Navigation

 
 
Navigation in VR
 
* Keyboard:
 
You can use your computer's keyboard to move within prospect when paired with an HTC Vive. Here are the key mappings.
 
 
1- Arrows:
 
   
 
movement key:
 
  •  Up arrow.
 
2.  Down arrow.
 
3.  Right  arrow.
 
4.  Left arrow.
 
 
2- Advanced Options:
 
  •   (H)   Hide/show hand.
  •   (1)    Default
  •   (2)    Apply Scene Building Mode
  •   (3)    Show Pins (Lists)
  •   (4)    View " Teleportation" points
  •   (5)    Apply Measurement
  •   (space) Jump.
     
 
* Mouse:
 
Use your mouse to interact with objects in the VR world.
 
 
 
 
1- Left Mouse Button:
 
  • Press and hold to show a selection pointer on screen and activate highlight mode for objects that have actions (such as, Scene States, Animation Sequences, Sound...etc) applied to them.
 
  •  While the selection pointer is pointing on an object that has an action, release to activate the action.
  •  Press and hold to grab the 'Grabbable' objects ( in Scene Building mode ).
     
 
2- Right Mouse Button:
 
  • Single click to activate the highlight mode for the 'Grabbable' objects.
 
 
 
 
3- Scroll Wheel:
 
  • Move your hand closer or further.
  • By clicking middle-mouse button(Scroll Wheel), the GUI menu below will appear. In this menu, the user can find several useful options that allows him/her to build the VR scene such as, editing materials and environments, adding notes, inserting models and objects into the VR scene without going back and forth between SimLab Composer and SimLab VR Viewer again. The user can also save all changes directly from SimLab VR Viewer.
1. Hide VR menu
2. VR Catalog
3. Material Editor: With the previous menu,the user can select any material from an object in SimLab VR Viewer by changing its color, material type (Plastic, Metal, glass, Emitter and water), with the useful basic settings into the VR Viewer. Also, He/she can pick materials from the scene and save them in the "Captured Materials" library using the "Eyedropper" tool. Moreover, he/she can apply the selected material from the library on any object by selecting "Paint Brush" icon then pressing on the designated object. Lastly, you can delete the material by pressing the "Red X" icon.
4. Environment Editor: This tool allows the user to make some adjustments and control the lighting of the environment for his/her scene. The following image, there are four options included in this menu: Sun and Sky, HDR, Fog and Advanced settings.
 
 
  • Sun and Sky: In this option the user can enable/disable the sun and sky environment, and change between the day and night mode, also, he/she can edit sun and sky attribute values and the sun color inside SimLab VR Viewer.
     
  • HDR: The user can enable/disable or even edit the light color and the brightness of the HDR through this menu.
     
  • Fog: Is a technique used to enhance the perception of distance by shading distant objects differently, the user can enable/disable, change color, density and distance of the fog.
     
  • Advanced Settings: The user can edit the intensity of Lights, such as, Spot lights and IES lights which he/she created it before importing it into the scene, also can change/choose the background to environment (HDR, Sun Light), single color or the image.
5. Navigation: There are three navigation modes inside SimLab VR Viewer: Walking, Flying and Mechanical mode.
 
 
  • Walking Mode: This mode allows the user to walk around inside the scene in player's First-Person view, the speed of the walk can be increased by pressing and holding the Shift key while walking in the scene, also it can decreased by press the "Caps Lock" key button for once and back to the normal speed by pressing it again.
 
  • Flying Mode: The User can fly like a bird in the viewer.
 
  • Mechanical Mode: This mode allows the user to turn the camera view around the center of the scene.
 
6. Notes: With this feature the user can create notes inside SimLab VR Viewer. This feature allows the user to place notes at any location in the scene and save its position for later visits. Also, the user can include some notes using the keyboard, marking the objects or recording voice memos.
 
 
  • In the "Notes" menu below the user can change the image preview of any note by pressing the "Capture View" button. Moreover, you can press on "Pen" icon to start marking on objects and delete by holding right-click mouse button over it. Also, the user can Start/Stop recording his/her voice memos by pressing the recording button. Lastly, the user can delete his/her records or voice memos by pressing on the trash icon.
7. Help
8. Save Scene: This option allows the user to save scene changes in SimLab VR Viewer as a .VRpackage or .EXE file.
9. Restart Scene: This option allows the user to restart the VR Viewer in order to go back to the start point.
10. Scene Building mode: This dedicated mode enables the user to move, rotate, scale, copy, delete, and hide/show objects in SimLab VR Viewer.
 
 
  • In this mode, the user can interact with VR scene elements using his/her two hands, also can grab objects as well.
 
 
 
If the user clicks on in SimLab VR Viewer, these icons below will appear:
Hide/Show object.
Replace object with another object.
Rescale object to its default size.
Make a copy from the object or duplicate.
Delete the object.
 
 
To be able to interact with objects in Scene Building mode, object must be made as Grabbable.
 
 
11. Lists mode (Visualized Scene Options)
12. Large Navigation mode: With this mode, the user can teleport among 360 cameras available inside the scene.
13. Apply Measurement mode: This mode allows the user to create and display the projected distance between 2 points in SimLab VR Viewer, the default unit is Meter. To use this mode, press and hold left-click mouse button and move over any object in the viewer, release the button when you are done.
 
 
14. Exit, Maximize/Restore Down and Minimize SimLab VR Viewer Screen.