Date of Award

6-16-2016

Document Type

Thesis

Publisher

Santa Clara : Santa Clara University, 2016.

Department

Computer Engineering

First Advisor

Maria Pantoja

Abstract

My project is an interactive 3D model of SCU campus, which prospective students and their parents can explore without actually having to make the journey to campus. The architecture of the university is made traversable by running under Unreal Engine 4 which is a 3D game development framework that supports the Oculus Rift. The Oculus Rift is a virtual reality headset, which enhances the immersive experience for users of the SCU campus application. It accomplishes this by displaying the rendered images in immersive 3D right in front of their faces, and tracking their head motion and moving the viewpoint in the virtual world accordingly, so it will be as if they were actually there. Oculus Rift compatibility is fully integrated into the Unreal Engine, so it’s only natural to take advantage of the technology for this project.

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