This week on VR Hermits Joe talks about his lowpoly model workflow and what he has learned in Blender. Dave talks about VRTK and his attendance at a FileMaker con. Joe on Sketchfab (https://sketchfab.com/vrhermit_joe/models) Now I like Blender (https://radicalappdev.com/2018/05/08/now-i-like-blender/) Hamster ball in VR (https://gfycat.com/OpulentExhaustedGoldenretriever) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

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Episode 40: Things I want to forget not to do

This week on VR Hermits: Joe releases a game, kind of. Dave and Joe talk about Radical Bowling, 3D Modeling, the Unity Entity Component System, and MakerX. Radical Bowling VR on Itch (https://radicalappdev.itch.io/radical-bowling-vr) Radical Bowling GamePlay (https://youtu.be/sDhha0PG9pA) 3D Model: Computer Display (https://sketchfab.com/models/3a765328afc044a68297c815fada4f4e) 3D Model: Jars on Shelf (https://sketchfab.com/models/bdac5eca7fb34ee6ba2dcbee2e376103) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 39: An audience full of cats

This week Dave educates Joe on the Unity Profiler using the Update method as an example. VR Hermits went to a VR MeetUp, tried Leap Motion, and made some new friends. Joe gives a short update on the VR Bowling game. He also talks about his plans for the next project. 10000 Update Calls (https://blogs.unity3d.com/es/2015/12/23/1k-update-calls/) VR Columbus (https://www.meetup.com/VR-Columbus/) Shredded: A Dystopian Novel (https://www.amazon.com/Shredded-Dystopian-Novel-Charles-ODonnell/dp/153721568X) COGG (https://www.meetup.com/The-Cogg/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 38: Wine rack of todo list items

This week Joe talks about his experience presenting the bowling demo at a Game Dev meet up. Dave updates us on the features to C# that Unity is bring to us with there update to C# 6. Joe updated his website (https://radicalappdev.com/) Joe presenting at COGG (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZ1CSeYNqw) COGG (https://www.meetup.com/The-Cogg/) Virtual Reality MeetUp (https://ideafoundry.com/activities/virtual-reality-meetup) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 37: Why am I doing this with my arms?

This week Dave gets started with Unit Testing in Unity and Joe gives an update on the bowling demo game. Spoiler Warning: Towards the end of the episode they talk about the Ready Player One book and movie. ESCAPING CALLBACK HELL (http://nodetuts.com/series/asynchronous-programming/escaping-callback-hell.html) How to Unit Test Unity Code (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyxDg70hc3g) Unit testing at the speed of light with Unity Test Tools (https://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/07/28/unit-testing-at-the-speed-of-light-with-unity-test-tools/) Unity at GDC - Job System & Entity Component System (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwnb9Clh2Is) COGG (https://www.meetup.com/The-Cogg/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 36: Unit testing, bowling, and a movie

This week on VR Hermits Joe and Dave share their reaction to the Vive Pro. Then they move on to discuss the "Stupid Bowling" project that Joe is working on. Nerd Sniping (https://xkcd.com/356/) Stupid Bowling Links Repo (https://bitbucket.org/radicalappdev/rad_stupidbowling) Day 1 Build (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OW6gRASu8soxWXNywQVdnN8NQRONzf9n/view?usp%3Dsharing&sa=D&source=hangouts&ust=1522077945897000&usg=AFQjCNHHB2OujzWs1hlygdijMv_es-N0sA) Video recap of day 1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt7S_rn0LsU&t=) Unity Games by Tutorials (https://store.raywenderlich.com/products/unity-games-by-tutorials) Homework: Unity GCD talk (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmRSkHl-Gv0) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 35: Bowling pin mitosis

In this special non-canonical edition of VR Hermits Joe shares his ill-thought-out plans on changing his business. Radical App Dev will pivot to full time Unity development and consulting, with an emphasis of Virtual Reality. During this time Joe will dial down is ambitions to create and ship titles under his own name. Our previous podcast: Massively Unqualified Development (http://dev.massivelyunqualified.com/) Unity College (https://unity3d.college/) Expensive Problem (https://expensiveproblem.com/) Joe's company: Radical App Dev (www.radicalappdev.com) (Site may be down for a day or two) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 34: Impromptu Non-Canonical Edition

This week Joe is still stuck on VR Movement and Dave spends some time brainstorming gravity based game ideas. Convert your web application to a Universal Windows Platform APP (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/porting/hwa-create-windows) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 33: Gravity Wizards

This week Dave talks about 3D text in Unity and VR. Joe makes some progress on movement in VR. They discuss the Samsung Odyssey for Windows MR. HTC Vive Tutorial for Unity (https://www.raywenderlich.com/149239/htc-vive-tutorial-unity) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 32: A really friendly cat on your head

Dave finally dives into SteamVR development in Unity and he made some weird stuff. Joe still has issues with motion in VR. Joe reaches is final form and become a mockery of his former self. Dave Spawning Chaos (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWcno0WXyZQ) Dave plays with black holes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74jVaHYMztU&feature=youtu.be) Ray Wenderlich - HTC Vive Tutorial for Unity (https://www.raywenderlich.com/149239/htc-vive-tutorial-unity)](https://www.raywenderlich.com/149239/htc-vive-tutorial-unity JanusVR (https://janusvr.com/) Walden, a game (http://waldengame.com/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 31: Geysers and Black Holes

