VRTK - Unity and VR

Is VRTK a good starting point for getting Unity games to work in VR or is there a better or a more robust way?

It looks like the latest is v4, but hasn't been updated much lately:
https://www.vrtk.io/

thoughts on using VRTK? Is it thriving or dying...

I am interested in creating a VR dungeon game like Ancient Dungeon but different:
https://sidequestvr.com/app/1520/ancient-dungeon

What would you all recommend for a starting point?

Vanz

 

I know at one point it was close to dying and was supposed to stop development, and then reopened again. I dont think its a big money earner for those involved so thats likely why you are not seeing major updates to it since 2019

Theres nothing stopping you using the in-built VR stuff as that is pretty good in unity. Personally I would just follow: https://learn.unity.com/project/vr-beginner-the-escape-room

and then go from there Instead of relying on a very rarely updated 3rd party asset

 

thanks MadeFromPolygons,

any other opinions on using VRTK or alternate approaches to programming VR?

 

I did a quick look, doesnt mention avatar IK anywhere?
edit: I read VRIK haha

 

I moved towards MRTK as I needed to support Oculus, HTC Vive/SteamVR and Hololens2 (+ Desktop mode).
I think XR Interaction Toolkit is also a possibility though.

 

VRTKv4 is actually well maintained and updated. I'd recommend the VRTK Discord Server (https://www.vrtk.io/community.html) or the following YT videos to get started:

 

thanks Red_Dragon69, looks like the forum does not have much activity?
https://flarum.vrtk.io/

is there a log of VRTKv4 updates? I got the feeling it was being abandoned...

I'm looking more closely at this although it is not free:
https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/templates/systems/vr-interaction-framework-161066

forum seems very lively and it was last updated less than a month ago:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/released-vr-interaction-framework.817614/

thoughts?

V

 

@Vanz Had no chance to try the VR interaction framework yet, but it looks very good imho.

VRTKv4 needs a little bit more work to get into, but is actually very easy to use. It's separated into multiple github repos, an overview can be found here: https://www.vrtk.io/tilia.html
and it's also updated regulary. Some of the github repos were updated yesterday ^^. I've never used the VRTK forum, as the Discord server usually is my way to go, when aking questions.

 

Give this one a go, it's my go to now for phyics based stuff like Alyx or boneworks, they have a healthy discord as well to ask questions in.
Hurricane VR - Physics Interaction Toolkit | Systems | Unity Asset Store

 

this looks reaallly interesting... thanks pingpongpanda, how have you found the community and documentation?

 

community is good, documentation could use some work though, the dev is pretty responsive in his discord channel