{"id":178,"date":"2015-08-03T21:13:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocias.com\/blog\/?p=178"},"modified":"2015-08-03T21:16:03","modified_gmt":"2015-08-03T11:16:03","slug":"unity-wheelchair-controller","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocias.com\/blog\/unity-wheelchair-controller\/","title":{"rendered":"Unity Wheelchair Controller"},"content":{"rendered":"

Exploring a space in a different body can drastically change the way we perceive the world. This is a free pre-configured Wheelchair Controller for Unity3D.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year in his audio essay On “Walking Sims”<\/a>,<\/em> Dylan Schneider<\/a> highlighted how the nature of exploring 3D physical spaces was not unlike an eye moving over a canvas.\u00a0The essay talks about how our controllers for exploring these spaces are usually flawlessly able-bodied, neglecting\u00a0a lot of unexamined\u00a0ways to discover spaces in bodies different from our own, citing the example of a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

Here’s a demo that runs in modern browsers.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Download the .UnityPackage here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

To use the controller just drop the WheelchairController prefab into your scene.<\/p>\n

Being able-bodied myself, this isn’t designed to be an accurate simulation, but might be useful as a starting point in that respect.<\/p>\n

The default speed and size of the wheelchair controller is set from some researched averages I found.<\/p>\n

I’d love to hear your feedback, send me through an email<\/a> or leave a comment here.<\/p>\n

Tested in 5.1.2p1 (but it probably works in 4 as well).<\/p>\n

The Unity Wheelchair Controller is public domain and you’re free to use and modify it as you see fit (although you are a super nice person if you credit me in your work!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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