Hey guys, I've decided in an effort to build a good understanding of VR game development, and to begin developing the underlying structure for future VR game projects I have that I will be putting together a few simple tourism/exploration type "games." The basis for these experiences are fairly straight forward: put the player in control of a character in a unique environment, where the goal is simple to walk around and explore, very similar to the Tuscany demo that ships with the sdk. The main difference is that, at least for some of these experiences, there will be considerably more interactivity, and a much larger location to explore. As of right now I have two planned "games" in mind, both of which will likely use UDK and the same pawn code, so they will control identically but with different graphics and whatnot. The first, and simplest of the two will be an abandoned hospital/asylum environment, damaged walls, peeling paint, broken windows, and a great lack of light. The second environment, and this is the one that will probably take the most time, is an accurate recreation of the interior of the USS Enterprise model NCC 1701 from Star Trek: The Original Series. Sounds like a tall order for sure, luckily I already have over 1 gig of meshes and textures that I can use to assemble the ship. However the models and textures are in the wrong file format, and over the next couple of weeks I will begin the conversion process. It will be a time consuming process, which I plan to document here in this thread. So do keep your eyes peeled as I begin to assemble these environments, and eventually post links to where you can find them.
To pique your interest, I've attached a screenshot of the bridge ship, mostly unlit, using a cheap d3d capture. In UDK it will look significantly better
