Canvas for your UI, then it would be pretty simple because it already needs to be in world space.

 

Hello, sounds like your on the right track. If you want to instantiate your menu some distance in front of your headset you will need to script something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. menu.transform.position = headset.transform.position + headset.transform.forward * 10.0f

That will place the menu 10 units in front of the headset, no matter which way the headset is facing. You may also need to make the menu face the headset, to do this you will need code like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. menu.transform.rotation = Quaternion.lookRotation(headset.transform.position - menu.transform.position)

 

Thanks, This is of great help! I will definitely try this out. Hope I'll get somewhere