Improved VR Terrain Trees in 2017.3 betas

The release notes for 2017.3 say:

However, having tried it on device with 2017.3b2 with Google Daydream, I still see the tree billboards rotating as the user rotates his head, which looks quite terrible. Was that supposed to have been fixed? Is there an additional setting that needs to be changed somewhere else before this fix becomes active?

Thanks!

 

I did not test but I saw a setting under Quality settings. Rotate billboards against position.

 

Yes, I've wondered about that guy, but have avoided him due to this statement made by a Unity engineer previously on the topic. However, it may be worth trying again.

 

Thanks @mikesf. That's actually good news, because I thought it was simply failing to work. Thanks for keeping us posted. I will be eager to try it as soon as it's available for Android.

 

I don't get something. I set Unity 2017.3.0b7, made terrain with trees from standard Environment package. When I look at this scene in HTC Vive helmet I still can see how billboards in trees and grass rotate along with head rotation. The same behavior that I saw in previous versions. It looks very unnatural. How can I disable billboard rotation?

And what is Persistent View Data Dictionary in grass and mass tree placement settings? Does it part of this topic? How I should use it?

 

After few tests, I found that issue happens only with \Standard Assets\Environment\SpeedTree\Broadleaf\Broadleaf_Desktop.spm Other trees in standard package work fine.

 

Thanks for the heads up!