Unreal Engine 5 VR Blueprint Crash Course

In this lecture we will learn how to use hand to grab component animation attachment with preserved ability to handle input.

We will do this using the relatively new functionality called Animation Blueprint Linking.

In this lecture we will implement a component that will allow us to hold the object with two hands.

In this lecture we will implement an object remote pulling mechanics, many VR games use it because it's not comfortable sometimes to move to every object so we can allow just remotely pull those that are relatively close. Just like a Jedi.

In this lecture we will improve the user experience and the remote pulling algorithm a little. The main part of this lecture is the object outline that we gonna add to highlight the potential object to pull.

Throwing in VR would not simply work out of the box cause it's hard to release the trigger in the right direction as you would do in real life when holding something with your hand. For this, we will implement a simple algorithm that would help us to find the more intuitive direction and rotation where the thrown object should fly.

In this lecture we will implement an object container that can be used as a 3D inventory slot, holster or something where you can place an actor in a level.

In this lecture we will create not just a pawn but a skeletal full body character for the player. Hands & head will be moving according to the controller and headset position using the control rig.

In this lecture we will implement Mjolnir - Thor's hammer. It will be able to fly indefinitely, smashing objects with Chaos Destruction, characters with Ragdoll physics, and on our call return right to our hands from anywhere.

In this lecture we will implement a lazer game prototype, uniquely to this lecture we will even implement a custom game mode for that. Also we gonna implement a sword with advanced hit detection, target cubes that we can destroy and 3D widget that will display our score.

One of my favorite mechanics in VR - Archery, is the one we will create in this lecture. We gonna use skeletal mesh, arrow with projectile movement with attachment.

Kayaking in VR became very popular recently and in this lecture we will try to implement it in Unreal. We will use Unreal Water Plugin and will work with Ocean and Buoyancy for the boat, and with controlled boat movement with a paddle. 

Climbing is a very exiting VR mechanic that we will implement in this lecture. We will implement a logic that will not attach the grabbed object to our hand, but will move us relatively to grab, we will also add fake gravity with a capsule component to our VR Pawn and adjust the teleportation for it.

Packaging for Windows is pretty simple, we will do it in this lecture and will cover a bare minimum required settings.

Packaging for Oculus may be tricky, we will do this in this lecture. Don't worry if you'll have any errors, usually it's easy to find solutions.