deformative rooms in Unity C# – basic tutorials

infinite room setup

infinite_room_setup – unity package [ DOWNLOAD ]

gaze control basics

gaze_setup Unity package [DOWNLOAD]

using UnityEngine;

public class GazeTrigger : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Camera gazeCamera; // Assign the camera you want to use for raycasting
    public float gazeDuration = 5f; // Duration required to trigger the gaze

    private GameObject gazedObject;
    private float gazeTimer;

     public Material redMaterial; // Assign the red material in the inspector


    void Update()
    {
        // Create a ray from the camera through the center of the screen
        Ray ray = gazeCamera.ScreenPointToRay(new Vector3(Screen.width / 2f, Screen.height / 2f, 0f));
        RaycastHit hit;

        // Perform the raycast
        if (Physics.Raycast(ray, out hit))
        {
            
            if( hit.collider.gameObject.tag != "tracked_obj"  ){return;}
            
            // Check if the hit object is different from the previously gazed object
            if (hit.collider.gameObject != gazedObject)
            {
                // Reset the gaze timer if the hit object changes
                gazedObject = hit.collider.gameObject;
                gazeTimer = 0f;
            }
            else
            {
                // Increment the gaze timer if the hit object remains the same
                gazeTimer += Time.deltaTime;
                if (gazeTimer >= gazeDuration)
                {
                    // Trigger the specific function when gaze duration is reached
                    OnGazeTriggered(gazedObject);
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            // Reset the gazed object and timer if the raycast doesn't hit anything
            gazedObject = null;
            gazeTimer = 0f;
        }
    }

   void OnGazeTriggered(GameObject gazedObject)
    {
        Debug.Log("Gaze triggered on: " + gazedObject.name);
        // Perform your desired action here

        // Change the material color to red using MaterialPropertyBlock
        Renderer renderer = gazedObject.GetComponent<Renderer>();
        if (renderer != null)
        {
            MaterialPropertyBlock materialBlock = new MaterialPropertyBlock();
            materialBlock.SetColor("_BaseColor", Color.red); // Assuming you're using "_BaseColor" property in your URP shader
            renderer.SetPropertyBlock(materialBlock);
        }
    }
}

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class grid_maker : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    public GameObject go;

    public float bit_abs;
    
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {

        int cnt = 0;
        
        for(int i=0;i<8;i++){

            for(int j=0;j<8;j++){

                 for(int k=0;k<8;k++){

                     GameObject ngo = Instantiate(go);
                    
                        ngo.name = "zepfi_" + cnt;
                        cnt++;
                        

                    Vector3 gpos = new Vector3(i*bit_abs,j*bit_abs,k*bit_abs);

                    ngo.transform.position = gpos;


                 }
            }

        }

    }

  
}

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class aBLOB : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    public Camera gaze_cam;
    
    // Start is called before the first frame update
    void Start()
    {
        gaze_cam = GameObject.Find("gaze_camera").GetComponent<Camera>();;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        gazeUpdate();
    }


    void gazeUpdate(){


             // Get the center of the screen in pixel coordinates
            Vector2 screenCenter = new Vector2(Screen.width / 2f, Screen.height / 2f);

            // Convert the world position of the object to screen space
            Vector3 screenPoint = gaze_cam.WorldToScreenPoint(this.transform.position);

            // Calculate the distance between the screen center and the object's screen position
            float distanceToCenter = Vector2.Distance(screenCenter, new Vector2(screenPoint.x, screenPoint.y));

            if(distanceToCenter<600f){
          
                float s =  0.3f + ( 601f-distanceToCenter  )* .003f; 
                this.transform.localScale = new Vector3(s,s,s);

            }


    }
}

dynamic room made from objects with follow behaviour

Download all scripts and basic setup for Unity URP: magnetic_boxes_basic [UNITY PACKAGE]

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class aCUBE : MonoBehaviour
{
   
   public Rigidbody rb;
   public GameObject the_player_rig;
   
       void Start()
    {

        the_player_rig = GameObject.Find("MAIN_RIG");

    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        

        // calculate the differential vector to the main player
        Vector3 diff = this.transform.position - the_player_rig.transform.position; //new Vector3( 0,0,3f);

        // add a constant calculated force to parent cube - NOT normalized!
         rb.AddForce( -diff * .2f );


    }
}

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class main_controller : MonoBehaviour
{
    
    
    public GameObject go;

    
    void Start()
    {
        create_boxes();   
    }

    void create_boxes(){

        // create 510 instances of a premade prefab at random position

        for( int i =0; i<511; i++){

            GameObject ngo = Instantiate(go);
            
            Vector3 rpos = Vector3.zero;
            rpos.x = Random.Range( -4f,4f );
            rpos.y = Random.Range( -4f,4f );
            rpos.z = Random.Range( -4f,4f );

            ngo.transform.position = rpos;


        }

    }

}