Perceived Size in a room
This is the most exciting tool in VR I have used in a long time, and the timing has been perfect because our office is moving into 2 locations so I have been building our space out using the designer's blueprints.
In building out on of the spaces I became a little concerned because the room seemed much smaller than it should when I was standing in the middle of the room, and the chairs seemed too big to fit. I used the measure tool, and confirmed I was in the ballpark of having the dimensions right. As a test I decided to build our our current space, so I can take what I know really well in real life and compare it to my views in VR.
In one small office area, it appeared that I could spread my arms out and touch each opposite wall, but in real life I wouldn't even be close.
I also did a quick test that 1 wall is 12 inches thick, when I hold my fingers out an measure the wall in VR and look at the distance in real life it is more like 14.5 inches.
Is there a way to tweak my virtual size when I am on the "floor" in my VR creations so I can try to get a better approximation what it would look like to be in the space?
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Hi Jason Pentecost, good to hear from you.
What's probably going on is that you may not be at exactly 1:1 scale when comparing the virtual model to the real world. You can use the two grip buttons to scale yourself to 1:1 scale, but you may not be at exactly 1:1 scale even though the label may say so, something we need to fix. Try to hold both grip buttons and move your hands further apart until there's no change in scale.
The most reliable way to make sure you're in exactly 1:1 scale is to press the primary hand joystick forward to teleport to a surface, that will always take you to exactly 1:1 scale.
Here's the navigation basics tutorial available inside Arkio as well as on our website for further info: https://www.arkio.is/learn
Please let us know if this helps and if you have any further questions!
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Hi Hilmar,
Thanks for your reply, yes, I did teleport to the surface. I guess maybe there should be some kind of fine tuning the user can control that would be "make me smaller, make me bigger" slider? I can then tweak it until it matches the feel of the actual space. I know this is complicated stuff, but really love the app!
Also, on the desktop version of the app, rollover hints for buttons would be helpful when learning.
Thanks
Jason
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