This week Joe and Dave discuss Vive Input Utility, the Sobel effect, and how to to move a player in VR. ProBuilder becomes part of Unity3D and Mozilla releases a Unity plugin for making WebVR projects. Dave sends a prototype board game to a publisher. Sobel Operator (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobel_operator) Per Object Effects (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/vfx/shaders/per-object-fx-pro-90980) Example of Per Object Effects on low poly props (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe/status/965289805402836993) ProBuilder joins Unity offering integrated in-editor Advanced Level Design (https://blogs.unity3d.com/2018/02/15/probuilder-joins-unity-offering-integrated-in-editor-advanced-level-design/) Create VR on the Web using Unity3D (https://blog.mozvr.com/webvr-using-unity/) VR Hermits on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBgnQ_57mISob8p3fFt-u4Q) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 30: Joe learned a new word

This week Dave and Joe discuss SteamVR Input, Unity Menus, C# Events, and Unity Events. They also talk about the VR games and apps they're using. Getting Started with SteamVR Controller Input (https://unity3d.college/2016/11/16/steamvr-controller-input/) Newton VR (http://www.newtonvr.com/) Vive Input Utility (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/integration/vive-input-utility-64219) Unity Extension Methods (https://unity3d.college/2016/11/22/unity-extension-methods/) Unity Events, Actions, and BroadcastMessage (https://unity3d.college/2016/10/05/unity-events-actions-delegates/) C# Events (https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/programming-guide/events/) Unity Events (https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/UnityEvents.html) Unity Event System (https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/EventSystem.html) Graph Databases Will Change Your Freakin' Life (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GekQqFZm7mA) Richie's Plank Experience (http://store.steampowered.com/app/517160/Richies_Plank_Experience/) Tilt Brush (http://store.steampowered.com/app/327140/Tilt_Brush/) Fantastic Contraption (http://store.steampowered.com/app/386690/Fantastic_Contraption/) QuiVr (http://store.steampowered.com/app/489380/QuiVr/) The Solus Project (http://store.steampowered.com/app/313630/The_Solus_Project/) The Last Thing We Saw - By Patrick B. (https://poly.google.com/view/d3XutR0_atr) Cat Sorter VR (http://store.steampowered.com/app/645500/Cat_Sorter_VR/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 29: VR Input and Menus

This week Joe and Dave discuss creating outdoor scenes in Unity with Gaia. Dave debugs a mouse with a Unity project. Terrain Party (https://terrain.party/) Gaia (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/gaia-42618) Gaia Optimisation (http://www.procedural-worlds.com/gaia/tutorials/mobile-unity-scene-optimisation-with-gaia/) CTS (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/terrain/cts-complete-terrain-shader-91938) Aquas (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/particles-effects/aquas-water-river-set-52103) Enviro (https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/particles-effects/enviro-sky-and-weather-33963) Unity Hub (https://blogs.unity3d.com/2018/01/24/streamline-your-workflow-introducing-unity-hub-beta/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 28: Gaia 'n Friends

This week on VR Hermits Joe and Dave have a laundry list of topics: SteamVR, User Interactions, Fallout 4 VR, Nintendo Switch, Windows Mixed Reality and more. Gaia for Unity (https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/42618) Island 359 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/476700/Island_359/) The Gallery: Call of the Starseed (http://store.steampowered.com/app/270130/The_Gallery__Episode_1_Call_of_the_Starseed/) Bridge Constructor Portal (http://store.steampowered.com/app/684410/Bridge_Constructor_Portal/) Lenovo Explorer on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Lenovo-Explorer-Wireless-Controllers-G0A20002WW/dp/B0764GKZ15/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1516630644&sr=8-1&keywords=lenovo+explorer) Alienware 17 on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N0THPHM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 27: Developer Hubris

Joe and Dave discuss the latest HMD announcements from HTC and Google. Dave gives Joe a primer on Functional Programming. Hands-on: The Vive Pro is Much More Than an Improved Screen (https://www.roadtovr.com/ces-2018-vive-pro-hands-on-much-more-than-an-improved-screen/) HTC’s Vive Wireless Adaptor to Support Both Vive and Vive Pro at Launch (https://www.roadtovr.com/htcs-vive-wireless-adaptor-works-with-vive-and-vive-pro/) Lenovo Unveils Mirage Solo Daydream Standalone VR Headset (https://www.roadtovr.com/lenovo-reveals-mirage-solo-daydream-standalone-headset/) SteamVR Plugin Release Notes (https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamvr_unity_plugin/tree/master/Assets/SteamVR) Unity Shader Graph (https://forum.unity.com/threads/feedback-wanted-shader-graph.511960/) Unity College (https://unity3d.college/) Contact us Joe on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_joe) Dave on Twitter (https://twitter.com/vrhermit_dave) Email: vrhermits@gmail.com

Episode 26: Dave dot functional

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