Embody Beta (Patreon)
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It's been a long and painful road but I think Embody is now mature enough for a beta. Keep in mind, this is not a full official release and you should expect some issues, but as far as I can tell it's stable enough most of you should be fine. This will be a patrons-only release for now until I get a reasonable amount of validation that the plugin works as intended. So please, if you do download it, let me know how it goes!
What is Embody?
- It makes possession feel right by adjusting the eyes position, the hands position, and by hiding the geometry so you don't see floating eyeballs when you're moving.
- It allows easy and precise full-body tracking using vive trackers, and gives more options for adjustments
- It adds features such as leap motion integration and mirrors eye tracking, so looking at yourself in the mirror feels more natural.
- It allows dynamically adjusting your hands so you're able to touch yourself in real life and have the model do the same despite different body proportions.
- It allows possessing you! This mode, known as Passenger, can induce nausea however, but if you're comfortable with VR camera movement, it can create some very unique experiences.
- It's the successor to the well-known Improved PoV, Passenger and Snug plugins. It includes all features from each and more.
Ok, how do I use it?
There is some documentation in progress, it's not complete or totally up to date but it should help you navigate the plugin: https://github.com/acidbubbles/vam-embody/wiki/Getting-started
How to report bugs?
You can activate the Diagnostics: Record Diag. Data toggle in Other settings, run the wizard to do what causes the issue (you can also take a snapshot in the Diagnostics screen, the wizard will automatically create snapshots) and send me the scene. The best way is through Discord.
Thanks for everyone who helped me
A ton of people helped me test and gave feedback through more than a month worth of private builds. I asked more of you than I usually do, especially for Vive trackers support (I don't have any myself) so know that this was not only my work.
Thanks to Timbo, VaMDeV, HD VR, KittyMocap, WeebU, SupaRioAmateur, Odin, MiscreatedReality, you've been helpful and it's great building stuff with people like you. As I've said before, this community is lucky to have you all.
For the poster image, a lot of great creators to thank too: YameteOuji, ddaamm, SupaRioAmateur, MacGruber, SolidVault, NoStage3 and nabuhiro, thanks for making all those assets available to us!
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